Information for Chairs and Presenters

Instruction for Chairs

Arrival

Chairpersons are requested to be seated at the chairs' desk on the stage no later than 10 minutes before the start of the session.

Session Progress

Chairpersons are asked to ensure that all sessions start and finish punctually as scheduled.
Staffs will assist with timing. Remaining time will be notified with time indicator and bell signal as follows;

• 1 ring: warning－at 3 minutes left to the end of talk
• 2 rings: end of talk－time for discussion
• 3 rings: end of presentation－time for the next speaker

Instruction for Oral Presenters

Time Allocation

• Invited Speakers: 30 min for presentation + 5 min for discussion (total 35 min)
• Oral-Presentation Speakers: 10 min for presentation + 5 min for discussion (total 15 min)
• Presenters of Short Presentation: 3 minutes presentation only (no discussion time)
  Please kindly note that we will have to compel presenters to end their presentations after 3 minutes past.

* Presentation slides must be no more than 4 slides including its title.

Presentation Materials

Only computer-based PowerPoint presentations will be accepted, and no sound output equipment will be available.

Laptop Computer

Please be sure to bring your own laptop computer.
We ask you to bring your presentation file in USB or CD-ROM for back up as well.

Preview

Please bring your computer to the preview desk in Main Hall by 30 minutes before your presentation.

Timing

In order to maintain the meeting schedule, you are requested to keep time allocation strictly.
Remaining time will be notified with time indicator and bell signal as follows;

• 1 ring: Warning－at 3 minutes left to the end of talk
• 2 rings: End of talk－time for discussion
• 3 rings: End of presentation－time for the next speaker

Instruction for Poster Presenters

Please check your Poster No. in the List of Poster Presenters of Program Page.

Size and Set-up/Removal

• Set-up: by noon, Sep. 5th (Wed)
• Removal: by 13:30, Sep. 7th (Fri)

* Any posters remaining on panels after the removal time will be discarded by the secretariat.

Core Time

• Poster session 1 (odd numbers): Sep. 5th (Wed) 13:30 – 15:00
• Poster session 2 (even numbers): Sep. 6th (Thu) 13:30 – 15:00