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Please be seated in the "next-chairperson's seat" before the start of the Symposium. Allocation of time for each presentation is left to the discretion of the organizers.

- 1. Please be seated in the "next-chairperson's seat" before the start of the session.
- 2. The presentation and discussion times are allocated as below:
ˇˇ10 min for Presentation + 5 min for Discussion

- 1. Please stop by the Speakers Registration Desk to preview your presentation.
| ˇˇPlace : | Speakers Registration Desk, 3rd Floor, Conference Center, Pacifico Yokohama |
| ˇˇDate & Time : | March 22 (Tue) 8:00-16:30 |
| | March 23 (Wed) 8:00-17:00 |
| | March 24 (Thu) 8:00-14:30 |
- 2. The presentation and discussion times for Oral Presentations are as follows:
ˇˇ10 min for Presentation + 5 min for Discussion
ˇˇˇöAllocation of time for each presentation is left to the discretion of the chairs.

- 1. Please stop by the Speakers Registration Desk 60 min prior to your presentation to verify the correct output to the equipments provided.
- ˇöIf you are a presenter of the first session in the morning, please come to the Desk 30 min prior to your presentation.
- 2. Please bring your own AC adaptor.
- 3. Speakers MUST HAVE a laptop with a VGA D-sub15 pin output function. The VGA D-sub15 pin female output connects the laptop to the external monitors and the data projectors. Some laptops require special video output cables that are compatible to the laptop, in order to be connected to the D-sub15 pin. Should you not bring this cable, we will not be able to connect
your laptop to the data projector.

- 4. The following operating systems are acceptable.
ˇˇWindows: Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
ˇˇMacintosh: MAC OSX 10.1.2 or later
- 5. If you have any sounds or videos in your presentation, please inform the operators.
- 6. After you finish checking your presentation, please come to the operator's desk in each conference room 30 min prior to your presentation. The operator's desk is located near the podium.
- 7. Please make your presentation by using the mouse and the keyboard provided on the lectern.
- 8. Please note that you cannot modify your presentation data at the conference room.
- 9. After your presentation, please remember to stop by the operator's desk to pick up yourlaptop.
ˇăImportant notes when creating presentation dataˇä
- 1. Please make sure that your laptop is set to produce correct output signals.
- 2. Please save your presentation data on the desktop of your laptop with an easily recognizable file name. We recommend naming your files as ˇČPresentation Number_ SpeakerˇÇs NameˇÉ, e.g. ˇČO1B1-1_Ichiro SUZUKIˇÉ.
- 3. Screen resolution of XGA (1024 ˇß 768) is recommended. Please note that it may cause image distortion if your resolution is lower than XGA.
- 4. Please deactivate the screen-saver and power saving mode of your laptop.
- 5. If your laptop requires a password for rebooting, please unlock it in advance.
- 6. Please bring your back-up data just in case.

- 1. Please stop by the Speakers Registration Desk at least 60 min prior to your presentation to
preview and register your presentation data.
- ˇöYour presentation data can be registered at anytime during the Meeting. We recommend that you bring the data on the day before your presentation to avoid delay.
- 2. You may bring either USB memory stick or CD-R.
- ˇöPlease note that other devices (including CD-RW, MO, FD, ZIP) are not acceptable.
- ˇöPlease bring your data after checking with an antivirus software.
- 3. The following operating systems are acceptable.
ˇˇOS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
ˇˇApplications: Power Point 2003, 2007
- 4. If you have any audio or videos in your presentation, please inform the operators.
- 5. Please note that you cannot modify your presentation data after the registration.
- 6. Please make a presentation by using the mouse and keyboard provided on the lectern.
- 7. Your presentation data will be deleted immediately after the meeting concludes.
ˇăImportant notes when creating presentation dataˇä
- 1. Please note that you can use standard fonts of the Windows OS only.
- 2. Because the screen resolution of the PC at the conference room is set to XGA (1024 ˇß 768),
please check your presentation data at the same screen resolution.
- 3. Please name your file as ˇČPresentation Number_SpeakerˇÇs NameˇÉ, e.g. ˇČO1B1-1_Ichiro SUZUKIˇÉ.
- 4. If your presentation contains linked audio or movie files, please save all the files in the same folder.
- 5. Please note that all movie data should be playable by Windows Media Player 9 on Windows XP without any extensions. If not, please bring your own laptop.
- 6. After you finish creating your presentation data, please make sure that it also works in other PCs.

- 1. Please stop by the Poster Registration Desk at Room J (Room 301-304, 3rd Floor) 10 min prior to the scheduled poster presentation time (see below).
- 2. The presentation and discussion times are as follows:
ˇˇ3 min for Presentation + 2 min for Discussion

1. How to prepare a poster
- ˇ¦Please make your poster to fit into the poster panel.
- ˇ¦For the size of the poster panel, please refer to the figure on the bottom.
- ˇ¦The posters shall be prepared in English.

2. How to make your Poster Presentation
- ˇ¦ Please find your poster panel with your poster number, and put up your poster within the ˇČPut-up timeˇÉ shown below.
- ˇ¦ Pins for putting up your poster are available at each poster panel.
- ˇ¦ During the ˇČPresentation timeˇÉ shown below, there will be a round of poster view. When the Poster Session Chair comes to your poster, please make a 3-min presentation of your poster. It will be followed by 2-min discussion.
- ˇöWhen you make your presentation, please put on a ribbon, which is provided at your poster panel, so that the presenter can be identified.
- ˇöLanguage used for the presentation is left to the presenter.
- ˇ¦ Poster presenters are responsible for putting up and taking down their own posters. Posters left behind after the ˇČTake-down timeˇÉ will be discarded by the Secretariat.
| | Put-up | Presentation | Take-down |
| March 22 (Tue) | 8ˇ§30 ˇÁ 9ˇ§00 | 14ˇ§50 ˇÁ 15ˇ§50 | 17ˇ§00 ˇÁ 17ˇ§30 |
| March 23 (Wed) | 8ˇ§30 ˇÁ 9ˇ§00 | 15ˇ§50 ˇÁ 16ˇ§50 | 18ˇ§00 ˇÁ 18ˇ§20 |
| March 24 (Thu) | 8ˇ§30 ˇÁ 9ˇ§00 | 13ˇ§10 ˇÁ 14ˇ§10 | 15ˇ§30 ˇÁ 15ˇ§50 |
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