The preliminary scientific programme can be viewed on the Symposium’s website HERE.
To view your entire schedule please access the general search and search for your last name.
All the sessions in which you are involved will appear, including the session title, date and time. Please make sure to check the online programme regularly for updates as changes may occur.

Invited Speakers and Oral Presenters are expected to attend the Symposium in person and present their lecture or abstract at the Symposium venue in their allocated session. If you will not be able to travel to Toronto, please contact the Symposium Secretariat at isppd@kenes.com as soon as possible.

*Oral abstract presenters who have registered for online participation at ISPPD-12, will be contacted directly in mid-May with further instructions on how to pre-record their presentation.

A link was emailed to you with the registration instructions. Please refer to the email for further details. If you cannot find it, please check your spam box as well and contact us at isppd@kenes.com as soon as possible.

IMPORTANT: Abstract presenters who have not completed their registration or have not emailed the ISPPD-12 Secretariat to confirm any possible special circumstances by 11 May 2022 (Wednesday), 23:59 CET, will be removed from the Symposium’s scientific programme.

Filling the Disclosure Form is mandatory in accordance with the CME/CPD compliance requirements. The Form was already sent out via email from the ISPPD-12 Secretariat. If you have not yet received the form, please check your spam folder first, and email us at isppd_abstracts@kenes.com.

The Consent Form is completed online in your profile area and is mandatory for all presenters and moderators at the Symposium. The ISPPD-12 Secretariat has already emailed you your login details and further instructions on completing the form. If you have not received the form yet, please check your spam folder first, and email us at isppd_abstracts@kenes.com.

Submitting a photo and short biography is not mandatory, however, it will allow the Symposium attendees to get acquainted with your professional background before attending your session. The upload of this information is completed online in your profile area. The ISPPD-12 Secretariat has already emailed you your login details and further instructions on completing the speaker profile. If you have not received this communication yet, please check your spam folder first, and email us at isppd_abstracts@kenes.com.

• You can bring your slides to the Speakers’ Ready Room on a USB stick. The Speakers’ Ready Room will be clearly signposted at the Symposium.
• You are asked to only use the Symposium computers in the session halls for presentation purposes. The Symposium will not be able to support lecture slides presented on personal computers.
• Please note that your slides must be finalised 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 1 hour before the start of the session.
• If you combine video clips with PowerPoint, please make sure to test it in Speakers’ Ready Roome during a coffee or lunch break prior to your session and at least 2 hours before the start of the session. In the 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 session hall to avoid technical issues.

Speakers’ Ready Room Opening Hours

• Sun, 19 June: 08:00 – 19:00
• Mon, 20 June: 06:45 – 18:00
• Tue, 21 June: 06:45 – 18:00
• Wed, 22 June: 07:00 – 18:10
• Thu, 23 June: 07:30 – 13:00

• Format: Your presentation should be prepared in .PPT or .PPTX format.
• Ratio: Please note that the conference computers in the session Halls are supplied with Office 2019 (at least) and the native ratio of the projection on the screens in the Halls is 16:9. Click HERE for information on how to change the ratio to 16:9 in PowerPoint in order to avoid misplacement of text and pictures when presenting.
• Presentation tips: For further tips and recommendations for your presentation, please click HERE.

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. Convert it to PowerPoint or PDF.
2. Use a common font, such as Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana etc. (Special characters might be changed to a default font on a PowerPoint-based PC).
3. Insert the images as JPG. The following file types will NOT be visible on a PowerPoint based PC – TIF, PNG or PICT.