Conference Program

Conference Program in brief

The conference will take place from October 27 to 29, 2025, with registration opening on October 26. A welcome dinner is scheduled for the evening of October 27. Throughout the event, poster sessions will be available during breaks for discussion and networking. Coffee, drinks, and lunch will be provided to support informal exchanges among participants.

A brief conference program is available as shown in the picture/table above.

For session conveners:

• All (co-)conveners of sessions at the conference are welcome to attend the conference in Munich.

• Session-convener teams shall discuss and ensure that at least one of the conveners will be at the conference to chair and moderate the session.

• Date and time are assigned to each session considering the number of presentations.

• Session conveners are suggested to give each oral presentation 15 minutes’ talk plus 5 minutes for discussions. However, sessions can adjust the time for use in other activities, e.g. introduction, additional talks, general discussion, summary or wrap up

• Session conveners are encouraged to invite poster presenters to speak shortly in the oral session, e.g. 1-2 minutes with or without slides.

Oral presentation:

• Each oral presentation is suggested for 15 minutes’ talk plus 5 minutes for discussions. However, session chairs can control and shorten each presentation to save time for other uses, e.g. introduction, additional talks, general discussion, summary or wrap up.

• Slides can be submitted in advance to a shared online folder but is not required. Speakers can bring their slides to the session via USB-stick, in laptop, by emails, etc. Please make sure the session chairs have your slides before your presentation.

Poster presentation:

• Poster presentations are not scheduled at specific times. Rather, posters will stand at the conference venue for all three days and can be presented anytime (e.g. coffee break, lunchtime).

• Further, session conveners are encouraged to invite poster presenters to speak shortly in the oral session, e.g. 1-2 minutes with or without slides.

• Poster boards and pins are provided. The board is in portrait format of 140 cm height and 115 cm width, which shall be the maximum size of your poster.

• It is the presenters’ responsibility to design, print and bring their own poster to the conference and pin it on the numbered board, as well as remove it at the end of the conference.