Author guidelines for presentations
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Each oral presentation in the regular scientific sessions is allotted 15 minutes: 12 minutes of presentation plus 3 minutes for discussion. Your (PowerPoint) presentation should be compatible with a Windows PC. The projected display will be in widescreen format.
Please preload your presentation to the ESN2026 Talks Drive (instructions in Full Program) so that the Local Arrangements team or Session Chairs have time to download your presentations to the computer in the designated presentation room.
If you made last minute changes your presentation, make sure you go to your presentation session early to reload it. You are always welcome to bring your presentation on a USB flash drive at least 20 min before your session start time and upload it to the laptop dedicated to your session.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Poster sessions are an important opportunity for researchers at all career stages to present and discuss their work with other researchers and industry representatives in their field. Preparing a good poster takes some time and work, but it is well worth the effort as it gives you and your research the exposure it deserves.
Poster Design:
• Each poster will be given a number and allotted ample space (A0 will fit; 85 x 120 cm)
• Indicate the title, the name(s) of author(s) as well as the institution(s) involved at the top of your poster so that it may be identified easily; the lettering for the title should be at least 2.5 cm high.
• As a general guideline, text and illustrations should be comfortably read from a distance of 1 m, so make them large enough to be seen clearly. Charts, drawings, photographs and illustrations might well be similar to those used in slides but more heavily drawn. Simple use of color can make your poster more attractive.
• Your poster should be printed on lightweight materials that could be supported by pushpins. It also might be useful to have small copies of the poster for handouts.
Poster Set Up and Take-Down:
• Please plan to make room in your schedule to both hang and take down your poster. Check back here for the specific dates and times. Posters are numbered and hung accordingly. The spaces on the display panels will be numbered in advance, please pin your poster in the assigned location corresponding with your poster numbered in the program. Pins will be provided on display boards.
Presentation of posters:
• During the poster sessions, conference attendees can wander around the poster hall to browse the posters. The presenters are expected to stay by their poster for the duration of the session so that attendees can come and listen to you describe your research and discuss or ask questions. These sessions are the best place to show off your research results and are excellent for networking as well.
Best poster award:
On the registration form you can indicate whether you wish to participate in the poster award competition.
This competition is open for MSc, PhD and Postgraduate students, or nematologists without a PhD degree with less than five years of working experience at companies or institutions.
