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X International Symposium
on Ruminant Physiology
in
Copenhagen, August 30th August to September 4th, 2004
Instructions For Oral Presentations and for Submitting PowerPoint Files

At the symposium venue there will be facilities available for presentations in the form of LCD projector with Windows based PC and overhead projector. But no facilities will be available for presentation of dias.

IMPORTANT! All PowerPoint presentations will need to be compatible with PowerPoint 2003 for Windows. You (and especially Mac users) are kindly requested to assure that your presentation is compatible with this version of PowerPoint for Windows before you submit your presentation. To ensure proper display onsite. PowerPoint presentations must be submitted in advance for check of compatibility etc. Please note the deadlines for submission of presentations given below.

Invited main papers
Oral presentation of invited main papers must not exceed 30 min. A 5 min. discussion follows each invited paper, amounting to a total of 35 min.

Shor papers
Oral presentation must not exceed 10 min. A max. of 5 min. discussion follows each paper, amounting to a total of 15 min.

Deadlines for submission of PowerPoint presentations
August 23rd - deadline for Tuesday presentations
August 24th - deadline for Wednesday presentations
August 25th - deadline for Thursday presentations
August 26th - deadline for Friday presentations
August 27th - deadline for Saturday presentations

Video and Sound
The presentation room will NOT be set up for playing sound from the presentation computer. Video clips can be used within presentations, but they will play without sound.
We cannot guarantee that your video clips will play correctly, but if you are planning to include clips in your presentation it is recommended that you send your clips to us for testing in advance of submitting your presentation. This will result in a much greater chance of your video clips playing correctly.

Submitting your Presentation
PowrPoint Presentations should be submitted respecting the above dead-lines as email attachments to isrp2004@agrsci.dk or ISRP2004@kvl.dk.
Title of the file should be: first-author-surname_session-no.
For large presentations, a zip file can be created and submitted.

Tips for Effective Presentations
  1. Titles should be 35 - 45 points - make sure each slide has a title.
  2. Short, concise titles are best.
  3. Use only 24 point fonts or larger for body text.
  4. Contrast title and body text by color and font size.
  5. Do not use bold, italic and all capital letters too much.
  6. Remember that italics are hard to read.
  7. Keep wording on charts to a minimum.
  8. Make sure charts stand on their own and can be understood.
  9. Keep the color scheme, fonts, bullets, and graphics consistent in the
     presentation.
10. Include graphics to give the audience a break from all the text.