Speaker’s Guidelines

Speakers’ Ready Room Hours

Room - Westmount 1 

All invited speakers and presenting authors of abstracts selected for oral presentation must check-in with their presentation on a USB Memory stick with our IT Team at the Speakers’ Ready Room (Westmount 1) at least 3 hours before the session in which their presentation is scheduled, or the day before if your presentation is scheduled early morning the next day. 

Please make sure that your PowerPoint presentation is in Widescreen (16:9).

Date	Speakers’ Ready Room
Tuesday, August 18th	16:00 – 20:30
Wednesday, August 19th	07:30 – 18:30
Thursday, August 20th	07:30 – 18:00
Friday, August 21st	08:00 – 15:00

Who are these guidelines for?

• Invited Speakers
• Presenting authors of abstracts selected for oral presentation

Please refer to the program for details on your session.

As an Invited Speaker or Oral Presentation Authors, you will need to

• Present your lecture or abstract onsite
• Invited Speakers and Oral Authors are expected to attend the Congress in person and present their lecture or abstract at the Congress venue in their allocated session.

If you are not able to travel to Montréal, please contact us as soon as possible at: secretariat@isfg2026.ca.

PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines

Onsite Presentation Slides Upload

• You can bring your slides to the Speakers’ Ready Room on a USB stick. The Speakers’ Ready Room will be clearly signposted at the Congress.
• You are asked to only use the Congress computers in the Montréal ballroom for presentation purposes. The Congress will not be able to support lecture slides presented on personal computers.
• Please note that your slides must be finalized and ready on the day of your session.
• Please upload your presentation slides in the Speakers’ Ready Room as soon as you arrive at the venue in the morning and at least 3 hours before the start of the session or the day before if your presentation is scheduled early morning the next day. 
• If you combine video clips with PowerPoint, please make sure to test it in Speakers’ Ready Room for your session. Please check with the technician if the sound and picture from the video are transmitted well and repeat the test again during the break before your session in the Montréal Ballroom to avoid technical issues.

For presentations created on a Mac

To use MAC presentations on a PC compatible computer, please note that you need to prepare your presentation according to the instructions below, before taking it to the Speakers’ Ready Room:

1. Save your presentation as a PowerPoint (.pptx) file. A PDF version may also be provided as a backup.
2. Use standard fonts, such as Arial, Times New Roman, or Verdana. If a font is unavailable on the presentation computer, PowerPoint may substitute it with another font. If you must use a non-standard font, save your presentation as a PDF.
3. Use common image formats such as PNG or JPEG. Avoid legacy Apple formats such as PICT.

If you have any question, please contact us at: secretariat@isfg2026.ca.