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Guidelines for Abstracts Presentation

The abstract must be submitted as Microsoft Word Document (*.doc) or Rich Text File (*.rtf) according to the following rules. You are kindly asked to download our template (Microsoft Word format).

Page size: A4 (297 x 210 mm)
Margins: top: 40 mm; bottom: 20 mm;
left: 30 mm; right: 30 mm
Font type: Times New Roman or Symbol
Line spacing: title and text must be single-spaced
1st Line: Title: centered, 14 point, bold capital letters
2nd Line: Author(s): centered, 12 point, presenting author underlined
3rd Line: Affiliation and full address: centered, 12 point. In the case of different affiliations of the authors, specify with superscript a, b, etc.
Main text: left and right justified, 12 point, unindented
Figures: good quality, located within the text (please bear in mind that the page size will be reduced to 70%)
References: placed in square brackets [1, 2, ...] in the text and cited at the bottom of the abstract

Instructions for Poster Presentation

Posters should be 1.20 m high and 0.90 m wide. Abstracts scheduled for presentation in poster sessions will be grouped by topic, numbered and listed in the Final Program. The poster boards will be numbered according to the program. Authors are requested to be in front of their poster during the official session time.

Projection Equipment

The conference lecture hall will be equipped with single slide and overhead projectors and a high-resolution video beamer.

Speakers are requested to hand in their slides -- format: 5x5 cm, in stiff frames, numbered correctly in order of projection -- to the slide center at least one hour before the beginning of their session (for the morning sessions in the previous afternoon).

For PowerPoint presentations, speakers are kindly requested to send their files in advance as email attachment; or to hand in the file one day before their session on electronic media. We kindly ask you to use the provided equipment instead of your own laptop to avoid technical problems.

For those using, other types of video presentation softwares an own laptop must be used.


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