Presentations can be held in English (conference language) or German and usually have the following durations:

• For contributed talks a total of 15 minutes including discussion time and speaker change (12 min talk + 3 min discussion/speaker change).
• For invited talks a total of 30 minutes including discussion time and speaker change (25 min talk + 5 min discussion/speaker change).
• For plenary talks are 45 minutes without discussion time.

For further information on the language or length of the presentation, please contact the division or working group in which you will be giving the presentation.

All lecture halls will be equipped with a projector (16:9) or monitor (16:9) and a computer. Speakers are requested to upload their presentations on the conference website one day before the corresponding session. An e-mail with the access data and the upload deadlines will be sent to the lecturers before the conference. If you require to change your uploaded contribution, you may again upload the document at latest 4 hours before the session starts (not before the talk starts). In any case you should also bring a copy your presentation on an USB drive as a backup.

The file formats accepted for all parallel sessions are pdf and Powerpoint. Own laptops cannot be used for the presentation. The presentations will be transferred to the provided PCs/laptops in the lecture hall before the session.

All lecture theatres will be opened, at the latest, 30 minutes prior to the talks. Speakers are requested to be in the lecture hall at least 20 minutes prior to the start of the session, reporting to the chairperson of the session as well as the technical staff ensure that the presentation upload was successful and to receive a brief introduction to the equipment in the lecture hall. If you need other presentation facilities, please ask for availability at the information desk as soon as you arrive at the conference.