Guidelines for Free paper Presentation

1. For Free-paper Presentation speaker will be provided 10 minutes for the presentation. The slot for the same is divided into 8 minutes for Presentation and 2 minutes for Discussion.
2. Please strictly adhere to the time.
3. The presentation will have to be in Windows PowerPoint format (PPT) with the required photographs, tables and graphs that should be very unambiguous and legible.
4. Maximum number of slides per E-poster: 3 (Three).
5. All slides should be in landscape format preferably in 16:9 orientation.
6. Animation/movies/sounds will not be supported; please submit a static PPT format only.
7. The presenting author should report at the venue in time and must be present throughout the specified duration of the poster session.
8. Time allowed for presentation will be 3 minutes to be followed by 2 minutes of discussion.
9. The participants must be registered with Indian Psychiatric Society and register in the conference as per laid down criteria.

E-Poster Presentation Specifications

1. The screen time provided to a particular poster would be a maximum of one hour. The presenting author is requested to make it convenient to remain at the site of his/her poster presentation throughout that stipulated time.

2. The E-poster will be displayed on standard 42” (Diagonal) LCD.

3. File format should be PowerPoint (PPT).

4. Total size of the presentation should not exceed 10-20 MB.

5. Maximum number of slides per E-poster:3 (Three).

6. All slides should be in landscape format preferably in 16:9 orientation.

7. Animation/movies/sounds will not be supported; please submit in a static PPT format only.

8. Each slide title should be placed in a title placeholder.

9. The text should include (most likely as separate elements of the poster) Introduction, Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusion and Acknowledgments.

10. The poster should be self-explanatory. Text should be brief and well organized.

11. It is suggested that font size of the text should be at least 26 to 36 points. The typeface chosen should be a simple and clear one (e.g. Helvetica).

12. The correct font size depends greatly on the fonts used in the ppt and the thumb rule should be that if its visible well on the computer screen it shall be visible on the E-Poster Display Screen

1. Topic of the Symposium.
2. Sub-topics of the Symposium
3. Respective speakers of each Sub-topic
4. Name and contact (phone number & email id) details of the Authors.