PARALLEL SESSIONS

Presentation Technology

A computer (MS Windows), infocus/projector and a pointer will be available in each room. Please use either PowerPoint (.ppt or .pptx) or Portable Document Format (.pdf) for presentations. Presenters are requested to bring their presentation on a USB disk 10 minutes before their sessions. Connecting personal laptops is discouraged to avoid excessive loss of time. There will also be a parallel room assistant that will help you during your sessions.

Duration

Each parallel session will consist of 4 presentation papers that totals to a 2 hour duration or 3 presentation papers that totals to a 1.5 hour duration. For each paper a maximum of 30 minutes is allocated (15-20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for questions and answer from the floor). All presentations should be in English.

Chairs

Chairs are expected to come to the room 10 minutes prior to the start of the session. Her/his role is to quickly introduce presenters in the session; to guide the discussion and to make sure the time is divided equally across papers presented and discussed in the session. In the case that the scheduled chair does not attend, the general rule is that the author of the last paper presented in the session is expected to take the role of chair.

POSTER SESSION

Poster Specifications

Posters should be made from A0-sized paper (W: 841mm x H: 1189mm). Colour posters are encouraged. Posters will be displayed during the conference in the designated poster area. The conference organizers will provide a space for you to hang your poster. Please bring your ready-to-display poster and removable adhesive on the first day of the conference. Register your poster at the conference registration desk before 10am. Ensure to remove your poster and adhesive by the end of the conference.

Duration

The poster session will be announced in the conference agenda. Poster presenters are expected to stay near their posters during the session to answer any questions from conference participants.