Participation
We are excited about the upcoming presentations. To ensure a smooth and coherent experience for all participants, we kindly ask all presenters to adhere to the following guidelines and to upload their presentation prior to the Urban Futures Symposium.
📋 Guidelines
Presentation types & timing
- Oral Presentations: 10 minutes presentation time, followed by up to 5 minutes for Q&A (depending on timing).
- Posters: Presenters are expected to be available at their posters during the designated poster sessions. However, all posters will be displayed for the entire duration of the symposium and will be situated near the coffee break areas to facilitate conversation and interaction among participants.
Templates & formats
To support your contribution, we provide a set of optional templates below. Their use is not required, and we welcome individual presentation styles!
- Presentation template (File/Link)
- To ensure smooth operation and accessibility for all participants, presenters are kindly asked to minimize the use of external links, videos, or interactive content in their presentation files.
- If you use your own presentation template, please use the 16:9 slide format!
- Poster template (File/Link)
- The mandatory poster format is A0 (841 mm x 1189 mm). Presenters should bring the posters printed to the symposium. Please note that there is no possibility of printing at the conference.
- Posters should be handed over by the presenter at the registration desk.
Upload Instructions
Please upload your presentation files via Polybox (Link) following these instructions:
- 📌 Please name your presentation file according to this nomenclature:
Surname_Name_Title - 🔗 Open the Polybox link
- ✏️ Please enter your first and last name in the required field
- 📤 Drag and drop the presentation file for your submission
- ♻️ Please note that there is no possibility to edit uploaded files. If you make changes to the presentation files, please upload the updated presentation using the same link.
Please submit the presentation files by Thursday, August 28, 2025, at 23:59 PM (Zurich time).
The PowerPoint upload format (PPTX) is preferred, but PDFs are accepted as an alternative. If you use PDFs, please consider that animations cannot be displayed!
