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.

Session time

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

The time allocated for a presentation is 17 minutes excluding Q&A (approx. 3 to 5 minutes).

Presentation Format

  • Your presentation should be in a PowerPoint (pptx) 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 Powerpoint or PDF file on a Windows laptop.
  • 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 10 megabytes.

Presentation Design Recommendations

  • Use high contrast colours; light text on dark background or vice versa.
  • Hyperlinks to external content such as websites cannot be supported.

Submitting your presentation

  • Please submit your presentation within your conftool account no later than Wednesday, 20th of August 2025.
  • We cannot accept USB sticks or files via email at the conference.
  • 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 20th August 2025.

Upload Instructions

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

FAQs

For more general questions please refer to the FAQs.