Instructions for presenters

Oral presentations

Lectures will be held in the Grandis Hall of the Brdo Congress Centre. Speakers are kindly requested to deliver their presentations on an USB device to the computer technician in the Grandis Hall at least half an hour before the start of the session. Slides should be prepared in either MS PowerPoint or Adobe PDF format, and should come either together with any supporting materials (e.g. videos) in the same folder (alert the technical staff to copy those to the presenter’s computer as well!) or should be embedded into the PowerPoint presentation so they will be at your disposal at the time of your presentation.

Technical assistance will be provided on-site to help you with the download/upload to provided laptop PCs with Windows OS, Office and Acrobate Reader software. Apple Mac computer users are asked to export their presentations to a PC-compatible format (recommended PDF files) to avoid compatibility issues. The use of presenters’ own computers will not be allowed.

The projected screen will be in a wide, 16:9 (width:height) format. Please prepare your slides accordingly! All presenters are asked to respect the time limits when giving their talks.

Wi-Fi and computers with wire internet access will be available at the conference hall.

Poster presentations

The authors of posters are kindly asked to stand by posters for the duration of the session.

Poster format and dimensions

The recommended size/format for poster is the A0 print format, i.e. 841 x 1189 mm (width x height). Please consider using the recommended format, although you can also choose other size but up to a maximum size of 900 x 1300 mm. In any case, your poster must be oriented vertically.

Prescribed poster orientation: portrait

Young Ophthalmologists Competition Programme

The committee responsible for evaluating contributions from young ophthalmologists will assess posters and short presentations by ophthalmology trainees.

The evaluation will be based on the following criteria (each criterion can receive a maximum of 10 points, with a total possible score of 50 points):

Relevance to clinical practice
Significance for scientific research
Innovations in the field
Clearly conveyed message
Presentation skills

To avoid conflicts of interest (e.g., mentorship) and ensure greater objectivity in the evaluation process, one evaluator will be excluded from assessing each contribution or poster.

Authors of the contributions with the highest total scores will be awarded prizes for the best poster and the best short presentation.

The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, 17 May 2025, at the conclusion of the congress.