When you arrive at the Conference Venue:

• Report to the PREVIEW Room at least two hours before the start of the session during which you will give your presentation. (If your session starts early in the morning, we advise you to check in the Preview Room the day before.)
• In the PREVIEW Room you can check your presentation and make final changes.
• Only data projection will be allowed. Please bring a Pen drive or CD-ROM with your presentation (Microsoft Powerpoint version 2000 or later) to the Preview Room. Conference volunteers will make sure that your presentation will be downloaded on the computer in your specific session room.
• Be present in your presentation room 10 minutes before the start of the session to meet the chair(s) / Hall Incharge.
• A technician and a representative of the scientific committee will be in every room to provide assistance when needed.
• If you have questions, please contact your chair(s) or a staff member at the Preview Room.
• Please upload your talk on Pedicon website (www.pedicon2010.org).  Each speaker has a page on this website.
• The delegates and IAP members will continue to ask questions even after Pedicon 2010 through above mentioned website.  Kindly do the needful as and when need arise.

At the Time of your Presentation:

Please be certain that the length of your oral presentation stays within the allotted time and leave time for questions from the audience. Please note that Audio-visual will shut off at the end of allotted time. Session chairs are instructed to terminate lectures, which exceed their time allotment. Please do not take any brand name of Instrument / Drug / Vaccine. Session chairs are instructed to interrupt in case any brand name is used in presentation or spoken. Please confirm the exact date and time of your presentation in the final scientific program.

Audio-Visual Equipment

• Data projector for power point presentations
• PC-computer with Microsoft Powerpoint version 2000 or higher
• Overhead projection: Please note that overhead projection will
• NOT be available at the conference.
• Laserpointer
• Automated slide advance button
• Clip microphone
• Lectern microphone
• Please note that MacIntosh presentations are not compatible and cannot be used. No other equipment will be available.
• Personal laptops will NOT be accepted in the meeting rooms

Important Notes For The Preparation Of A Slide Show

We are aware and respect your expertise. But, to maintain uniformity and to avoid any last minute Audio-visual problem, you are requested to read following guidelines carefully, while you are preparing your slide show:

1. Use Microsoft Powerpoint version 2000 or higher.
2. Make sure your presentation does not exceed 5 MB.
3. Use screen resolution 800 x 600 pixels to guarantee the compatibility to the data projectors.
4. When you use power point always use the option: ‘Font true type’.
5. Keep the use of animations limited.
6. Colours should be kept limited and simple.
7. Use the minimum of text on a slide; try not to use more than 6 bullet points per slide. The fewer the better.
8. Leave out text you do not plan to discuss.
9. Use several slides to cover a detailed topic that cannot be logically included on one slide.
10. If you must refer to one slide on several occasions during your presentation, use duplicates instead of trying to return to the original.
11. To coin a phrase, pictures often speak louder than words.
12. Bring a copy of your presentation on a CD-ROM or pen drive and hand it in at the Preview room at least two hours before the start of the session during which you will give your presentation.

Recommendations For The Preparation Of Oral Presentations

1. You are requested to plan your presentation carefully and co-ordinate each phase of your lecture with your slides (see important notes for the preparation of a slide show).
2. You are requested to select your vocabulary to address as wide an audience as possible and avoid unfamiliar abbreviations or expressions.
3. Arrive before the session begins, and acquaint yourself with the operation of the podium and location of the equipment. Congress staff will be present to assist you.
4. Give the technician any special instructions you may have before, not during the talk.
5. Every podium will be provided with an automated slide advance button. If you wish, you may ask for your slides to be advanced using oral instructions (NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE).
6. You are requested to speak in accordance with your slide sequence, discuss the material as written on the slide, and use a pointer to guide the audience. (Do not wave the pointer around the slide).
7. You are requested to declare the conflict of interest, if any in your first slide of presentation. In case of no conflict of interest, please specify that.
8. Please stay within the time limit allocated for your presentation. (unless you are presenting in a symposium and have been instructed otherwise by the Chairperson). Please note that the audio-visual will switch off at the end of  allotted time for your presentation.

1. Introduce your topic and inform your audience what you intend to speak about.
2. Deliver your talk, including the methods, results and conclusions.
3. Incorporate Clinical Case Scenario in your presentation.
4. Prepare the presentation with supporting evidence from available literature.
5. Summarise for your audience the most important points (Carry Home Messages) of your lecture.