Poster/mini-talk sessions will provide the opportunity for authors to shortly introduce their work orally through a brief presentation during the conference, in addition to exhibiting their poster in a dedicated web-space/repository and/or in presence.

– All mini talks should be presented in English.  

– Presenters will be given a maximum of 16 minutes for their mini talk, which may not be exceeded.  It is suggested to use 8 minutes to introduce the scope of the work and 8 minutes for discussion/questions. Presenters are requested to upload – within Friday, August 29 – either a shared link on dropbox (or a different file-sharing service) containing their PDF presentation or directly their presentation using the following form:

– The recommended number of slides for the mini talk is 8. Please practice your presentation to adjust your timing accordingly.  

– An electronic copy of the poster must be uploaded – within Friday, August 29 – via a shared link on dropbox (or a different file-sharing service) or by uploading the poster in the following form, ensuring accessibility for all Conference Participants:

The electronic copy of the poster will be made available to the conference audience for the entire duration of the conference, moreover, in case of in-presence attendance by the presenter, her/his poster will be physically exhibited at the conference venue.

– We strongly recommend to prepare a file not exceeding 5MB (pdf or jpeg).

Guidelines for the poster preparation for in presence-exposition:

Poster size: we strongly recommend using 70 X 100 as a maximum side for the poster. In any case you may print your poster in any size, as long as it fits within the free-standing bulletin board dimensions (70 X 100 format).

Please consider the following list of advices to make your poster presentation effective:

  • Keep your poster as simple as possible;
  • Create enough contrast between text and background;
  • Avoid heavy/complex pictures/patterns as background;
  • Balance text and pictures;
  • Use simple sentences;
  • Explain acronyms;
  • Use a char size that could be read from 2 meters (>20 points).