Oral Presentations

A good oral presentation has a clear objective, a well-defined structure and uses clear and simple illustrations.

Objective & Structure

Your objective defines what you wish to achieve with your presentation. To achieve a realistic objective you must consider the characteristics of your audience: their motives for attending your presentation, their interests, their knowledge level and their intentions. 

The structure of a good presentation is as follows: 

• Define the subject, give a general outline and state the goals of your presentation in your introduction. 
• Work out your presentation in more detail. 
• Summarise and draw conclusions, which refer back to your introduction. 

Please be very careful that your presentation is scientific and not commercial. In addition, the company logo or trademarks are allowed only on the first and on the last page of the power point slides (oral presentations or oral presentation videos) or in small size on the poster. Please don't add any logos on the presentation cover page.

We recommend you to make an overview with the estimated timing of your presentation and to prepare yourself for questions from the audience. Rehearsal of your presentation is strongly recommended! Please note that presenting to a live audience can take a little longer than during a rehearsal.

It is important to adhere to the time schedule:

• 20 minutes in total per oral presentation (15 minutes speaking time and 5 minutes question time);

Poster Presentations

A poster is an ideal medium for an informal exchange of ideas and it can pave the way great discussions between participants. All poster presenters have in total 10 minutes to present their work, including time for questions.

Preparation

In order to obtain a design for your poster which aims to generate active discussion it is recommended to: 

• Use the event logo on your poster presentation
• Include the presentation title
• Place the highlights at eye level (i.e. the upper half of the wall element)
• Divide each poster into at least three equal columns for readability of text. Illustrations may extend over 2 or 3 columns;
• Text and character size:
• Word-process all text (including captions) and print on a plain light coloured background;
• Use a minimum font size of 18 points. (text should be readable from 2 meter away). 
• Illustrations: 
• Should have a resolution of 300 dpi to be suitable for printing on A0; 
• Should be placed large enough on the poster so it is readable from five feet away. 
• Poster Format: 
• The maximum allowed paper size is A0;
• There is one (1) poster board available per presentation; you are required to use 'Portrait' layout for your poster. 

Presentation

As the presenter of a poster you have the distinct advantage of being able to draw the attention of your audience to particular illustrations. These can be studied and discussed in more detail. 

To have a successful presentation, make sure your poster is attractive, well laid out and largely self-explanatory. The explanation of your poster should complement your visual display. 

The poster presentation should be given during the allocated time slot. Please note that the presenter MUST be on-site to present the poster. Simply mounting the poster in the allocated panel does not suffice as a presentation. Should you encounter difficulties presenting the poster, you are urged to contact EAGE (abstracts@eage.org).

The poster will be on display throughout the day of your presentation. This should be mounted before the start of the first session of the day and should be removed when the sessions have finished the same day. Should you fail to remove your poster, it will be thrown away at the end of the day. 

Poster Facilities

In order to facilitate presenting your poster, we will provide: 

• Display unit: One (1) panel element, inside measurements of approx. 95 cm wide and 147 cm high (tbc)
• Mounting materials.