INDL-8 Oral presentations guidelines

INDL-8 conference sessions have different durations: 2 hours (6 presentations), 1.5 hours (4-5 presentations), and 1 hour (3 presentations). Please find on the programme page online which session your presentation has been allocated to.

Regardless of session duration, each speaker has 15 minutes to present. In each session, all speakers present first, one after the other and according to the order specified in the online programme. We'll save Q&A for the end of each session, when everyone can jump in. Session chairs will enforce these rules strictly, so please make sure you stay well within the allocated 15 minutes – no exception.

You're welcome to use slides or other visual aids for your presentation. Please save all presentation files in PDF format andupload your file on the shared folder below, or bring your files on a USB drive on conference day and upload them to the room's computer 15 minutes before your session begins. The session chair and technical assistant will be there to help you with this setup

⚠️ Please note thatyou will not be able to use your own laptop.

INDL-8 Poster guidelines

⚠️ Please deliver your poster to the organizing team upon arrival on the first day of the conference.

Posters will be exhibited during lunchtime on 10 September.

Size and orientation: If the size of your poster is A1 (59cmx84cm) or smaller (for example A2, A3), then you may choose between portrait (vertical) and landscape (horizontal) orientations. Instead, if your poster has size A0 (84cmx120cm), then only portrait (vertical) orientation can be accepted. Larger sizes are NOT accepted.

Contents and style: You may select the information that you wish to display on your poster, and how you want to display it. Nevertheless, remember that some simple tricks can help you attract more attention around your scientific poster:

• Ensure that important information is readable even a few metres away

• Choose a short (and ideally, catchy) title

• Be concise by keeping word count low (ideally, 300-800 words)

• Use bullets, numbering, and headlines to facilitate reading

• Use graphics, plots, pictures

• Work with colours and fonts to draw attention to important parts

• Keep your layout clean – don’t put too much content on your poster

• Don’t forget to add your name and institutional affiliation

• You may use a QR code to direct viewers to a website where they can learn more about your work

More detailed guidelines on how to successfully prepare a scientific poster can be found on the websites of many universities, libraries, and journals. For example:

• https://guides.nyu.edu/posters

• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5714380/

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240545772400202X

• https://www.science.org/content/article/how-prepare-scientific-poster

INDL-8 Interactive Map

INDL-8 will take place across three venues:

• Venue A – Santa Cristina della Fondazza (Piazza Giorgio Morandi 2)

• Venue B – Palazzo Hercolani (Strada Maggiore 45)

• Venue C – Dama Tecnopolo (Via Stalingrado 84/3)

   

Conference schedule by Venue:

• 10 September – Venues A & B

• 11 September – Venue C

• 12 September – Venues A & B

   

👉 Special schedule for 11 September:
Please note that the second day of the INDL-8 Conference (11 September) will take place at a special venue, the DAMA Tecnopolo (Venue C), just a few bus stops from the city center. To facilitate transportation for all participants, please meet at Piazza XX Settembre at 8:00 AM. From there, we will travel together by shuttle or, if the shuttle is full, by public transport (Bus No. 25 – Dozza/Gomito, stop @Casoni, followed by a 10-minute walk)

⚠️ Getting there:
A shuttle service will also be available to reach Venue C. Priority will be given to participants with accessibility needs. Should you wish to use the shuttle service instead of the public transportation, please complete the Shuttle Service Form. There are a maximum of 50 seats on the Shuttle.

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