As an Invited speaker, you will need to:

• Register for the Conference*
• Submit an abstract for your lecture*
• Complete Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure Form**
• Complete Publication Consent Form**
• Submit short biography and photograph (headshot) for the Conference’s Faculty page

*A link was emailed to you. If you didn’t receive it yet, please email asap: frpt@kenes.com
**Filling in these forms is mandatory in order to participate as a speaker at the Conference.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE

In compliance with CME requirements, all speakers are requested to display as a 2nd slide disclosing financial conflicts of interest at the beginning of their presentation for at least 30 seconds to allow enough time for the audience to review and digest the information. If you have nothing to disclose, this slide must be included indicating “nothing to disclose”. Please disclose verbally (including if nothing to disclose) at the start of your presentation.
Please click here to read and review the presentation criteria.

Instructions for Transparency and Disclosure
Please disclose all relevant financial relationships, including the company name, the nature of the relationship (i.e., your role), and what was received (e.g., “honorarium”) by you, an immediate family member, spouse or partner within the past three (3) years, and the corresponding amounts in US Dollars. Where the value is potential, the percentage of the total stock options should be declared.
e.g. Scientific Advisory Board: GSK – $20,000; Pfizer – $500
Any off-label use of products or therapies must also be disclosed.

Please click here to download a template of the disclosure slide. 

BEFORE YOUR SESSION ONSITE:

PRESENTATION SLIDES UPLOAD

• Please upload your presentation slides, at least 4 hours before the scheduled start of your lecture(s) via the link you will receive about 1 week prior to the Conference.
• Presentations can be uploaded either online using the link, or at the Speaker Ready Room onsite. You can bring your slides to the Speaker Ready Room on a USB key or an external hard disk.
• You are asked to only use the Conference computers in the session halls for presentation purposes. The Conference will not be able to support lecture slides presented on personal computers.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

1. Ratio: The aspect ratio of your presentation should be 16:9.
2. File name: The name of the presentation file should include the presenter’s name and the presentation title. To avoid any compatibility problems, please do not use special characters (e.g. «, Ö, Ø, ñ, ε, ®, ý, }, { etc.) to name your presentation.
3. Format: Presentation files will be accepted in Microsoft Office PowerPoint format only. Macintosh presentations (i.e. Keynote) cannot be accommodated. It is strongly recommended to test all files created with Microsoft Office (for Mac) in the Speaker Ready Room several hours before your presentation starts.
4. MS Office Version: Your presentation needs to be prepared in MS PowerPoint 2010, 2013 or 2016. At the Speaker Ready Room onsite MS PowerPoint 2016/2019 is used.
5. File size: The size of one presentation should not exceed 500 MB, if uploaded online prior to the Conference. There is no size limit for presentations uploaded onsite at the Speaker Ready Room. However, we recommend you keep to a limit of 500 MB.
6. Saving files: For onsite upload at the Speaker Ready Room the presentation has to be saved on a USB flash drive or an external hard-disk. Please note there is no facility to use your own computer for delivering a presentation. 
7. Font: Do not use special fonts which are not part of the standard PowerPoint package, as this will cause problems while uploading your file. Please note: Such presentations cannot be edited in the Speaker Ready Room.
8. Presenter mode will not be available during your presentation. Please print your notes in advance or come to the Speaker Ready Room and we will print them for you.
9. Please note that macros should not be used, and flash-animations and Prezi Presentations are not supported. All presentations will be saved on a central server connected to the lecture rooms, which are equipped with computers, beamers, microphones and lecterns.

MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR PRESENTATION

Should you need to make any changes in your presentation after uploading it online via the link we provided, you may bring the updated slides to the Speaker Ready Room onsite. Onsite staff will be there to assist you.

ADDING VIDEO TO YOUR PRESENTATION

If you wish to include a video file in your PowerPoint presentation, this can only be set up by the technicians in the Speaker Ready Room onsite at the Conference. Please do not add the file to your PowerPoint presentation by yourself. Please go to the Speaker Ready Room with the video at least 4 hours before your lecture and ask the technicians to assist you. Please make sure to check it in the session hall where your lecture is taking place during a coffee or a lunch break prior to your session, at least 30 minutes before the start of the session – even after checking it in the Speaker Ready Room.

As an oral presenter, you will need to:

• Register for the Conference
• Complete Conflict-of-Interest Disclosure Form*
• Complete Publication Consent Form*

*Filling in these forms is mandatory in order to participate as a speaker at the Conference.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Each presenter has 10 minutes in total (8 minutes for their presentation and 2 minutes Q&A).

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE

In compliance with CME requirements, all speakers are requested to display as a 2nd slide disclosing financial conflicts of interest at the beginning of their presentation for at least 30 seconds to allow enough time for the audience to review and digest the information. If you have nothing to disclose, this slide must be included indicating “nothing to disclose”. Please disclose verbally (including if nothing to disclose) at the start of your presentation.
Please click here to read and review the presentation criteria.

Instructions for Transparency and Disclosure
Please disclose all relevant financial relationships, including the company name, the nature of the relationship (i.e., your role), and what was received (e.g., “honorarium”) by you, an immediate family member, spouse or partner within the past three (3) years, and the corresponding amounts in US Dollars. Where the value is potential, the percentage of the total stock options should be declared.
e.g. Scientific Advisory Board: GSK – $20,000; Pfizer – $500
Any off-label use of products or therapies must also be disclosed.

Please click here to download a template of the disclosure slide. 

BEFORE YOUR SESSION ONSITE:

PRESENTATION SLIDES UPLOAD

• Please upload your presentation slides, at least 4 hours before the scheduled start of your lecture(s) via the link you will receive about 1 week prior to the Conference.
• Presentations can be uploaded either online using the link, or at the Speaker Ready Room onsite. You can bring your slides to the Speaker Ready Room on a USB key or an external hard disk.
• You are asked to only use the Conference computers in the session halls for presentation purposes. The Conference will not be able to support lecture slides presented on personal computers.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

1. Ratio: The aspect ratio of your presentation should be 16:9.
2. File name: The name of the presentation file should include the presenter’s name and the presentation title. To avoid any compatibility problems, please do not use special characters (e.g. «, Ö, Ø, ñ, ε, ®, ý, }, { etc.) to name your presentation.
3. Format: Presentation files will be accepted in Microsoft Office PowerPoint format only. Macintosh presentations (i.e. Keynote) cannot be accommodated. It is strongly recommended to test all files created with Microsoft Office (for Mac) in the Speaker Ready Room several hours before your presentation starts.
4. MS Office Version: Your presentation needs to be prepared in MS PowerPoint 2010, 2013 or 2016. At the Speaker Ready Room onsite MS PowerPoint 2016/2019 is used.
5. File size: The size of one presentation should not exceed 500 MB, if uploaded online prior to the Conference. There is no size limit for presentations uploaded onsite at the Speaker Ready Room. However, we recommend you keep to a limit of 500 MB.
6. Saving files: For onsite upload at the Speaker Ready Room the presentation has to be saved on a USB flash drive or an external hard-disk. Please note there is no facility to use your own computer for delivering a presentation. 
7. Font: Do not use special fonts which are not part of the standard PowerPoint package, as this will cause problems while uploading your file. Please note: Such presentations cannot be edited in the Speaker Ready Room.
8. Presenter mode will not be available during your presentation. Please print your notes in advance or come to the Speaker Ready Room and we will print them for you.
9. Please note that macros should not be used, and flash-animations and Prezi Presentations are not supported. All presentations will be saved on a central server connected to the lecture rooms, which are equipped with computers, beamers, microphones and lecterns.

MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR PRESENTATION

Should you need to make any changes in your presentation after uploading it online via the link we provided, you may bring the updated slides to the Speaker Ready Room onsite. Onsite staff will be there to assist you.

ADDING VIDEO TO YOUR PRESENTATION

If you wish to include a video file in your PowerPoint presentation, this can only be set up by the technicians in the Speaker Ready Room onsite at the Conference. Please do not add the file to your PowerPoint presentation by yourself. Please go to the Speaker Ready Room with the video at least 4 hours before your lecture and ask the technicians to assist you. Please make sure to check it in the session hall where your lecture is taking place during a coffee or a lunch break prior to your session, at least 30 minutes before the start of the session – even after checking it in the Speaker Ready Room.

As an E-Poster presenter, you need to:

• Register for the Conference
• Click here to read the Detailed technical specifications on how to prepare and upload your E-Poster and MP3 audio file.
• Submit your E-Poster and audio file – a link was sent to you via email. If you didn’t receive the link yet, please email asap: frpt_abstracts@kenes.com

DEADLINE TO UPLOAD YOUR E-POSTER:Wednesday, 10 November 2021  Extended until Tuesday, 16th November

E-Posters are similar to traditional paper posters, but are displayed on  E-Poster stations located in the Exhibition Area.
These posters do not require printing or production of materials as your work will be presented electronically.

You will have 5 minutes in total (3 minutes for presentation, 2 minutes for discussion).

IMPORTANT: Presenters should be at the E-Poster stations 10 minutes before the start of their E-Poster Discussion session and remain there until the session has finished.

As an E-Poster presenter, you will need to:

• Register for the Conference
• Click here to read the Detailed technical specifications on how to prepare and upload your E-Poster and MP3 audio file.
• Submit your E-Poster and audio file – a link was sent to you via email. If you didn’t receive the link yet, please email asap: frpt_abstracts@kenes.com

DEADLINE TO UPLOAD YOUR E-POSTER: Wednesday, 10 November 2021  Extended until Tuesday, 16th November

E-Posters are similar to traditional paper posters, but are displayed on large screens at E-Poster stations located in the Exhibition Area.
These posters do not require printing or production of materials as your work will be presented electronically.

The abstract selected for E-Poster Viewing will not have a dedicated session time. however E-Posters will be available throughout the Conference via the E-Poster viewing stations, during Exhibition opening hours as well as via the Poster Gallery in the virtual platform which will remain open until 3 March 2022. The E-Poster author may stand by the E-Poster Viewing screens, located in the Exhibition Area, in order to present their E-Poster during breaks.