Please refer to your agreement form to see the session type, format, date and time in which your abstract/clinical case has been accepted.

Your presentation should remain short and focus on the key results of your research/clinical case.

The upload services will soon open - deadline is Thursday, 22 January. No changes will be accepted after the upload deadline.

I am an abstract presenter - Go to My Abstracts

I am a clinical case presenter - Go to My Agreements

Failure to upload and register by the set deadlines will lead to the withdrawal of the abstract/clinical case from the Congress Programme and publications (Research Gateway, abstract book supplement, ESC 365).

Declaration of interest is mandatory but must not be inserted when preparing your slides/ePoster. The information declared at the time of the submission on your agreement form will be automatically inserted on your slides/ePoster.

My clinical case is accepted in a Clinical Case Session

Your presentation slides must be prepared with 16/9 format, we highly recommend that you use the EAPCI Summit 2026 Slide template.

Those interactive and practical sessions will feature 7 clinical cases.  

Each presenter will have 5 minutes for the presentation followed by 3 minutes for questions & answers from the Chairpersons and the audience. 
Suggested format of the presentation -
1 - Patient presentation 
2 - Initial work up  
3 - Diagnosis and Management
4 - Follow-up
5 – Learning point(s)
Questions allowed to the audience – Show of hand votes. No electronic voting.

Maximum number of slides = 6 including the title slide. The 5 minutes allocated to the presentation MUST be strictly respected. 

My abstract is accepted in a Moderated ePoster session

You need to prepare an ePoster (1 PDF page). The timing should be strictly respected.

Technical requirements and recommendations to optimise the display of ePosters on the screen -

• Create your document in PowerPoint (1 page)
• Orientation : Landscape. Layout: 16 x 9
• Save it as a PDF file

Please note that the use of the official ESC logo is not allowed. This also applies to ESC Association, Working Group and Council logos.

Suggestion - Important fields to include in your PDF layout:

• Title, author(s), address (upper edge, across the width the whole poster)
• Purpose
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusions

The ESC does not allow QR codes on ePosters. The text should be broken by the inclusion of drawings and/or photos. The use of colour makes the ePoster more attractive and effective.

ZOOM ZONES

While you are uploading your PDF file, you will see on the screen a notification that your poster is processing and that the next step is to select the interactive zones (these are the areas you will focus and zoom on during your ePoster presentation).

• Close this confirmation window
• Return to the main screen and click on “select interactive zone”
• Use the « Add new zone » button to add interactive zones
• Repeat this step for every zone in your poster you will zoom on during your presentation
• Click on SAVE at the bottom of the screen to confirm and validate your selection

Back on the main screen, you can re-access your ePoster, view it and if you want to re-upload a different version use “Delete” and start again the process

IMPORTANT FOR YOUR ePOSTER PRESENTATION -
Selecting Zoom Areas will allow you to make your ePoster Presentation more efficient and help you focus on the Key Areas you want to highlight during your ePoster Presentation.
A minimum of 3 Zoom Zones is required during the upload process.

My abstract is accepted as a Paper Poster

Technical requirements

• Landscape orientation
• A0 Poster size - 84,1 cm (height) x 118,9 cm (width)
  Posters on several sheets are not accepted (cannot be affixed)
• Please note that the use of the official ESC logo is not allowed on your poster. This also applies to ESC Association, Working Group and Council logos.

Poster Design

1. Title, author(s), address (at upper edge, across the width of the whole poster)
2. Purpose
3. Methods
4. Results
5. Conclusions
6. Declaration of interest (mandatory). Please state "None" if no conflicts exist.

The title should be emphasised by the use of bold-face type. When displayed the letters used should not be smaller than 15 mm.

The sub-title should be printed in the same kind of lettering, but semi-bold and not less than 10 mm high when displayed. This guarantees clear reading even from 2-3 meters.

The ESC does not allow QR codes on Posters. The text should be broken by the inclusion of drawings and/or photos. The use of colour makes the poster more attractive and effective.