Speaker and presentation guidelines

Presentation categories

Preparing your presentation

• format: PowerPoint (.PPT or .PPTX)
• aspect ratio: 16:9
• slide dimensions: width: 25.4cm (10”) × height: 14.28 cm (5.625”)
• recommended slide limits:
  • invited speakers: 20 slides
  • oral presenters: 10 slides
  • short oral presenters: three to four slides

Slide template and conflict of interest disclosure

We have provided the WMS 2025 Congress speaker template slides for you.

• Your presentation should start with a title slide and conflict of interest disclosure slide using the template;
• The title slide should include your name and the title of your presentation;
• You will need to display the conflict of interest slide for at least 10 seconds at the start of your presentation; and
• The rest of your presentation can use your own slide template if you prefer.

Download Pre-Congress Teaching Course presentation template 

Download Congress presentation template 

Submitting your presentation

It is essential that you use our standard format for saving your slide presentation. The WMS Congress format is:

Surname.DAY.time.pptx

e.g. Jones.Weds.11.00.pptx

In the weeks leading up to the Congress, we receive more than 100 slide presentations. Using the standard format helps us make sure your slides are correctly assigned to your session.

• deadline
• submission method:
  • email: send slides to Sue Munro, Speaker and Programme Manager at [email protected]
  • large files: if your slides contain videos or high-resolution images, use a file-sharing service such as WeTransfer or Dropbox
• audience interaction: If you want to include live polls, email them with your slides to [email protected]

Presentation content guidelines

To ensure high-quality, compliant, unbiased, and evidence-based presentations, please follow these guidelines:

• Balanced view of therapeutic options. Cover a range of pharmacological, surgical, and non-pharmacological approaches;
• Evidence-based recommendations. Base all clinical recommendations on scientific evidence and clinical reasoning and provide a fair and balanced view of diagnostic and therapeutic options;
• Disclosure of sources. Clearly cite sources (e.g., peer-reviewed journal articles) within the relevant slide and mention limitations of the data and off-label use where applicable;
• Avoid commercial bias. Your content must be free from promotional messaging and commercial bias and must not promote products for professional or financial gain;
• No private industry logos. Do not include logos from companies working in the pharmaceutical and related industries. If you're acknowledging funding from the pharmaceutical or related industries, use text only, not logos; and
• Permitted logos. Hospital, NHS, or university logos are allowed on slides and posters.

By following these guidelines, you help ensure a scientific, fair, compliant and objective Congress experience.

Speaker preparation room

If you are speaking at WMS 2025, you will have access to the speaker preparation room. We recommend you visit the room to make a final check of your presentation. This is also where you can make last-minute changes to your presentation.

Pre-Congress Teaching course faculty should check with the AV technician in the session room.

Speaker preparation room opening hours:

If you have any technical issues or last-minute changes, we can help you in the speaker preparation room.

If you have any questions, contact the WMS Speaker Manager at [email protected].