Guidelines for Preparation of Abstracts

The abstract must be submitted as Microsoft Word Document (*.doc) or Rich Text File (*.rtf) according to the following rules:

Page size: A4 (297 x 210 mm)
Margins: top: 40 mm; bottom: 20 mm;
left: 30 mm; right: 25 mm
Font type: Times New Roman and Symbol;
do not use any other font
Line spacing: title and text must be single-spaced
Title: centered, 14 point, bold capital letters
Author(s): centered, 12 point, presenting author underlined
Affiliation and full address: centered, 12 point. In the case of different affiliations of the authors, specify with superscript a, b, etc.
Main text: left and right justified, 12 point, unindented
Figures: good quality, located within the text (please bear in mind that the page size will be reduced to 70%)
References: placed in square brackets [1, 2, ...] in the text and cited at the bottom of the abstract

Abstracts received late or not prepared according to the instructions may not be included into the Book of Abstracts.

Instructions for Poster Presentation

Posters should be 1.20 m high and 0.90 m wide. Abstracts scheduled for presentation in poster sessions will be grouped by topic, numbered and listed in the Final Program. The poster boards will be numbered according to the program.
Authors are requested to be in front of their poster during the official session time.

Projection Equipment

The conference lecture hall will be equipped with single slide and overhead projectors and a video beamer (resolution 1024 x 768; standard XGA).

Slide format: 5x5 cm, in stiff frames, numbered correctly in order of projection.

Speakers are requested to hand in their slides to the slide center at least one hour before the beginning of their session (for the morning sessions in the previous afternoon).

A PC for Powerpoint presentations will be provided. Thus, speakers are highly encouraged to send appropriate files in advance as email attachment. However, it is also possible to hand in the file one day before their session on electronic media. We kindly ask you to use the provided equipment insted of your own laptop to avoid technical problems!
For all other types of video presentation an own laptop must be used.