GUIDELINES FOR ORAL PRESENTATION COMPETITION
- Judging will be held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, on 27 September 2025, 12:30 (UTC+8). Presenters must be at the venue 12:15 (UTC+8) before the schedule listed below:
- Authors of shortlisted abstracts will be notified via email by the congress secretariat. Please reply to confirm participation within 1 week from notification, to avoid disqualification.
- Oral presenters must register for a 2-day onsite pass to the congress by 31 July 2025. All oral presenters are eligible for early-bird registration rates throughout the registration period. Please request the special registration link from secretariat.spc@mims.com.
- Oral presentations must be in English and should use the official congress PowerPoint template: [Link]
- Please also prepare a physical poster, A0 size (84.1x118. 9 cm, or 33.1x46.8 in), in portrait layout.
- Time for each oral presentation: 8 minutes
- Presentation: 6 minutes
- Questions and answers: 2 minutes
- Important: After 8 minutes, the session chairperson will be obliged to end the presentation. A good rule of thumb is to have one slide per minute.
- The oral presentation should include:
- Background & objectives
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion (strengths and weakness, pharmacy practice relevance/impact/innovation)
- Conclusion (take-home message[s])
- Acknowledgement and declaration of funding
- References
- Final slide deck must be emailed to secretariat.spc@mims.com by 19 September 2025.
- Award decisions by the panel of judges will be considered final.
- Award presentation will be on 28 September 2025, 16:30 (UTC +8), at the Grand Ballroom.
Optional e-poster
- Oral presenters may also submit a 1-slide e-poster, which will be viewable at the 34th Singapore Pharmacy Congress website and the onsite e-poster kiosks during the 2-day congress.
- The e-poster should be prepared using PowerPoint, in 16:9 landscape or portrait layout, and saved as a PDF file. Note: The screen where it will be viewed will be in landscape layout.
- Please email the e-poster PDF to secretariat.spc@mims.com by 31 August 2025.
