Presentation Assistance

The following presentation guidelines and tips have been created to assist you in preparing your presentation:

In-conference Workshop presentations

In-conference Workshops will take place in-person at the ICC Sydney.

These workshops will have a substantial practical element. They are usually clinical in focus, research based workshops should focus on research methodology. They will have an interactive format to facilitate active learning, such as discussion, activities & small group role plays. The workshop must include practical material such as "how to" guides and vignettes.

Workshops will be 90 minute duration including a minimum of 30 minutes of activity and discussion.
Recommended PowerPoint Slide Format: 16:9 (PC Format Only).

For any further assistance regarding in-conference workshop presentations please contact Susan Hart at susan.hart@svha.org.au.

Oral presentations

Oral presentations will take place in-person at the ICC Sydney. Duration: 15 minutes, please prepare your talk to include 12 minutes of presentation time and 3 minutes for questions.

Presentations will be concurrent sessions and grouped together around broad themes:

Risk & Maintenance factors; Biology, Psychology, Gender, Ethnicity and Sociocultural Influences
Prevention and Early Intervention
Body Image, Weight Attitudes, Weight Stigma
Service Initiatives, Protocols and Program Evaluation
Emerging ideas in research and practice
Evidence-based and informed treatment
Innovative, Embodied & Creative Therapies
Diagnosis, Classification, and Measurement: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, ARFID, OSFED, Disordered Eating
Carers and Community Involvement
Children, Youth & Families
Specific populations; transgender people, treatment resistant EDs

Recommended PowerPoint Slide Format: 16:9 (PC Format Only)

For any further assistance regarding Oral presentations please contact Deb Mitchison at 2022conference@anzaed.org.au.

Presentation Tips

Practice your time- remember when you are overtime you are taking from other people’s presentations. Leave time for a few questions
Keep to your topic/project – do not meander into your other PhD papers or research interests
Structure the talk- e.g. include background, research question, methods, results, discussion/conclusions and limitations/future research slides.
Think about your audience – they will not be experts in your favourite multivariable methods, but at the same time they will not be ignorant about common basic issues in disorders
Take care with tables for slides – “cut and pasting” from a word or pdf file can produce tables that appear crowded and unreadable in power point
Cutting and pasting results from an SPSS output looks indolent
Figures are good (a picture tells a 1000 words..) but keep them simple and explain then to your audience
Font sizes need to be large – can you read it from the back of a room?
Respond to questions thoughtfully rather than defensively or dismissively.

By Phillipa Hay & Lois Surgenor

Posters presentations

All poster presentations will be displayed at the ICC Sydney.

Each display will be identified by a number, so you are able to find the correct position for your poster. If you have any questions on the day, please ask someone at the registration desk.

Posters will be displayed on a free-standing vertical board, size will be confirmed soon.

Presenters are asked to be in attendance alongside their poster during the break times to answer questions and discuss aspects of your research.

For any further assistance regarding Poster presentations please contact Deanne Harris at 2022conference@anzaed.org.au.

Suggestions

The top line(s) should give the title of your abstract.
The next line(s) should indicate the authors and their affiliations.
Continue with the introduction, methods, results and discussion as appropriate. The poster should end with conclusions.

Layout

A suggested format is below, but may vary depending on the nature of the presentation. The size, vertical/portrait layout, title, author/s, affiliations and contact details are all required.