Information for oral and poster presenters and for chairs

Basic information

• EPHAR 2021 Congress will be organized virtually using Zoom platform (www.zoom.us).
• You will be able to join all virtual sessions through the congress website after logging in to the User zone. Virtual sessions, abstract submission forms, and registration for the congress are accessible through the User zone using the same username and password. If you submitted an abstract, your login credentials remain the same. You will not receive any join links by email.
• The oral sessions will be live. Presenters will give live talks during the webinar. They will run PowerPoint presentation on their own computer and will share their screen via Zoom.

Virtual background

Length of lectures

• Please consult the programme for the length of your lecture.
• A discussion about all lectures will take place at the end of the session. However, the last word belongs to the session chairs who can decide on a different course of the session (for example, each lecture is followed by a discussion, no discussion at all etc.)
• Emphasis placed on abiding the 90 minutes time slots.

Powerpoint presentations

• Presenters will run PowerPoint presentation on their own computer and will share their screen via Zoom.
• Submission of Powerpoint presentations
  • Presenters are required to submit their PowerPoint presentation before the congress.
  • The submitted presentation will serve as a backup and will only be used if presenters are not able to share their presentation via Zoom due to unexpected technical issues. Presenters are expected to run their PowerPoint presentation on their own computer and to share their screen via Zoom.
  • Please upload your Powerpoint presentation via the online form that is accessible after Login in the User Zone.
    • Login using your login details
    • Click on the item Contribution list in the menu on the left-hand side
    • Click on the title of your abstract
    • Then you will be able to upload your file.
  • Please submit your powerpoint presentation by Thursday, December 2, 2021.
  • How to prepare a Powerpoint presentation
  • We recommend to use 16:9 slides. You can download the EPHAR 2021 Powerpoint template.
  • The maximum size of the file is 50 MB
  • Detailed information on how to prepare your Powerpoint presentation is available  here .

Information for e-poster presenters

Displaying and presentation of e-posters

• E-posters in PDF format will be displayed on the Congress website during the whole virtual congress.
• The audience will be able to view e-posters at any time and to discuss with the authors in writing using a discussion box under each eposter.

Zoom platform

• We strongly recommend to download the Zoom desktop client and to install it on your computer. It is also possible to join the Zoom webinar from your Internet browser using the web client. The Zoom web client allows joining a Zoom meeting or webinar without downloading any plugins or software. However, the web client has limited features and should only be used if you can't access the other options.
• We strongly recommend to download and install the Zoom desktop client and to familiarize yourself with Zoom in advance before the start of the congress.
• Please find detailed instructions on how to download and install the Zoom desktop client and how to familiarize yourself with Zoom here.

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