Latin American Poster Competition

SBACV

VEITHsymposium and the Sociedade Brasileira the Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular Latin American Poster Competition

All Latin American vascular surgeons, interventionists, cardiologists and vascular medicine specialists are encouraged to submit their work to the Latin American Oral presentation and/or Poster presentation. This event is co-sponsored by VEITHsymposium and the Sociedade Brasileira the Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular.

  1. Abstracts for the Latin-American Oral presentation and/or Poster competitions should be written in English and submitted no later than October 31, 2014.

  2. Posters without an abstract can be submitted directly until October 30th, 2014.

  3. All accepted abstracts whether oral or poster presentation will be published in the Veith Web Site and can be used for reference.

  4. The presenter's name should be clearly identified in the abstract by underlining his or her name.

  5. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words beyond the title, the name of the author(s), Institution and country of origin. At the bottom of the page please mention whether you want the abstract to be considered for oral presentation, poster or both.

  6. Abstract should be submitted by e-mail to latinabstracts@veithsymposium.org

  7. Each presenter can only participate with one oral presentation and one poster (different abstracts).

  8. Duration of the presentation: Oral is 5 minutes and Poster is 3 minutes.

  9. All presentations may be in the native language of the presenter but the written material must be in English.

  10. The author selection for presentation will need to register for the VEITHsymposium and will receive a $200.00 reduction in the registration fee.

  11. All those selected for presentation will be recognized as Associate Faculty.

  12. The winners of the Competition will be publicly recognized and receive a plaque.

ePoster creation & submittal instructions

Below are the instructions on how to create and submit your ePoster. You are basically creating a one page PowerPoint slide (or one page Keynote if you are using a MAC).

When creating your poster, please:

  • Use at least a 14 pt font (a 12 pt font will appear too small on screen)
  • Be sure your page size 48" (w) x 27" (h)

How to get started if you are using PowerPoint to create your poster

  1. From the PowerPoint file menu, select NEW and chose a blank presentation
  2. Go to the file menu and choose PAGE SETUP Custom*
  3. Set your PowerPoint Page size to 48" (w) x 27" (h)
  4. Create your poster
  5. When your poster is complete, please save it as a PDF

*In PowerPoint 2007, choose PAGE SETUP on the design tab; in PowerPoint 97 and previous versions, choose File, then Slide Setup

How to get started if you are using Keynote (MAC) to create your poster

  1. From the file menu, select NEW, then choose a template
  2. At the bottom right, set the slide size to 1920 x 1080
  3. Create your poster
  4. When your poster is complete, please save it as a PDF

NOW THAT YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR POSTER……how to upload your poster!

  • Go to: http://buzz.breakout.cmiav.com/Login?

    User name is: VEITHsymposium-Latin

  • On the left side there will be a tab called "Upload File(s)". Click that and follow the upload instructions.
  • Please be sure to label your file with your poster number and your name. For example 01_Joe_Smith.pdf.
  • Make sure it is in PDF format.

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