POSTER & ORAL PRESENTATION

Total slides: On average, your presentation should include 12-15 slides, including the cover and acknowledgements. Follow the outline below for guidance:

1. Cover slide: With the title of the presentation, author names (as provided in the abstract with the name of the presenting author in bold and underlined), and the affiliation of the presenting author (incorporating the NCMPE 24 logo and the logo of the presenting author’s institute are optional)

2. Background: 1-2 slides explaining the background of the work

3. Objective: One slide with hypothesis(es) and objective(s)

4. Material and methods: 1-2 slides with methodology (no details of procedures, only reference to the methods)

5. Results and discussion: 4-6 slides highlighting results and discussing the primary findings

6. Conclusions: a slide detailing the conclusions

7. Acknowledgements: a slide for acknowledgements and funding support

8. Formatting: The minimum font size on all slides should be 18, as the presentation will be in a large hall

Additional notes

• Ensure all slides are formatted for easy understanding of the information

• Provide explanations for each graph, picture, and table. Avoid overly complex tables on slides.

• Avoid animations unless embedded and guaranteed to work

• Media file(s), if any, should be embedded in your primary presentation as a slide

• Turn off automatic slide advance timings

• The meeting will use a 16:9 aspect ratio Screen (widescreen) in all rooms. Create your presentation in widescreen format to utilize the full-screen

• Language: English ONLY

• If you use various language fonts, save the PPT as a PDF on your computer and bring both formats for the presentation

• In PowerPoint, save your file as a .pptx extension. Do not use .ppt, .pps, or other formats, as these might cause issues with file compatibility

1. 1. Orientation: Portrait, DIN A0 format (84 cm wide x 119 cm high)

   2. Include the title and authors as mentioned in your abstract.

   3. Place the NCMPE 24 logo in the upper left corner and the affiliated institution/university logo (if any) in the upper right-hand corner

   4. Language: English ONLY.

   5. Information on the poster should flow from left to right and from top to bottom. A brief introduction giving the objectives, a brief methodology giving references of methods, highlights of results (with graphs and tables – do not use both for explaining the same idea), conclusions, and key references. You may add a line of acknowledgment, if necessary

   6. Keep your poster simple – avoid too much information, focus on two or three main points

   7. Within the poster, line spacing, justification, and design/layout can be done based on the requirement and to suit the overall aesthetics!

   8. Use short sentences, simple words, and bullet points

   9. The text should be readable from at least one meter away. Suggested font size is at least 24 points, with author(s) and affiliation(s) at least 42 points, and headings at least 60 points

   10. Graphics should be self-explanatory; keep captions concise

   11. Authors are requested to be in their allotted spaces at the conference venue for the

   12. The specified time for discussion is mentioned in the program schedule.