Miniposters and Presentations​​​​​​​​​

Miniposters and presentations All presentations, including plenary lectures, short talks or miniposter talks (i.e., flash talks) will be held exclusively in live format. No recording or on-line connection will be provided.

Invited speakers Plenary lectures from invited speakers consist of a 30-minute presentation and 15-minutes discussion

Miniposter talks Selected miniposters will be presented in 4-minute flash talks, each has with 2 additional minutes for discussion.

Short talks Some miniposters will be selected for a 10-minute talk with a 5-minute discussion. Selection criteria include scientific quality, novelty and topic. Selected speakers will be contacted personally (see below).

Miniposters

Miniposters must strictly follow the guidelines below. Submissions inconsistent with the guidelines will not be considered.

Submission deadline: 5 pm CET, 7 March 2025

Miniposters can be submitted via the registration form, to be reached via the link in the registration confirmation email (see below). Upload a single miniposter file, named as follows: Last name_first name_ miniposter ETW2025.pdf

Submitted miniposters will be evaluated by the local scientific committee. Applicants will be informed of acceptance in due course. Miniposters will only be considered for presentation and included in the final programme upon confirmation of the presenter registration until February 28th, 2025. Each participant can only submit one miniposter as presenting author. However, miniposter submission as a co-author is not limited. Rules for miniposter formatting below apply to both cases.

Selected miniposters will be presented in respective symposia, determined by the local organizing committee, in 4-minute flash talks. Each presentation can have a maximum of 6 slides including the acknowledgments. The slides for presentation must be sent to the local organization committee (etw2025@wur.nl) the latest the day before the presentation. Please use exclusively a Powerpoint (.ppt) format. Name the file that you send for the flash talk as follows: Last name_first name_ flash talk ETW2025.pptx. In addition, a small number of miniposters will be selected for a 15-minute oral presentation (10-minute talk plus 5-minute discussion) by the local scientific committee. The authors will be notified by email in advance.

Guidelines for miniposters:

• Page layout: A4 (210 × 297mm) with minimum margins of 1cm

• File type: PDF file with a maximum size of 1Mb

• Content: Miniposters should include the following information.

• Mandatory: (1) Introduction/background; (2) Methodologies; (3) Results; (4) Discussion; Optional: (1) References and sources of project funding are not mandatory but can be included; (2) Contact email of the presenting author.

• Authors’ names: Authors names should be formatted as: Last name, First name (e.g: Chaplin, Charlie; Bellucci, Monica; Benigni, Roberto; Cruz, Penélope; Almodóvar, Pedro;…). Lower cases should be used except for the first letters. The presenting author’s name should be underlined. When the same author is present in different posters, the formatting must remain consistent.

• Affiliation: Affiliation (Institute/Center/University) should follow the authors’ names. Appropriate logos may be used.

• Additional tip: We strongly advise the use of light colors for the miniposter background.

• To help you prepare the miniposter in accordance with the guideline, a miniposter template in Powerpoint is available for download below

MINIPOSTER SUBMISSION

Take the following steps to submit your miniposter:

1: Go to the confirmation email ( topic "you have been registered")

2: Scroll down and click on the link that says: You can "change your registration for European Testis Workshop 2025 here"

This will open the registration page again, with you details, and you can upload by pressing the "Browse" button after which you can upload the file from your local computer.