PRESENTERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS. JMIH ORGANIZERS, THE JMIH SOCIETIES AND SPONSORS OF THE MEETING ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTENT.

Contributed paper sessions will take place daily from the afternoon of Thursday, July 9 through Sunday, July 12 at the Sheraton New Orleans. Oral presentations that are not part of one of the symposia are grouped by subject matter.

Recommendations for slides:

• Use 16 x 9 format in either PowerPoint or pdf.
• Use relatively few words in order to maximize font sizes. Avoid large blocks of text.
• Keep the font clear and simple – sans serif fonts like Arial are easiest to read digitally. Text should be at least 18 point font.
• Over 10% of our membership is visually impaired.

• Use color combinations that are clearly distinguishable for those with color blindness. Consider this post from BrightCarbon on accessibility in PowerPoint and this post from ASCB on accessibility with figures. This post from ColorBrewer is a good tool to choose color combinations.

• Consider this post from BrightCarbon on accessibility for those with dyslexia.

Considerations for talks:

• Time limits will be strictly enforced: 15 minutes total (12 minutes for presentation and three minutes for questions).

• Please consider that over 10% of our membership is hearing impaired. Use of the microphone is required. Questioners will also be using microphones. If a question is not spoken into a microphone, repeat the question in the mic and then answer it.

Submitting slides for presentation:

Submissions will need to be delivered in person to the on-site receiving A/V room.

• Use the following format when naming your files:
  Session # – Military Time – Last Name
  Examples:
  13 – 9:45 – Smith
  27 – 13:30 – Berry

• Onsite oral presenters should submit their presentations to a speaker ready room representative by 5:00 p.m. the day preceding their presentation. 
• Before arriving, be prepared with the file format naming information–see above.
• The Speaker Ready Room will be set up in THE RAMPART ROOM to receive presentations at the following times: TBD
• The technical coordinators available will immediately load and review presentations as they are submitted.
• A presenter’s memory stick will be returned when the presentation has been successfully loaded.