Paper Presentations

Papers will be allocated approximately 15 minutes for presentation, with an additional 2-3 minutes for questions and answers following each talk. Session Chairs will introduce the speakers and will moderate the discussion.

Each presentation room will be equipped with a laptop computer and a projector (16:9 aspect ratio), connected with a VGA cable, for PowerPoint presentations. The available software may also allow for other types of presentations, such as embedded videos.

Hardware specifications of laptops:

• Processor Intel Core i7 Quad Core 2.7GHz
• RAM 16GB
• Hard Drive Capacity 500GB
• DVD-R/RW drive
• Wireless Network ac/a/b/g/n
• Graphics NVIDIA Quadro K4100M w/4GB
• USB 3.0 and 2.0

Software available on laptops (all in English language):

• Windows 7 64bit
• Microsoft Office 2010
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
• Microsoft Silverlight
• Adobe Flash Player 11
• Adobe Reader XI
• Apple Quick Time
• Internet Explorer 10
• DirectX 11

Presenters who wish to run specialized software need to bring their own laptop and any necessary adapter to connect to the VGA cable. Prior to their session, they should inform the session chair and test that their computer and adapter works with the projector in the room.

Presenters that would like to use their Apple Mac computer for their presentation must bring their own adapter to connect to the VGA cable or their own cable. Prior to their session, they should inform the session chair and test that their computer and adapter works with the projector in the room.

Wireless internet connection will be available in the presentation rooms.

Poster Presentations

The poster area will be located together with the Exhibition and the Coffee break area at the METROPOLITAN BALLROOM.

The poster presentations will be mounted on double sided poster boards with landscape orientation. Each poster presentation will be assigned one side of the board.

Authors of posters are kindly asked to make themselves available during the days of the Conference to present their work and answer questions about their poster to Conference participants. It is up to the presenters to arrange the date(s) and time(s) they will be available. They may wish to indicate on the poster board when they will be available to provide brief presentations and answer questions about their poster to Conference participants.