ILAE British Branch 2026 | 8 - 10 October | Harrogate Conference Centre
Speaker & Chair Guide
Thank you for your input into the meeting
Please read below for information about your roles
Speaker Information
Preparing your talk
• Please design your slides in 16:9 (not 4:3)
• You will present from a lectern, with a fixed mic
• You will have a radio button device to move on your slides
• The chair will manage questions from the audience via the app at the conclusion of your presentation
• We can check your slides beforehand to ensure that the text displays properly and any video files are correctly embedded
• Email / drop box your slide deck to us before Wed 30 Sep
• Bring a backup of your work to the meeting on a pen drive
• Be sure to include copies of any video or sound files used, just in case we need to convert them
• If you plan to use your own computer to present, this is fine but please inform us of this before Wed 30 Sep
Presenting from your own lap top
It is your responsibility to ensure that your machine is up to date and has the necessary drivers to allow presentations. The connection at the lectern is via an HDMI cable. Please ensure that you bring the necessary adaptors if required. Make sure that you have a local copy of the presentation on the laptop rather than it being hosted on a cloud drive in case of internet problems.
Speaker preview room
The speaker preview room is next to the Queen's Suite (the main meeting space). Please report to the technician in this room at least an hour before your session is due to start, so we can ensure that all presentations are present and in the correct running order. You will be able to make last-minute changes to your presentation before it is loaded onto a local server. You will have support from the technical team to ensure your presentation is running correctly on the screen in the room where you are speaking.
Your presentation
Please see the programme for timings of your talk.
Chair Information
General
• Note down questions you can ask in advance, if needed.
• Keep your session to time. If a speaker starts to overrun, please interrupt and bring the talk to a close.
• If you are unsure about something, please ask a member of staff at the tech desk or registration area.
General Announcements for the audience
• Thank you to our sponsors who help make this meeting possible
• Please visit the exhibition stands in Hall D, and the sponsored symposia sessions
• Questions should be kept as short as possible. Please do not make long statements before asking your question.
• Wait until you have the mic before you begin to speak. People at the back of the room will not hear you easily without it.
• Please announce your name and institution before asking your question.
Drawing your session to a close
• Announce the next item in the programme.
Summary of chair names
Thur 8: 1040 | Session 1: Video - Seizure semiology in adults & children | Professor Rob Powell |
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Thur 8: 1330 | Session 3: Updates | Dr Owen Pickrell |
Thur 8: 1415 | Session 4: Metabolic Epilepsies | Dr Suresh Pujar |
Thur 8: 1715 | Excellence in Epilepsy Award | Dr Rhys Thomas |
Fri 9: 0935 | Session 5: Maximising the humble EEG | Dr Umesh Vivekananda |
Fri 9: 1340 | Keynote Talk: The Social Determinants of Epilepsy Risk | Dr Rhys Thomas |
Fri 9: 1635 | Session 7: Surgical Session | Dr Nandini Mullatti & Mr Ramesh Chelvarajah |
Sat 10: 0930 | Session 8: Epilepsy and Pregnancy | Dr Shanika Samarasekera |
Sat 10: 1130 | Session 9: Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies | Dr Matthias Koepp |
Thank you for your input in the meeting. Please contact us if you have any queries about your role.
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