Updated 13 June 2014
ECFS Declaration of Potential Conflict of Interests in Accordance with UEMS Guidelines
The Society wishes to ensure that all those who participate in the Society's professional, administrative, scientific and educational activities, including speakers and chairpersons at the ECFS Conference, have the opportunity to declare any interests they may have which could influence, or might be perceived to influence their judgement or behaviour.
The full declaration can be downloaded as a PDF file here: ECFS 2014 Conflict of Interest(pdf)
Speaker Preview Room
The facilities in the Speaker Preview Room of the 37th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference will provide the possibility of:
- reviewing your PowerPoint presentation
- last minute alterations of your PowerPoint presentation
- support by technical staff
- uploading your PowerPoint presentation for the dedicated session room
To enable the staff to handle the technical aspects in an efficient way, all presentations should be prepared according to the guidelines below. It is essential that:
- the correct format is used
- the presentation be handed in on time at the Speaker Preview: at least two hours before the beginning of your session (it is recommended to deliver your presentation the day before the session if possible).
The Speaker Preview Room is located on Level 1 of the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre in Gothenburg.
Speaker Preview Room opening hours:
Wednesday, June 11 10:00-19:00
Thursday, June 12 06:45-18:00
Friday, June 13 06:45-18:00
Saturday, June 14 08:00-11:00
Session Rooms:
Each session room is equipped with:
- Video beamer
- Lectern with microphone
- Laser pointer
- Laptop with operating system Windows 7 (English)
- Remote control for PowerPoint
Scientific Programme:
The overview of the scientific programme can be found at the Conference Session Planner.
Filming and Taking Pictures
For your information, filming an taking of picture during all sessions is forbidden and delegates
will be reminded of this policy.
Presentation Guidelines:
Presentation Format
Please use Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2007 (*.ppt), OpenOffice Impress 1.0 – 3.0 or Adobe PDF to guarantee your presentation will open successfully on an on-site PC. If you use MS PowerPoint, we recommend that you save your PowerPoint presentation using .ppt-format and not .pps.
All presentations will be presented in a resolution of 1024x768 pixels (landscape). Please use high contrast lettering and fonts with a minimum size of 16pt and high contrast layouts like light text on dark colours.
Pictures
- JPG images are the preferred file format for inserted images.
- GIF, TIF or BMP formats will be accepted as well.
Images inserted into PowerPoint are embedded into the presentations. The resolution of pictures between 72 and 200 dpi is sufficient. Bigger files would only increase the file size of your presentation. The maximum file size of images should not exceed 250KBytes.
Movies / Videos
Because of the many different video formats support cannot be provided for embedded videos in your presentation; please test your presentation on the on-site PC several hours before your presentation. Generally, the MPEG-1 and WMV format should work with no difficulties. The file size should not exceed 50 MB. Movies or videos that require additional reading or projection equipment (e.g. VHS cassettes) will not be accepted.
Fonts
Only fonts which are included in the basic installation of MS-Windows 7 will be available (English version of Windows). Use of other fonts not included in Windows can cause the wrong layout / style of your presentation. Suggested fonts: Arial, Times New Roman, Tahoma. If you must use different fonts, these must be embedded into your presentation.
Transfer of your Presentation
Please submit your presentation to the Speaker Preview Room via one of the following medium:
- CD ROM (CD-R/RW), DVD-ROM (DVD-R/RW)
- USB memory stick
- Save all files associated with your presentation (PowerPoint file, movie/video files etc.) to one folder/location.
The conference staff will transfer your presentation from the Speaker Preview Room to the corresponding session room. You will easily find your presentation at the lectern installed laptop in your session room.
In the event that you have more than one presentation during the conference, save the different presentations in different folders and name them clearly to avoid any on-site misunderstandings and problems. Always make a backup copy of your presentations and all associated files and save them on a separate portable medium.
Other Information
- You can control/move slides during your presentation on your own (by remote control PowerPoint - please kindly check this in the Speaker Preview Room in advance).
- Kindly be at the session room 10 minutes before the session starts to meet the moderators of your session and familiarize yourself with the technical and other equipment.
Using your own laptop for presentation is not possible.
All speakers are requested to adhere to the timings set for their presentations.
PowerPoint Presentations available after the conference on the ECFS website
ECFS will provide an online access to presentations made at the conference to ECFS members. This will allow the ECFS to extend the reach of the specialised educational content provided by our speakers. If you agree, your PowerPoint Presentation will be password protected and accessible in PDF format only directly from the ECFS website: www.ecfs.eu for the ECFS members only. The authorisation will be requested in the speaker preview room during the uploading process.