Answers for Speakers, Discussants, ALERT and Oral Presentation presenters

Please refer to the official congress program on ERS website for details on the length of your presentation.

Please upload your presentation as a .pptx file, using 16:9 format for your slides.

Online speakers exceptionally included in the main programme, are additionally required to record their presentation using the PowerPoint Narration function and export it as .mp4 file. Both the .mp4 and the .pptx files should be uploaded to the system. Please find more instructions on how to prerecord your PPTX HERE.

Your presentation should include:

• Faculty disclosures and conflicts of interest
• Aims and objectives of your presentation
• Reference list at the end of your presentation
• Minimum 1 slide (1-2 for Imaging clinical cases, 1-2 for Clinical challenges beyond guidelines, 3 for Lungs on fire) with questions and maximum 6 possible answers to the audience on key messages presented (excl. Oral presentation sessions)
• Font types, font sizes, colours and diagrams facilitating readability (we recommend 24 as minimum font size, black as font colour and pictures/charts should be in HD)
• Please note that maximum size of the presentation is 5,0 GB.

Exceptionally approved online speakers presentations in the main programme only, in addition to points above should:

• record their presentation using the PowerPoint Narration function and export the file as .mp4 file
• inlcude only Slides and Audio. Please disable your camera when recording your slides
• Upload both the .mp4 and the .pptx files to the system.

Please include your voting question in your PowerPoint presentation. Please use one slide for the question and the possible answers. If you want to indicate the correct answer, please do that on the next slide! No animations/videos are allowed on the voting slide

• For regular interactive sessions you should add at least one question.
• For Imaging clinical cases, please include in your presentation 1-2 audience questions.
• For Clinical challenges beyond guidelines, please add 1-2 multiple choice questions to your presentation.
• For Lungs on fire sessions each presentation must include 3 multiple choice questions.

Please remember to tick the box indicating that there is a question included on your slides while uploading your presentation.

For pre-recording your presentation, please use the PowerPoint Narration function. Please disable your camera when recording your slides — only slides and audio are necessary for your presentation. Detailed instructions can be found HERE. Please export your presentation as an MP4 file and upload it to the system. You should also upload your slides as .PPTX file.
If you are using an Apple computer, you may find some additional advice HERE. Please note that the microphone must be activated specifically for PowerPoint: go to System Preferences > Privacy & Security > Privacy, then click on Microphone and enable Microsoft PowerPoint after having unlocked the settings for changes.

Please upload your PowerPoint presentation with audio narration online HERE.

To access your upload account, please use your MyERS credentials.

If you do not have a MyERS account or you do not know your credentials PLEASE DO NOT CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT! Each faculty involved in the ERS Congress programme has automatically received a MyERS account. To enter your profile, please click the „Reset your password“ link on the login website, enter your email used currently for the communication by our office and reset your password. After receiving the link to reset your password, you can access your upload account HERE.

If there is a speaker or a discussant change please contact programme@ersnet.org and send us title of your presentation, day and time of your talk, current speaker name and new name.

For Oral presentation presenters the change should be done entirely through the abstract submitter’s account. Please ensure that the new presenter is included in the list of co-authors. If not, please add the new author to the list.

1. Log into your MyERS account, and click on the tab “ABSTRACTS/CASES”, and then on “Congress”, and “Access Abstract Platform”.
2. Scroll the page and click on the arrow icon located on the right, next to the abstract title and status of the abstract. You should receive an email with a link. Please make sure to check your spam folder.
3. The link must be sent to the new presenter for their acceptance.
4. To accept, the new presenter must click on the link sent by the submitter. Please note that the change will not be complete until the new presenter accepts to present.
5. Please note that it might take up to 48 hours for the presenter change to appear in the programme.
6. Once the presenter change is complete, the new presenter will be able to submit the Congress materials for the congress. If the presenter changes and the materials were already submitted, the new presenter will need to re-submit them.

Please look at the section with video tutorials.