Annual Meeting Pre-Conference Workshops
Pre-Conference Workshops are half day or full day sessions, including breaks and group activities. As a pre-conference workshop presenter, you are responsible for leading and moderating your session.
Preparing Your Pre-Conference Workshop
- Use of slides (in .ppt format) is encouraged. For your convenience, download a template here!
- If your presentation includes a video or other multimedia, please embed the file into your presentation. This will increase your file size, but links can break, preventing the use of your video.
- You are responsible for providing copies of all handouts used for your session.
At the Conference
IMPORTANT: You must bring your presentation with you to the conference on a USB drive. NAPCRG staff will NOT have your presentation available at the conference.
A laptop computer and projector are provided in your assigned breakout room for use during your presentation.
Annual Meeting Forums
All forums are presented within a three-hour period, including breaks and group activities, in assigned breakout rooms of the conference convention center. As a forum presenter, you are responsible for leading and moderating your session.
Preparing for Your Forum
- Use of slides is encouraged (in .ppt format). For your convenience, download a template here!
- If your presentation includes a video or other multimedia, please embed the file into your presentation. This will increase your file size, but links can break, preventing the use of your video.
- You are responsible for providing copies of all handouts used for your session.
At the Conference
IMPORTANT: You must bring your presentation with you to the conference on a USB drive. NAPCRG staff will NOT have your presentation available at the conference.
A laptop computer and projector are provided in your assigned breakout room for use during your presentation.
Annual Meeting Workshops
All workshops are presented within a 90-minute period, including breaks or group activities, in assigned breakout rooms of the conference convention center. As a workshop presenter, you are responsible for leading and moderating your session.
Preparing for Your Workshop
- Use of slides is encouraged (in .ppt format). For your convenience, download a template here!
- If your presentation includes a video or other multimedia, please embed the file into your presentation. This will increase your file size, but links can break, preventing the use of your video.
- You are responsible for providing copies of all handouts used for your session.
At the Conference
IMPORTANT: You must bring your presentation with you to the conference on a USB drive. NAPCRG staff will NOT have your presentation available at the conference.
A laptop computer and projector are provided in your assigned breakout room for use during your presentation.
Annual Meeting Oral Presentations
Oral presentations are presented consecutively within a designated block of time (usually 60 to 90 minutes) in assigned breakout rooms of the conference convention center. Sessions are moderated to ensure all presenters get an equal amount of time.
Preparing Your Oral Presentations
As an oral presenter, you have up to 15 minutes to share and discuss your research. We recommend you structure your presentation as follows:
- 8-10 minutes for presentation structured in the following way:
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Set the scene: Outline the background of your research and provide the detailed context (including study variables).
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Discuss who was studied, what was measured, and what were the findings.
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Discuss the impact and significance: What do the findings pragmatically mean for clinical practice, public health, etc.
- 3-5 minutes for Q&A
- Use of slides is encouraged (in .ppt format). For your convenience, download a template here!
- If your presentation includes a video or other multimedia, please embed the file into your presentation. This will increase your file size, but links can break, preventing the use of your video.
Tips for Preparing your Presentation - Download guide here
At the Conference
IMPORTANT: You must bring your presentation with you to the conference on a USB drive. NAPCRG staff will NOT have your presentation available at the conference.
A laptop computer and projector are provided in your assigned breakout room for use during your presentation.
Annual Meeting Posters
The following information applies to all types of poster presentations at the 54th Annual Meeting. This includes completed research, in-progress research, and those accepted in the students, residents, and fellows categories.
There are multiple poster sessions during the conference. Each poster is displayed during a single designated session date and time.
Important Reminders for All Poster Presenters
- Due to strict CE guidelines, no marketing or sales of any kind are allowed during your poster presentation.
- The conference does NOT provide audio/visual equipment or electricity for poster presentations. Wireless Internet is available in the poster hall.
- NAPCRG will provide (1) poster board per poster presentation, velcro dots or push pins for mounting, and poster numbers.
- Your poster should be no larger than 8 feet wide × 4 feet tall (approx. 2.4 × 1.2 meters). Please print your poster in horizontal/landscape orientation.
- You are responsible for transporting your poster to and from the conference. You are also responsible for setting up, taking down, and storing your own posters. After the poster hall, you will need to take down your poster. NAPCRG staff is not responsible for posters and will discard any posters left after the session.
Preparing Your Poster Presentation - Download guide here
For your convenience, download a powerpoint template here!