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Rules for the Symposia and Communications

Symposia

• Symposia will be 10.
• Themes of the symposia will be: 1) Cell Physiology 2) Neurobiology and Neurophysiology 3) Metabolism, Nutrition and System Physiology 4) Physiology of Motor System and Exercise.
• Four speakers and 1/2 chairmen will contribute to each symposium. At least the symposium proponent and one of the speakers must be SIF members in good standing with payments. Fees for all speakers, SIF or non-SIF members, will be equal to those of “Socio SIF Regular/Junior”.
• Each symposium will have a total time of 80 minutes. On September 7th and September 8th there will be 4 symposia, two in parallel from 15:00 to 16:20 and two in parallel from 16:30 to 17:50. On September 9th two symposia will be held in parallel from 15:00 to 16:20.
• Each communication will last 15 minutes + 5 minutes of discussion (it is recommended to strictly respect the timing).

Oral Communications

• Oral communications will be grouped by subject area (Cell Physiology; Neurobiology and Neurophysiology; Metabolism, Nutrition and System Physiology; Physiology of Motor System and Exercise).
• Each communication will last 10 minutes + 5 minutes of discussion (it is recommended to strictly respect the timing).

Given the modalities of the congress, it is absolutely necessary to respect the time scheduled.

From 30 august to 2 September all moderators and presenters will be contacted by mail to arrange a meeting where connection tests will be carried out and instructions on how to present will be provided.

• PPT and video files should be provided before 25 August.
• The link for file uploading Symposia presentation is the following: Symposia files uploading
• The link for file uploading Oral Communications is the following: Oral Communications files uploading

Instructions for powerpoint file: format .pptx; proportion: 16:10; maximum size: 80 MB; it is recommended to use basic fonts. If videos are part of the presentation, they SHOULD NOT be inserted in the pptx file but must be provided as separate files and a slide containing the name of the corresponding video or the cover image of the video must be inserted in the corresponding position (slide sequence) where the video must be shown.

Video should be formatted as follows: mp4 format; 720/1080 resolution; maximum weight of 150 MB; Codec: AAC, H264

Filename should follow this form: name_surname.ppt/pptx form; for video the form name_surname_video #.mp4.

Rules for Posters

• Posters will be grouped by subject area (on 8 Sept from 9:00 to 10:30: Cell Physiology; on 8 Sept from 11:00 to 12:30: Metabolism, Nutrition and System Physiology; on 9 Sept from 9:00 to 10:30: Neurobiology and Neurophysiology; on 9 Sept from 11:00 to 12:30: Physiology of Motor System and Exercise).
• It is advisable to prepare the poster in powerpoint, with a A4 landscape format and a minimum 8-pts font.
• Posters should be saved in PDF format; filename should follow this form: name_surname.pdf.
• PDF files should be provided before 25 August.
• The link for Poster uploading is the following: Posters uploading
• Posters will be uploaded to the platform, starting from the morning of 7 September, and will be consulted and downloaded in this format.
• On the mornings of 8 and 9 September, from 10:30 to 12:30, it will be possible to communicate directly with the presenters to ask questions and discuss. On this occasion, the presenter will be able to share the poster, as it happens with other platforms (Zoom, Teams, Skype).