Due to the limited number of slots for oral presentation during the Conference (~230), some papers will have to be presented as a poster in order to balance the session volume, depending on the final number of papers per track or per session. Nevertheless, all the accepted papers will be published in full in the archived proceedings of the 15^th EWTEC Conference, regardless of their presentation type.

There is not an official template for the oral presentations. The duration of the presentations is 15 minutes (12 mins + 3 mins questions) including “Questions and Answers” at the end.
Good practice tips:

• Embed fonts in the file when you save the presentation if you use unusual fonts. It is advised to check your presentation on a different PC than the one you created it.
• Save the file in Windows, PowerPoint compatible format. It is advised to have a copy in PDF.
• Prepare your slides in Standard (16:9 or 4:3) size.
• Please make sure that your presentation does not exceed 15 minutes (25 minutes for the Keynote Speakers).
• Avoid using too much text on slides and do not read the text or a script. Hold your audience by maintaining eye contact and with a lively delivery.
• Speak loudly and clearly at an appropriate pace.
• Enjoy the experience and take the opportunity to show your inspirational work and network with the EWTEC community.

Posters must have a “portrait” orientation and be at A0 Format: 841 x 1189 mm. Please choose appropriate font type and size in order the posters to be readable from a few meters distance. Do not forget to include the title, authors, their affiliations and contact information.

EWTEC presenter policy: papers accepted for oral or poster presentation will only be included in the published Proceedings under the condition that at least one author attend the conference to present it.

Each registered delegate will be allowed to present only one paper during EWTEC.

All the accepted and presented papers will be included in the Proceedings of the EWTEC Conference which will be permanently available for purchase here. When submitting an abstract, all authors are required to agree to a copyright notice.

Official language: English

All communication, presentations, papers and posters will be in English. No translation will be provided by EWTEC organizers.

The general EWTEC policy requires that authors should only submit original work that neither has appeared elsewhere for publication, nor is under review for another publication or conference. The submitting author is responsible for obtaining agreement of all co authors and any consent required from employers or sponsors before submitting an article. The EWTEC conference strongly discourages courtesy authorship; it is the obligation of the authors to cite only relevant prior work.

If the registrant is unable to attend and is not in a position to transfer their participation to another person or event, then the following refund arrangements apply.

Keeping in view of advance payments towards venue, printing, and other overheads we have had to keep the refund policy within the following parameters (see below), where all bank charges will be for the registrants’ account.

• Greater than 60 days prior to the conference: Eligible for a full refund (after an administrative charge, which is 25% of the paid registration fee.)
• Between 60-30 days prior to the Conference: Eligible for 20% of payment refund
• Within 30 days of Conference: Not eligible for refund
• E-Poster Payments will not be refunded.

In the case of a VISA refusal, the registration fee will be fully refunded with no administrative charges.

NOTE: We aim to process all refunds within six weeks after the completion of the Conference