Regular Papers

Study the venue floor plan in advance so that you can arrive at your lecture room in time.

Know who your session chair is, and contact him or her well in advance before your session so that you can be introduced properly. Have your presentation uploaded on the presentation computer and check it works fine before your session starts.

The duration of each presentation slot is 30 minutes. This includes the time for the actual presentation (ca. 25 minutes), and five minutes for questions from the audience. It is highly recommended that the presentation is practiced in advance, and the speech duration is scaled to be 25 minutes. Exceeding the allocated presentation time is not allowed, the session chair will cut the presentation short whenever necessary.

The presenters should arrive in their lecture room at least 15 minutes before the start of their presentation.

Lecture room equipment:

PC with Microsoft Windows XP
- PowerPoint 2007 and Acrobat Reader
- USB ports
Data/video projector
- true resolution: 1024x768px
Wireless microphone
Laser pointer

Using the computer provided by the conference organizers is highly recommended, but a personal laptop computer (and other personal equipment) may also be used if necessary. Note that the AC voltage in the Czech Republic is 240V, and the mains plug is Type E, it works with the European type CEE 7/4 (German 2-pin, side clip earth), but the earth remains unconnected, and is compatible with CEE 7/7 (French/German 16 A/250 V earthed with both the side clip earth and the hole).

If you require additional A/V equipment or material, you must contact the conference organizers in advance.

Presentation Files

The name of your presentation file(s) MUST start with the session number, followed by the track letter, followed by the presentation number, followed by an underscore and the first author surname.
Example: Session 3 on Monday, Track B, second paper -> M3B2_Einstein.ppt

This naming convention will greatly simplify the distribution of the presentations to the appropriate computers, and avoid multiple files named 'FPL09.ppt'. The session numbers, track letters, and presentation numbers can be found in the conference program.

Use a USB stick to bring your presentation to the conference. You need to find your lecture room for uploading your presentation files to the PC used for your presentation.

Do not put an excessive amount of text on your slides. Generally, all text should be 18 points or larger.

Use clearly contrasting colors. Use graphics and colors to illustrate your presentation.

Short Papers (Posters)

All posters must be printed in advance. The conference organizers can only provide A4-sized printing capabilities at the conference venue.

The poster stands are sized 100cm x 140cm (width x height). Tacks for attaching the posters to the stands are provided by the conference organizers.

The poster stands will be numbered from 1 to 16. The stand number allocated to your presentation is shown in the conference program.

If your poster is in the morning, please put up your poster before 10:00 and remove it around 13:30. For afternoon poster sessions, you should put up your poster before 14:00 and remove it after the last Oral Session.

The presenting author must be at the poster only during the poster session. All posters that are left behind will be removed by the organizing staff.

Include the title of the paper on the top of the poster, in capital letters. Insert author names and affiliations below the title. The flow of the poster should be from the top left to the bottom right. Multiple columns can also be used. Using graphics and colors to illustrate your presentation is highly recommended. A printed version of the paper is not considered to be a poster!

PhD Forum

All PhD Forum posters must be printed in advance. The conference organizers can only provide A4-sized printing capabilities at the conference venue.

The poster stands are sized 100cm x 140cm (width x height). Tacks for attaching the posters to the stands are provided by the conference organizers.

The poster stands will be numbered from 1 to 7. Please put up your poster before 17:00 and remove it after 18:30.

The presenting author must be at the poster during the PhD Forum session which lasts until 18:00.