2021 Presenter Instructions

The conference will be delivered virtually. 

To check the date and time of your presentation and for other helpful information and links, please login to your BPNA account (link below). 
https://bpna.org.uk/login.php (use the login you used to submit your abstract)
Click My Account (top right) and Abstracts Submitted. 

 

Publication

Abstracts selected for presentation at the BPNA conference are published in the journal Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.  You are encouraged to include the reference on your cv in your list of publications to demonstrate that you gave a presentation.

Reference: British Paediatric Neurology Association. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting, 6-8 January 2021, Virtual. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2021; 63 (S1)

 

Oral presentations 

All oral presenters need to register for the conference.

Oral presentations will be will have 15 minutes each: 10 minutes for the presentation, with a further 5 minutes for discussion.  Chairing will be strict.   

All oral presentations will be recorded in advance and streamed at the scheduled time by the Chairs of the session. At the end of your presentation, the Chairs will take questions live from the audience.  The presenter will need to be available in the session to answer the questions live.

We will send you an email inviting you to record your presentation and with specific instructions.  The deadline for submission of your presentation recording is 15 December 2020.

Any queries regarding oral presentations should be sent to padmini.ramesh@bpna.org.uk. 

 

Poster presentations

All poster presenters need to register for the conference.

All posters will be available to view in the conference app. You are invited to prepare your poster in Powerpoint and also record an audio narrative to the poster (2-minutes max).  

There are two prizes for posters - one for the poster and one for audio narrative.

The deadline for submission of your poster is 15 December 2020.  Poster scoring will commence after this date.

To prepare your poster

We would like people to be able to view and hear your poster.  Therefore we need you upload BOTH a pdf, so people can zoom into the detail, AND an mp4 file, so people can hear your commentary.

  • Prepare your poster in Powerpoint, as a single slide, landscape orientation
  • Save
  • Export your file to pdf.  File > Export > File name [poster number]> File format pdf > Export
  • Add an audio narrative in Powerpoint.  Go to Insert > Audio > Record audio.  Save and check
  • Open your Powerpoint file and convert it to an mp4 file.   Go to File > Export > Save as a movie.  This will output an mp4 file 

 

Only mp4 files will play the audio narrative in the conference app.  Only pdf files are 'zoomable'.

To upload your posters:

  • Only the person who submitted the abstract can upload the poster (submitter)
  • Submitter, you must have registered for the conference before the facility to upload the poster will be available
  • Submitter, login to your BPNA account at https://bpna.org.uk/login.php (using the login details that you used to submit your abstract)
  • Click MY ACCOUNT (top right-hand corner) > ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED
  • Click UPLOAD PDF POSTER and UPLOAD MP4 file

Any queries regarding your poster should be sent to padmini.ramesh@bpna.org.uk.

 

Video challenge presentations

All video challenge presenters need to register for the conference.

A few abstracts will be selected for the 'Video Challenge' event, which will be held on Wednesday 6 January 2020 at 18.00-19.30 (UK time).  We will email to direct about arrangements if your abstract has been selected for this.

Any queries regarding video challenge presentations should be sent to padmini.ramesh@bpna.org.uk.

 

Updated 25 November 2020