Guideline for speakers

You have been accepted as a speaker for a contributed talk at ISCB46 - congratulations! In this document we summarize answers to some common questions and further instructions.

At the conference

  • Arrive at the room at least 10 minutes before the start of the session and introduce yourself to the chair. Ideally, you let the chair know upon your arrival that you intend to present.

Session time

If you want to know your session date and time then visit the schedule online.

The time allocated for a presentation is 15 minutes excluding Q&A (approx. 2 to 3 minutes).

Presentation Format

  • Your presentation should be in a PowerPoint (pptx), Quarto / Revealjs (HTML), or PDF file format. No other formats (e.g., Excel, Word or Prezi) will be accepted.
  • All presentations will be projected in 16:9 format landscape (not 4:3) using the provided files on a Windows laptop. Revealjs presentations will be opened in the Edge browser.
  • For Quarto / Reveal.js (HTML) presentations, ensure the file is fully self-contained. All assets (CSS, JS, images, fonts) must be embedded in the single HTML file. External links and internet access will not be available. If this is not possible, please submit your presentation in PowerPoint or PDF format instead.
  • All presentations must be in English followed by Questions & Answers in English.
  • Keynote will not be supported because it cannot be played back on a Windows PC. Please export your presentation as MS Office 365, using filename extension ‘.pptx’.
  • Clearly identify your presentation with your presentation date and name in the filename (example: 20250825_John_Smith.pptx)
  • The maximum file size is 30 megabytes.

Recommendations

  • Use high contrast colours; light text on dark background or vice versa.
  • Hyperlinks to external content such as websites cannot be supported.
  • Avoid non-standard fonts. These may not display correctly on other systems. If your presentation uses non-standard fonts, we recommend exporting your presentation to PDF and submitting both the .pptx and .pdf versions.

Submitting your presentation

  • Please submit your presentation within your conftool account no later than Sunday, 17th of August, 2025. We cannot guarantee availability of your slides at the conference after this date.
  • We cannot accept USB sticks or files via email at the conference.
  • We cannot accept that you present from your own laptop.
  • If you want to update your presentation, you can upload a new file the same way the first one was uploaded, but no later than 17th of August, 2025.

Upload Instructions

  • When logging into conftool you can click on “Your Submission” to see your submission:

  • Then click on final upload:
  • You can upload 2 files. File number one is your presentation for live presentation, and file number two is for the PDF version for the online portal on the conference. After choosing your files please upload and save the data.

FAQs

For more general questions please refer to the FAQs.