GUIDELINES FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Every effort must be made to keep strictly to the time-table of the scientific sessions.

We would appreciate if lecturers respected precise time provided for each presentation.

Five Plenary Lectures will provide updates on the main topics of the congress. Plenary lecture lasts 30 minutes.

Six State of the Art Lectures are designed to serve educational purposes and shall illustrate the current standard of knowledge in basic and clinical research. State of the Art Lecture lasts 20 minutes.

The contributions with the highest scores of all submitted abstracts will be presented as short reports within 10 minutes.

Technical Equipment for Presentations

We would like to suggest you to hand your presentations at the Registration desk during the registration or at least two hours before start of your session. Only data on a CD ROM or a USB-Stick will be accepted. Separate slide preview room will be provided for the lecturers. All presenters should check their slides not less than one hour before the start of their session.

• The usable poster board surface is 150 cm high and 90 cm width (portrait format)
• Posters should be mounted according to the numbers given in final Programme at the designated area - Room Forum, on May 14^th between 12:00-14:00 and May  15^th 2009, between 07:30-08:30 hours and dismounted on May 16^th after 14:00 hours

• Only authors who are DLTH 2009 registrants can display posters at the Meeting
• You are kindly requested to stand by your Poster during the morning,
  10:30–11:00 hrs and afternoon, 16:45–17:50 hrs breaks, for discussion

Scientific Committee will select the best poster presentation and award the first author. The author of the best poster will be announced at the Gala Dinner, May 15^th 2009.

• Title, author(s) and affiliation name.
• Written summary of abstract with objectives of the study, methods used conducting the study, results of the study and conclusions.
• Charts, graphs, tables, clip art, drawings, color print or photos to illustrate key points.

• Don’t overload your poster. Seek simplicity, keep text to a minimum and avoid redundancies.
• Use 500 to 1000 words (including title, figure legends and tables).
• The figures and tables should cover approximately 50% of the poster
• Simple, easy-to-read fonts, such as Arial, work best. Make shure that text is legible from a distance of 1,5-2 m.
• Highlight your main findings. Put your conclusions on eye level (most of readers start by reading the Conclusions)
• If possible avoid abbreviations and acronyms, especialy in the Conclusions.