Abstract Submission / Presentation Guidelines

PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

Oral Presentations

•                  The allocated time for each presentation is 10 minutes.

•                  A 10–15-minute discussion (questions and answers) will be held at the end of each session.  We ask that all presenters and session chairs be present at the main session hall (stage) 10 (or 5) minutes before their respective sessions start (refer to the detailed programme) and to keep to the allotted presentation time

•                  No templates are required, but the conference logos are available for download here. Click the logo to download banner for your presentation:

•                  Some pointers for your slides:

-   For 10 minutes of presentation, you can prepare around 10 (maximum 12) slides in PowerPoint, including the introduction and end slide.

-   Please don’t forget to bring your presentation to Izmir (USB-stick and/or send it to your email address that is accessible from your mobile phone/tablet).

-   Be sure that the PowerPoint slides have the same layout all way through.

-   Observe that the content of each slide is not too detailed.

-   Graphs and figures are often better than tables at an oral presentation. Flow charts are very appropriate to describe material.

-   If you wish to add films or other sorts of interactive materials, please include these in the presentation (do not access them through internet, as this may not work to your satisfaction).

-   Your slides should have an aspect ratio of 16:9 (wide screen).

•                  To avoid technical difficulties, you should submit your presentation for testing by the conference staff / AV technicians (details to follow) who will ensure your files are ready for display. 

•                  Dalya staff will take your presentation at the presentation control desk next to main hall

Poster Presentations

•                  Format:  Printed, portrait

•                  Size:  The poster board size at the conference venue is portrait only (vertical orientation with maximum dimensions of 70 width x 90 height centimeters)
•          Everyone should print their own poster in the specified size and bring it with them.

•                  Location: Hallway ground floor along registration desk.

•                  Please refer to the website for your scheduled presentation date: https://iacr2025.com/poster-presentation-programme

-   Instructions for setting up (You must hang your poster yourself on the morning of your presentation date, where the relevant poster number is located.)

-   Posters can be viewed from 08:00H and during the morning coffee break, lunch, and the afternoon coffee break

-   Each poster presenter is expected to be in attendance for discussion of their poster at two of the designated times above on the day their poster is being showcased. (Please see the final conference programme for exact timing of the breaks and lunches.)

•                  Poster Awards. 

-   A prize will be given to the authors of the three best posters at the closing ceremony. 

-   Scientific content as well as communication skills will be judged by the conference organising committee.

IACR 2025 CONFERENCE THEME

Bridging Continents and Data: Cancer Registries for Cancer Control

PLENARY THEMES

• Descriptive epidemiology
• Stage, comorbidities, and prognosis
• Standards, regulations, and laws
• Innovation, research and policy
• Collaboration and training

INSTRUCTIONS: ABSTRACTS FOR POSTER AND/OR ORAL PRESENTATION

• Abstracts for general consideration must be submitted online by 11:59 pm CET (GMT+2) 23:59H on 23 May 2025.
• The author submitting will be required to create an account for the presenter before submitting an abstract. Each submitter will have an account and can submit multiple abstracts under this account at any time before the abstract submission deadline.
• The abstract fields can be copied and pasted into the corresponding section/s on the online abstract submission form. Please check if using special characters to ensure that these characters are not changed in the process.
• Authors / presenters may submit multiple abstracts. However, there will be a limit of two (2) abstracts for the oral presentation and two (2) for the poster presentation – a total of four (4) abstracts per account (submitter).
• The type of oral or poster presentation preferred by the author may be changed by the scientific committee if deemed appropriate as a result of the referee evaluation. This change will be notified to the author in the abstract acceptance letter.
• Contact Dalya Tour at ahmet@dalyatur.com for any technical issue.
• Changes to abstracts already uploaded and submitted can be made by visiting the online abstract submission website and signing in with your login.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACT CONTENT

The abstract word count should be 300 or less including references and spaces but not title and author listing. We recommend having the following structure:

An informative title, ideally 15 words or less, typed in UPPERCASE;

• Background/ Purpose
• Methods / Approaches
• Results
• Conclusion

ABSTRACT EVALUATION CRITERIA

Abstracts will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Scientific quality of the study (30%)
• Relevance and importance to our audience: cancer registries (30%)
• Clarity of objectives and conclusions (20%)
• Originality (20%)

IACR FELLOWSHIPS

• IACR awards a limited number of fellowships to presenters whose abstracts are selected for the oral programme.
• The fellowships may provide full or partial support to attend the conference.
• Please visit the IACR web page to learn more about the fellowships, conference support and procedures to apply.
• Award of the fellowship will be subject to the criteria and guidelines.

PRESENTATIONS GUIDELINES

• Guidelines and instructions for oral and poster presentations at the conference will be announced in the coming days.