ePoster Uploads

IMPORTANT INFORMATION – please take the time to read this

1. The deadline to upload your e-poster is 11.59 pm on Friday 30th May 2025
2. We require two files: a one slide PowerPoint file and a pdf file
3. You need a ticket for the scientific meeting to upload your e-poster files
4. To upload your files you login to your BOPSS account via the website
5. You cannot change authors or title or modify your abstract
6. You cannot add your e-poster to someone else’s account
7. You may upload edited versions up until the deadline. Ensure you first DELETE your current files and then upload the new ones
8. Failure to upload by the deadline will result in removal of your abstract and e-poster from the programme
9. NAMING your FILES – Name both the PowerPoint file AND the pdf in this format only – your assigned schedule number (not the abstract submission number) followed by your surname, 101-smith.pdf and 101-smith.pptx
10. File upload size limit is 40MB

Slide Master Format

1. PowerPoint only
2. Orientation = landscape
3. Use 16:9 ratio (widescreen) NOT 4:3

Content

Font – Limit the amount of text and ensure that the font size can be read from 1 foot away (if it can’t it’s too small)

Images – should be scanned at the highest possible resolution for optimal viewing

Video

1. can be included
2. maximum running time of 30 secs
3. must be embedded into the slide
4. set to run on a loop (there is no user control available)

Multimedia and Animation

1. can be included
2. e.g. animation on a chart or graph
3. scrolling text can be included
4. set to run on a loop (there is no user control available)

Audio 

1. can be included
2. maximum running time of 30 secs
3. must be embedded into the slide
4.  set to run on a loop (there is no user control available)

Internet / online content – internet or html links cannot be included

Good practice for producing an electronic poster:

1. each section should be brief and to the point
2. for case series, studies and audits the sections should broadly follow:
   a.      introduction, methods, results, discussion, significance / conclusion
3. for interesting case reports, sections should broadly follow:
   a.      history, clinical findings, management, result/outcome, conclusion
4. adopt the motto of Mies van der Rohe: “Less is more”
5. no more than 6 bullet points per section
6. avoid wrapping the text, use of paragraphs – this isn’t an essay
7. avoid all upper case even in titles
8. text should contrast with background
9. background should be plain – avoid borders etc
10. images should be scanned at highest resolution possible
11. use charts and graphs (very poster friendly)
12. remember to use large text size on legends / labels
13. references – in readable text otherwise don’t include

Failure to upload your e-poster files by 30th May will mean that your e-poster will NOT be included on the screens at the meeting, on the website and will be removed from the programme / meeting App.

We do not accept submissions or changes in any circumstances after the deadline.