Schedule of sessions, workshops and ePoster sessions

Plenary session

• Speakers and chairpersons will be live during the session.
• The speakers prepare their presentations in advance. They are free to upload a video file with audio track or just upload a PowerPoint presentation and give their talk live during the plenary session.
• During the plenary session, the presentations are moderated by the chairpersons. These are then played back or held live by the author.
• Participants can ask questions via a chat.
• At the end of each talk, the chairs read out the questions and the speakers answer them.
• After each session, a “meet the speakers" session is planned via zoom (at least one chairperson + speakers). This should provide time for an in-depth discussion. The access data will be displayed at the end of the session of the main programme.
• The presentations will also be available digitally after the congress, subject to the consent of the speaker.

Workshops

• Speakers and chairpersons will be live during the session.
• Speakers pre-record their presentations with an audio track.
• For the session, the presentations are moderated by the chairpersons and then played back.
• Participants can ask questions via a chat.
• At the end of each talk, the chairpersons read out the questions and the speakers answer them.
• After each session, a “meet the speakers" session is planned via zoom (at least one chairperson + speakers). This should provide time for an in-depth discussion. The access data will be displayed at the end of the session of the main programme.
• The presentations will also be available digitally after the congress (on demand area), subject to the consent of the speaker.

ePoster Session

• For each workshop session there will also be a corresponding ePoster session with further short oral presentations on the respective topic.
• Speakers will pre-record their presentations in three-minute presentations, but they are connected live.
• The presentations will be played and participants can ask questions after the presentation.

ePoster Area / self study

• All ePosters can be viewed online on the digital congress page.
• The authors prepare a PDF file for this purpose. If they wish, authors can also submit a three-minute video additionally to the PDF.
• Questions about abstracts that are not presented in the ePoster sessions can be asked via chat to the author.

How to prepare a ePoster

• one page (PDF/PPTX in landscape format, 16:9)
• video presentation (max three minutes, video recording of ePoster) – obligatory for ePoster sessions, optional for ePoster area / self study