Tropentag 2024:

Elevator pitch

At this Tropentag, the organisers intend to have all posters presented in "elevator pitch mode".
An elevator pitch is a conversation, or an ice breaker, that should lead into a deeper dialogue about your ideas, your work and the results. You can also use it to create interest in a project, idea, or product – or in yourself.

Applied to your poster presentation at TT24, it means that the key message of your presentation should be synthesized in two slides and one more slide containing a picture, if desired.

In practice you typically have just 30 seconds to leave an exciting, impactful and meaningful impression with whomever you come in contact with. Considering the nature of Tropentag, our elevator pitch will give you 2 MINUTES (and only two) to present your work to the audience. The difference of the classical poster session is that, instead of putting everybody together in a small space to see your poster, and the audience moving from one poster to other, you will present it on a stage in front of the audience in a very dynamic sequence and creative manner. At the end of the round of elevator pitch, each poster presenter will stand in front of its own poster (yes, they still will be there) and wait for the audience interested in your work.

All the Elevator Pitch presentations must be delivered in one of the following formats: Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) (preferred), or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) The file name should be structured as follows:

PosterIDnumber_LastNamePresenter.XXX
Examples:
ID177_Smith.ppt or ID99_Wang.pdf

Speakers should deliver their presentation file at an indicated, central point near the registration desk. The presentation will be distributed to the projection points in the lecture halls from this central computer exclusively. We'd like to receive your presentation as early as possible but no later than one day prior to your scheduled lectures. If this is not possible, the presentation must be delivered at least one hour before the beginning of the session.

Presentations will be accepted only as MS Powerpoint presentations or PDF presentations. Correct presentations in other formats cannot be guaranteed.
Please make use of standard fonts only. We recommend Apple users to test their presentation on a Windows computer. The usage of a personal laptop computer in order to ensure correct display of complex presentations such as movies etc., will NOT be accepted.