Presentation Slides

All slides in the presentation must be easy to read and understand. A good layout makes your presentation easier to understand. Here are some recommendations:

• Minimum font size is 32 point for heading 1
• Minimum font size is 28 point for heading 2
• Minimum font size is 24 point for text
• Use common readable fonts (e.g. Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, and Calibri)
• Avoid thin line fonts
• Avoid capital letters, italics and underlined text
• Write short sentences
• Use bullet points, a maximum of five points per slide
• Ensure sufficient contrast between text and background
• Do not write text on a patterned background, on top of photos, illustrations or graphics
• Graphical elements, images and diagrams should at least cover half the slide
• Create presentations that have good readability even when printed
• Select effects and slide transitions with caution
• Using the PowerPoint template is optional as long as the presentation is accessible. You can choose to use other formats such as Apple Keynote
• If using PDF presentation the presenter notes may not be available
• Please avoid using Google Slides

Oral presentation

The following measures are important for the dissemination of information and have great significance for all the conference attendees:

• Keep your face turned toward the audience
• Speak clearly and not too fast.
  This is especially important as we have speech-to-text interpreters texting the conference
• Use the microphone, due to use of infrared hearing systems
• Read all text in your presentation and describe the pictures, charts and graphical elements that convey information
• Describe what you’re pointing at.
  Avoid words like “here” and “there”, “like” and “so” without describing in detail what it is about
• Videos should be subtitled and visual interpreted
• It may often be necessary to repeat questions asked by the audience

For more information, please see Web Accessibility Initiative’s guidelines for accessible presentations