Updated 2 December 2013

Please find below some general guidelines which we recommend that you follow:

Before the Conference:

  • Contact the other Moderator to discuss the session prior to the Meeting. Please familiarize yourself with the papers to be presented in your session. If you feel it is useful, contact the speakers directly. You will be provided with their contact details.

  • Prepare at least one question of your own in case none will come from the audience. You may also contact the presenter and ask them which question would further enhance his/her presentation.

Right before your session:

  • Be at your session 10 minutes early to meet the presenters and to familiarize yourself with the equipment. An audio/visual technician will be on-hand to assist with your session. Introduce yourself to the technician and check together with him/her how the audio-visual equipment operates before the session starts.

  • Please check with all speakers that they have delivered their presentations to the Speaker Preview Room located on level 1 of the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre in Gothenburg. Please be informed that speakers will not be able to run the presentation from their personal laptop in the session room.

During your session:

  • Please remind the audience that out of respect for speakers’ copyright, it is forbidden to take pictures and/or to film during any session. Remind the speaker to absolutely respect the time limit. If a presentation cannot be given or if a speaker does not appear (no-show), use this time to start a discussion so that the next presentation can take place on schedule. The times indicated in the programme usually include a 5-minute discussion time after each presentation.
  • Discussion
    Take charge of the discussion period. Recognize questions from the audience and allow each person to participate in the discussion. Ask the participant to introduce himself/herself and to speak slowly into the microphone. If you think it is necessary, repeat or paraphrase the question or the answer, to make sure that everybody can follow the discussion. Comment on the data presented in relation to accepted current knowledge.

    The audience may believe that the lack of comments from the chairs means acceptance, or agreement, on the presented data.

General Information

Session Rooms:
Each session room is equipped with:
- Video beamer
- Lectern with microphone
- Laser pointer
- Laptop
- Remote control for PowerPoint

Scientific Programme:
The overview of the scientific programme can be found at the Conference Session Planner.