Oral Presentation Format

Oral presenters will present a 15 minute presentation of their abstract (12 minute oral presentation and 3 minutes of Q&A). Oral presentations will be accompanied by a slide deck, utilizing the template provided by SFB. 

Presenter Content and Media Guide

These guidelines are CRUCIAL in the creation of your presentation to prevent onsite issues with uploading, among other things. For example, presenters cannot use the program Keynote to create their slide deck.

SFB encourages the use of the SFB Power Point Template located here and follow all requirements for technical paper presentations.  If you do not use the template in its entirety, please use the cover slide. 

For helpful hints on presenting your material, please review our Presenter Tips. 

Oral Presentation Set Up

Presentations can be uploaded in advance of the Annual Meeting, or onsite. Prior to the event, please upload your .pptx file to the Upload Center website at: https://presents.prg.com/events/SFB2023. Oral presenters must stop also by the Speaker Ready Room at least 4 hours prior to their presentation time to ensure that their presentation is uploaded fully and correctly. The Speaker Ready Room is located in Tidepool 2 on the Lobby Level of Marina Tower. The Speaker Ready Room is provided for presenters to prepare for an dupload their presentations prior to their scheduled session. All speakers MUST check into the Speaker Ready Room 4 hours prior to their pressenentation. 

Oral Presentations

Presenters will be introduced by a moderator prior to their presentation. Oral presenters should seat themselves at the front of the session room and be present for the entire session to ensure that they are ready to present, especially in the case that your session runs ahead of schedule or any last minute changes to the schedule need to be made.

Phonetic pronunciation of your name should have already been provided to the SFB team at this point. If you did not provide the phonetic pronunciation of your name, be sure to connect with your moderator in advance of your session to ensure your name is correctly pronounced.

Please be courteous of all presenters and attendees when presenting and answering questions.

Presentation Upload Instructions (for Oral/Rapid-Fire presenters and any invited speakers only):

Prior to the event, please upload your .pptx file to the Upload Center website at: https://presents.prg.com/events/SFB2023.

In order to upload, please follow the link, https://presents.prg.com/events/SFB2023 and log in with your email. The temporary password is  SFB2023!  (This password is case sensitive and includes the exclamation point). Upon first login, you will be prompted to set your own password and then can proceed with uploading.

Meeting Registration and Hotel

Please note that all presenters are expected to register and pay their registration fees.
As an abstract submitter, you receive a $25 credit when you register for the meeting. The unique code will be sent with your acceptance notification email. 

SFB has negotiated a special room block specifically for our event attendees. All conference attendees should make every effort to stay at the official event hotel. Supporting the official hotel room block provides staff support to resolve hotel reservation disputes; ensures attendees receive all applicable discounts and materials; and, assists SFB in maintaining affordable, quality programming. Click here to access hotel and reservations information.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the SFB Meetings Department at info@biomaterials.org.