What to expect from virtual conference
BioTech 2020 online will offer you a stimulating and interactive conference experience directly from your desktop or mobile device. Content of all talks and posters will be available during live sessions or on-demand to registered delegates so you can re-watch sessions and view other presentations from parallel sessions you may have missed.*
* On-demand access includes recordings of talks and slides and posters from authors that have agreed for repeated distribution: the organisers cannot guarantee on-demand access to all presentations
What you can enjoy at the conference:
- Meet your collegues and friends in virtual space when it is not possible in person
- Create a personalised schedule to match your research interests - participate in the interactive live-streams or watch on-demand recordings at your convenience.
- Get interactive. Engage with our inspirational speakers and other attendees during the live-streamed sessions: Ask questions and participate via chat.
- Review the latest research in the ePoster hall and discuss directly with the author in the live poster sessions.
- Network with your peers, meet new contacts and renew relationships: Connect with other participants, speakers, poster presenters and exhibitors via the online system to chat.
- Communicate your research to international, audience
- Explore the conferene sponsors, chat with exhibitors and learn more about their products.
- Enjoy more flexibility with on-demand access to recorded sessions. For multi-stream events, watch one stream live and catch-up on what you missed after the event.
How to access the conference
Access to the online platform will be available to registered participants one week prior to the event.
Access instructions including login will be emailed to registered attendees one week prior to the even together with tips for getting the best experience out of the live conference.
What equipment do I need to access the conference?
We recommend participation via PC/Mac desktop using Chrome for the best experience. A stable internet connection, microphone and webcam are required. Access via the mobile app is not recommended.
Our joining instructions will outline how to login, test your system, audio and video prior to the event.
Speaker and session chair information
All sessions will be live-streamed and interactive at the time scheduled in the programme. All speakers and session chairs will be briefed by the conference organisers regarding the new format, use of the online platform and their role. Speakers can provide a recorded video presentation (recommended option) although live presentation is also possible. Session chairs will lead the discussion after live presentations. Questions from participants will be asked via real-time chat. In case of pre-recorded presentations, the discussion will be realized via chat.
I have never presented online: What will happen?
- We will send you detailed guidelines, deadlines for receipt of materials and a link to our presenter tips to help you prepare in advance.
- You have two options:
- you can send us pre-recorded video of your talk
- you can give a live talk in parallel with your slides at a scheduled time
- In both cases you should be present at a scheduled time at the session to facilitate chat with participants.
- Subject to your agreement, the slides and a recording of your talk will be available on-demand after the live event.
In case ot any queries or problems, please contact us at info@biotech2020.cz
General information
The instruction how to acces platform and your selected type of presentation details will be provided by email according to the participation type, see below.
The e-mail will come from the address biotech(a)computersystem.com. Please check your e-mail address and spam for messages from this address.
Oral presentations
The schedule of all sessions and lectures can be found here:
The sessions will be supervised by chairperson(s), who will invite live speakers and moderate following live discussions. The chairperson will also introduce pre-recorded lectures, for which the discussion will be conducted via chat. Please note that the time allotted for individual presentations will be strictly observed, so prepare you presentation accordingly, allowing for sufficient time for discussion. For both pre-recorded and live presentations, chat discussion will we available during the whole congress, you are kindly asked to monitor and answer the chat questions.
Live lectures
Please note that the time frame of your presentation includes the discussion and prepare your lecture accordingly:
• Plenary lecture: 50 min + 10 min discussion
• Key lecture: 40 minutes + 10 min discussion
• Regular lecture: 15 min + 5 min discussion
For presenting Live, the authors are asked to prepare a PowerPoint presentation, which can be uploaded by June 8th, 2021.
The access and upload information will be provided by email on May 24, 2021.
Please observe the technical guidelines which can found here: Guidelines.
Even if you will be presenting live, we recommend creating a pre-recorded presentation for the case of any technical or personal/health issue. For that please follow the guidelines for Pre-recorded Presentations.
Neither uploading PowerPoint presentation, nor Pre-recorded one is mandatory for Live lectures. It is only recommended to have a back-up for sudden problems.
Pre-recorded lectures
For pre-recorded lectures (video recording of your presentation including the commentary) you are asked to follow below recommendations and instructions. The discussion will be conducted via chat on the online platform, presenters are kindly asked to check their presentation chat and respond to questions and comments during the conference.
Deadline for recorded lecture upload: JUNE 1, 2021, 23:59 CEST.
Instructions for uploading of video and PowerPoint presentation will be provided by email on May 24, 2021.
Please observe the technical guidelines which can found here: Guidelines.
Poster author information
Your poster will be available on-demand after the live during the event. Please be prepared to answer the questions from the conference participants in chat.
Subject to your agreement, you poster will be available on-demand after the live event.
Your poster will be presented via the Biotech 2020 online conference platform, the access to conference account will be provided by email June 5, 2021. During the Poster Session, all poster presenters can participate in an online live chat on the conference platform to answer the questions from the audience.
See below for details for your poster preparation.
DEADLINE for poster upload: JUNE 8, 2021 23:59 CEST.
Requirements for poster presentations
• The file must be a single page in PDF format.
• Use only a 16:9 aspect ratio with landscape or portrait orientation.
• File size up to 10 MB.
• You may include a hyperlink to other materials in the PDF document
• Please use the following naming convention: conference name_poster_surname_first name (Examples: BioTech_poster_Novak_Petr.pdf)
• Authors retain copyright to presentations. Authors are responsible for the rights to all the material included in their submission.
Please observe the technical guidelines which can found here: Guidelines.
Not fitting queries and problems
In case ot any queries or problems, please contact us at info@biotech2020.cz
