Each oral presentation paper is allocated 20 minutes. Presentation of your slides should not take more than 15 minutes, leaving 5 minutes for introduction by the Session Chair and questions from the audience. When presenting your slides you may find the following guidelines useful:

• Organize your slides around the points you intend to make, using no more than one slide per minute. A reasonable strategy is to allocate about 2 minutes per slide when there are equations or important key points to make, and one minute per slide when the content is less complex.

• Slides attract and hold attention, and reinforce what you say, provided you keep them simple and easy to read. Plan on covering at most 6 points per slide, covered by 6 to 12 spoken sentences and no more than about two spoken minutes. Make sure each of your key points is easy to explain with aid of the material on your slides.

• Do not read directly from the slide during your presentation. You shouldn't need to prepare a written speech, although it is often a good idea to prepare the opening and closing sentences in advance.

• Rehearse your presentation in front of an audience before you give your presentation.

Surrogate presenters are strongly discouraged, but if you will have to use them they must be sufficiently familiar with the material being presented to answer detailed questions from the audience. In addition, the surrogate presenter must contact the Session Chair in advance of the presenter's session.

Presentation will be done using a PC with a data projector.

Gallieni I: Speaker preparation room.

Utilizing the resources available in the *Speaker Preparation Room*, contributors can test their electronic presentations.

Poster Presentations:

        Poster sessions are a good medium for authors to present papers and meet with interested attendees for in-depth technical discussions. In addition, attendees find the poster sessions a good way to sample many papers in parallel sessions. Thus it is important that you display your message clearly and noticeably to attract people who might have an interest in your paper.

Your poster should cover the key points of your work. It need not, and should not, attempt to include all the details; you can describe them in person to people who are interested.

The ideal poster is designed to attract attention, provide a brief overview of your work, and initiate discussion. Carefully and completely prepare your poster well in advance of the conference. Try tacking up the poster before you leave for the conference to see what it will look like and to make sure that you have all of the necessary pieces.

For your poster, an A0 panel will be provided which measures 116cm tall by 84cm wide. Material will be provided at the conference to mount your poster to the board.