Guidelines for Poster presentation

1. The posters shall be presented in the form of e-posters.

2. At least one of the authors should be a member / should have applied for membership of the ISMSICS.

3. It is mandatory for the primary author to register for the conference.

4. The authors of e-posters need not be physically present at the e-poster display terminal.

5. The e-poster can be viewed at any time during the conference. A specific time slot will not be required.

6. The e-poster may include text, figures, tables and images but no videos or animations.

7. The e-posters should consist of a maximum of 12 Microsoft PowerPoint slides, inclusive of a title slide and a slide mentioning ethical aspects and any conflicts of interest with use of Time New Roman or Arial fonts.

8. The title slide should mention the title of the poster and the authors’ information and affiliations.

9. The rest of the content should include Introduction, Material and Methods, Results (if applicable), Discussion, Conclusion and References in Vancouver format.

10. Pictures and graphics should be of good quality and clearly labelled and described.

11. The 2 best e-posters will be awarded Cash prizes.

12. All prizes will be given to the presenting author only.

13. No change in the presenting author will be allowed after abstract acceptance.

14. Evaluation criteria will be based on the originality of idea, scientific rigor, utility in practice and overall presentation.

15. The place of submission / upload of the e-poster file shall be intimated in due course.