Guidelines for presenters

1. General session format:

The general format of our sessions is organised as follows:

• They last 90 minutes and are followed by at least 30 30-minute coffee break or lunch.
• Each session is around a plastic pollution thematic area and is managed by a Moderator.
• Each Session features 1 or 2 Session Keynotes, followed by flash presentations (3-5).
• Then we enter into a panel debate (‘Building consensus’), followed by questions and answers interaction of the panel with the session delegates (‘Ask the expert’).
• Finally, we capture the pulse of the session via online voting (‘Crowd knowledge’) and the Moderator wraps up.

We will follow up within the next few days with detailed guidance on all aspects of your participation (i.e., panels / special curated sessions) – how to reach the venue – guidance for moderators and so on.

2. As a starting point, here we provide you with core guidance on the format of your presentation. 

Presentation type: There are three types of presentations:

P1: Plenary keynotes

P2 Session keynotes

P3 Flash presentations 

You can find the type of your presentation in the online programme (Symposium Agenda):

Programme - Global Plastic Pollution Systems Symposium (plasys.earth)

3. Duration:  All presentations are relatively short, and we ask you to engage in a short and sharp communication of bold messages. Let’s focus on what really matters! This format is designed to allow for sufficient time for genuine interaction, through panels, Q&A sessions, and lengthy enough breaks to freely exchange with the fellow experts and stakeholders. Out of respect to fellow presenters and delegate experts, you are kindly asked to strictly adhere to the proposed time – so that effectively interactive sessions are possible. Specifically:

• P1: 15 minutes (indicative number of slides 17: featuring a medium level of animation and detail in each slide, including one opening and one final slide:
• P2: 8 minutes – 9 slides
• P3: 4 minutes – 5 slides 

4. Structure: All presentations should feature the same generic structure, although there is much more liberty to follow your own approach for the P1 – Plenary keynotes.

The minimum structure, applicable to P3 is: Slide1: opening slide (title, affiliations); Slide 2: Context: core work/ research background, aim and assumptions; Slide 3: Main results/findings and conclusions/outlook; Slide 4: Methods/ approach/ validity of information presented, limitations/gaps/ further work needed; Slide 5: closing slide.

For P1 and P2: please expand at will following this basic structure.

If this structure does not work for you, do feel free to deviate, but still think about which elements you could accommodate.

5. Software and template: We encourage the use of MSPowerPoint to avoid compatibility issues. We provide a Template (see end of page) with opening, body and closing slide types and we welcome their use. 

You are advised to prepare the presentation and send it to plasys@plasys.earth by Monday 30 September 2024. If you cannot make it, please ensure you arrive at the room 10 minutes before the session to upload it on the PC.

Please do not hesitate to ask any questions by emailing plasys@plasys.earth