Poster Pitch slides submission deadline: please submit your slides at least 12 hours before your scheduled presentation - either at the Speaker Service Center or via email to solange.guye@sib.swiss.

Virtual Poster Upload: please upload your virtual poster to the virtual gallery by 1 September 2025. Only uploaded posters will be considered for poster prizes.

POSTER PITCHES GUIDELINES 

A poster pitch + poster consists of a short presentation (pitch) of 5 minutes during one of the parallel sessions (as per schedule provided below) together with a printed poster to be presented at the Congress Center in Basel.


TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER



Track A (SINGAPORE)
Track B (MONTREAL)
Parallel session 1 
08:30 - 10:00

Bioinformatics in infectious diseases: tackling challenges from hosts to pathogens

Bioinformatics for cancer research
Parallel session 2 
13:30 - 15:00

Protein design and modeling molecular assemblies: breakthroughs and applications in computational structural biology

Clinical data science: advancements in diagnostics and patient care
Poster session 1 
15:00 - 16:30

A detailed plan with your poster number and where to put your poster will be uploaded on 3 September

WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER


Track A  (SINGAPORE)
Track B (MONTREAL)
Parallel session 3 
08:30 - 10:00

Integrative bioinformatics for evolutionary and environmental processes

Computational methods for single-cell and spatial omics: from data to biological insights
[BC]2 Highlights 
10:30 - 12:00
Plenary session 
Poster session 2 
14:15 - 15:45

A detailed plan with your poster number and where to put your poster will be uploaded on 3 September


Presentation slot and duration

The information regarding the poster pitch timeslot has been communicated via your abstract notification letter and includes the date, and the time and location of the poster pitch, as well as the details of your Poster Session. If you have any doubts or need clarification, please feel free to contact us at solange.guye@sib.swiss.

Duration: 5 minutes (no Q&A).
Content: Briefly introduce your scientific question, one key result, and inform the audience where and when they can find you at your poster.

Slide preparation and submission

Deadline: Monday 1 September

  • Aspect ratio: 16:9.
  • Acceptable formats: PowerPoint (.pptx) 
  • Slides submission: all presentations must be provided to the Speakers' Service Centre 12 hours prior to your scheduled presentation time. Please name your file as follows: DATE_TIME_SURNAME (e.g., 9SEPTEMBER_0830-1000_MILLER).
  • Alternative submission: possibility to email your slides to solange.guye@sib.swiss and cc ccb-ssc@hotmail.com instead of delivering it in person to the Speakers' Service Centre. This must be done 24 hours prior to your scheduled presentation time.
  • For pitches including videos, submit separate mp4 files named DATE_TIME_SURNAME_VIDEO-FILE-NAME (e.g., 9SEPTEMBER_0830-1000_MILLER_Video-1).

    Important information: The speakers and presenting authors should arrive at the meeting room 15 minutes before the beginning of the session and introduce themselves to the Session Chairs. It is very important that, for a smooth development of the conference, all speakers and presenting authors respect the pre-assigned presentation time.

Poster details and upload

Deadline: Monday 1 September

All poster presenters are asked to prepare a printed poster (to be presented on-site) and a virtual poster (to be uploaded on the the SIB days Poster Gallery. All details on the poster format, number and location can be found in the Poster guidelines. Please make sure to upload your poster by 1 SEPTEMBER.

Pre-register for the 'Best presentation course'

Deadline to register your interest: 29 May 2025

We are considering offering two virtual courses on effective poster design and practical skills for presenting at poster exhibitions, led by Serena di Palma (Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Utrecht University).

The course would be free of charge. If your abstract has been selected for a poster or a poster pitch, we strongly encourage you to express your interest. To ensure the course is worthwhile for both participants and the instructor, we will only organize it if at least 10 people register.

By registering via this form, you express a firm interest and commit to attending if the course goes ahead. Please note that we may decide not to offer the course if there is insufficient interest.

Express your interest in participating