Guidelines for presenters

General design tips (all talks & posters)

  • Legibility: fonts ≥ 20 pt; readable from ≥ 2 m (posters) or the back row (slides).

  • Colour-blind friendly: avoid red–green palettes; use accessible schemes (see Climate Lab Book guide).

  • Clarity: make title, authors, affiliations obvious; keep text concise and figures self-explanatory.

 

Talks (Oral • Compact • Lightning)

  • Slides: 16 : 9

  • Length: 
    • Oral 15 min (12 + 3 Q&A) 
    • Compact 7 min 
    • Lightning 5 min (≤ 3 slides)
  • Upload deadline: 12 h before your own start time. Check program for your session time
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  • Filename: DDMMYY_HHMM_ROOM_First_Last_v#

    • e.g. 250625_1030_P1_John_Smith_v1.pptx (new versions …_v2, …_v3, …)

  • Upload: AMOS 2025 DropboxAdd files → select file → Upload

  • Bring a USB copy as back-up.

 

Posters

  • Size & orientation: Portrait, max A0 (841 mm × 1189 mm)

  • Mounting: Attach to your numbered board with Velcro dots (available at reception) on the first morning of your poster session.

  • Removal: Posters MUST be taken with you at the end of the session.

  • See program for poster session times.