Guidelines for Presenters

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, END 2021 Conference will be held in Virtual format.

Since the conference will be held totally in virtual mode, using the Zoom platform, we will have sessions throughout the 3 days of the conference (June 26 to 28). We have compiled some important guidelines that you need to keep in mind for your presentation, please read them carefully:

 

REQUIREMENTS / NOTES FOR PRESENTERS:

Oral Presentations / Posters / Workshops – Sessions (in this case, meetings) will be opened by the host 10 minutes prior to the starting time, to allow every participant to join on time. No sessions will start before the host opens the session;  

Sessions will be schedule according to the UTC +1 time zone = Greenwich Mean Time (GMT +1) = Western European Time (WET +1), you can use this URL to check your time zone, insert your location and see your time in relation to GMT +1 – https://greenwichmeantime.com/time-gadgets/time-zone-converter/

– All participants will enter the session in Mute mode (to avoid interruptions of presentations that may be occurring). The hosts (END 2021 Staff members) will enable the sound as soon as it is fit. The hosts will be monitoring the sessions, so if you have any technical question during the session, you can send chat messages to them, so they can assist you.

– Each session will have a chair that will manage times and moderate questions and answers;

– Please raise your hand if you want to pose a question to the presenter (if you prefer, you can pose a question by sending a chat message directly to the presenter);

– The duration of the presentations is as follow (please respect the timings according to your presentation type, to allow time for interaction with Q&A):
Oral Presentations: 15 minutes for the presentation + 5 minutes for discussion with the audience.
Posters: 7 minutes for the presentation + 5 minutes for discussion with the audience.
Workshops: timing should not extend more than 45 minutes. A workshop session should be dynamic and interactive.

– Before you connect to the Zoom meeting, please open your PowerPoint presentation on your desktop;

– Close all other windows/apps, especially email programs, that you will not be using during your presentation;

– Use the link that will be provided to you by the conference staff;

 
Zoom Meetings Guidelines for Presenters: The detailed guidelines for the Zoom meetings are available in this PDF file.

 

Pre-recorded video presentations The detailed guidelines for the pre-recorded video presentations are available in this PDF file.