AV Guidelines
AV & Presentation Guidelines for Drug|Device Summit 2006
Presentation Format (20-minute Corporate Presentation)
- All presenters at the Drug|Device Summit 2006 are asked to prepare and submit their presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint for PC.
- Presentations will be limited to 18 minutes in length, with one minute for introduction and one for changeover between presentations. It is recommended that you use no more than 18 slides in your PowerPoint presentation.
- Presentations must be submitted on CDs, flash cards or USB ports.
Submit Presentations On-Site (20-minute Corporate Presentation)
Immediately upon your arrival at the Hyatt Aventine Hotel, bring your presentation to the Speaker Ready Room to check it in to the Summit. Allow time to test the presentation. Your presentation MUST be received in the Speaker Ready Room no later than 4 hours prior to your scheduled presentation. (If your presentation is in the morning be sure to check in your presentation the day before.) Bring a back-up copy of your presentation with you to the conference.
Speaker Ready Room
The staff in the Speaker Ready Room will be available to assist you in reviewing and testing your presentation. Only the presenter will have access to the presentation file once it is checked into the Speaker Ready Room server. At the end of each day presentations for that day will be deleted from the presentation room PCs and the server.
Speaker Ready Room Hours:
- December 4 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- December 5 7:00 am – 3:00 pm
Presentation Room
- A dedicated computer operator will be assigned to each session room and will advance all slides by presenters.
- At the podium presenters will have a 17” preview monitor to view their presentations without turning their heads and a “cue light” to prompt the operator to advance their PowerPoint presentation slides.
- No overhead projectors will be provided.
- Each room will be equipped with an electronic timer in full view of the presenter. The 20-minute time limit will be strictly enforced.
- Presenters will NOT be permitted to hook a laptop to the digital projector in the presentation room.
- Microphones will be provided.
- Please plan to arrive in your presentation room 30 minutes prior to the start of your presentation.