1. PAPER PRESENTATION NAKSHATRA (ORAL & POSTER) (in Microsoft PowerPoint)
Tackling Urban Environmental Concerns in Upcoming
Smart Cities of Our Country
October 25-26, 2016
The Institution of Engineers (India), Assam State Centre
PAPER PRESENTATION
(ORAL & POSTER)
(in Microsoft PowerPoint)
NAKSHATRA
Technical Paper/Poster Presentation Event

2. Time-Limits Time-Limits: Oral Presentation (with PowerPoint):
12 minutes for FULL Paper
06 minutes for POSTER Paper
Question & Answer session: 2 minutes
Maximum number of slide:
16 for FULL paper
06 for POSTER paper
Use Times New Roman font completely.
TIME LIMIT TO BE STRICTLY FOLLOWED
All co-authors may choose to speak, but within stipulated time-limit only
Animations & Videos (if any) may be included, but played within stipulated time limit.
Time-Limits

3. Guidelines 20th October 2016:
Deadline to send soft copy of PRESENTATION
subject: PRESENTATION (Quote Paper No.)
This is to ensure that presentation is within stipulated specifications.
Format: PowerPoint 2003 (.ppt) and/or PDF (.pdf)

4. Text Keep the text as brief as possible.
Data looks better & easier to comprehend if presented in POINTS.
No more than 10 lines of text (or points) per slide.
All letters on the slide should be big enough to make it readable even at the back of the auditorium.

5. Slide Background & Readability
Choose an attractive picture (related to your topic, of course) as the background for your TITLE slide.
For the other following slides, background and text should be in contrasting colors.
A light background & dark print works well.
A dark background & light print also works well.
A dark background & dark print??? Not so much...
A light background & light print??? Not at all!

6. A photograph often worth a thousand words.
Graphs & Figures
Well-drawn graphs/figures more attractive and better than lengthy texts.
Tables difficult to read; represent data graphically whenever possible.
A photograph often worth a thousand words.

7. Sample for ORAL Paper Presentation (12 minutes duration) (16 slides) POSTER Paper Presentation (06 minutes duration) (6 slides)

8. Institution and/or Address
1. Title Slide (1 slide)
{ Introduce yourself and the title of your paper}
{ Use an attractive picture (related to your topic) as background}
PAPER TITLE
Authors
Institution and/or Address

9. 2. Introduction (1 slide) Introduce your topic & paper title.
Be as brief as possible.
Use only relevant data.
Use short but meaningful points.
Explain every point briefly.

10. (1-3 slides for ORAL paper and 1 slide for POSTER paper)
3-4. Problem & Theories
(1-3 slides for ORAL paper and
1 slide for POSTER paper)
State the problem you’re addressing & the scientific theories associated with it briefly in one or two slides.
Use examples.
A picture (on another slide, if necessary) will be handy.
Again, be as brief as possible, use only relevant data.
Use short but meaningful points.
Explain every point briefly.

11. 5. Methods {OPTIONAL} (1 slide)
Briefly summarize your methods and materials in one slide.

12. (5-7 slides for ORAL paper and 2-3 slides for POSTER paper)
Results & Discussion
(5-7 slides for ORAL paper and
2-3 slides for POSTER paper)
The rest of the slides are for Results (hypotheses), Discussion & Conclusions.
Start with a brief recap of descriptive statistics, if available.
Give your hypotheses with scientific proof to support it.
Discuss the practicality of each hypothesis if possible.
Be sure to tell the significance of your research and what should be done next regarding it.

13. 14. ‘Thank You’ Slide (1 slide)
Just mention ‘THANK YOU’ on this slide.
Include ‘QUESTIONS?’ If you want.
THANK YOU
Questions?