Please refer to your agreement form to see the session type and format in which your abstract/clinical case has been accepted. It will also specify the duration of your presentation, and the maximum number of slides allowed.

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

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All presentations must be uploaded in advance online by the deadline indicated on your agreement form.

All presenters must register for the congress.

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.

Presentation format - slides

Your presentation slides must be prepared with 16/9 format, we highly recommend that you use the ESC Congress 2025 Slide Template.

My abstract is accepted in an Awards session (Lecture Room)

All finalists presenting in these sessions will be competing to win an ESC Award. 

These sessions will feature the 4 top-rated abstracts in the category.  Each finalist will have 10 minutes to present the research, followed by 5 minutes of questions and answers from jury members.

The abstract jury members will be scoring on the following criteria: Originality, Scientific Content, Presentation and Answers to Questions.

You need to prepare a PowerPoint Presentation with a maximum of 13 slides (including the title slide).

Specific information and instructions will be sent by email to the presenters.

The upload deadline is Thursday 14 August. 

The results of the competition will be announced during the Awards Ceremony on Sunday 31 August at 16:15 in the lecture room Tallinn.

My abstract is accepted in an Advances in Science session (Lecture Room)

Presenters will have 12 minutes to present their research, followed by 6 minutes of questions and answers. 

You need to prepare a PowerPoint Presentation with a maximum of 15 slides (including the title slide).

My abstract is accepted in an Oral Abstract session (Research Gateway)

Presenters will have 6 minutes to present their research, followed by 4 minutes of questions and answers from the Chairpersons and the audience.

You need to prepare a PowerPoint Presentation with a maximum of 8 slides (including the title slide).

The upload deadline is Thursday 14 August. 

My clinical case is accepted in Clinical Case Corner 1 (Research Gateway)

Those highly interactive, practical and educational sessions will feature four clinical cases and will be broadcasted Live from the congress for the Online Audience.

Each presenter will have 14 minutes to be structured as below - (ONLY 1 PowerPoint) - Maximum number of slides = 15 including the title slide. The presentation MUST be strictly respected.

Part 1 = 6 minutes for patient presentation/Initial work up/Diagnosis and Management/Follow-up 
Part 2 = 5 minutes to be dedicated to the illustration of the learning points including 2 MCQs based on the related ESC Guidelines (1 slide with the question – 1 Slide with the Correct Answer and rationale). 
Part 3 = 3 minutes Take home message slide to conclude the presentation – during this last part, presenters must be ready to take questions from the audience moderated by the Chairpersons.

The upload deadline is Friday 1 August. 

My clinical case is accepted in Clinical Case Corner 2, 3 or 4 (Research Gateway)

Those interactive and practical sessions will feature 5 clinical cases and will be broadcasted Live from the congress for the Online Audience.  

Each presenter will have 7 minutes for the presentation followed by 5 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 = 10 including the title slide. The 7 minutes allocated to the presentation MUST be strictly respected. 

The upload deadline is Friday 1 August. 

Presentation format - ePoster

My abstract is accepted in a Moderated ePoster or ePoster Round session (Research Gateway)

You need to prepare an ePoster (1 PDF page) and the related commentary (3 minutes maximum). 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.

The upload deadline is Friday 1 August. 

Presentation format - Paper Poster

My abstract is accepted as a Paper Poster (Discovery Pole)

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.