IMPORTANT SUBMISSION DATES and GUIDELINES

October 15, 2025: Speaker Agreement & Details Form completed.

January 5, 2026: Complete the Disclosure Form and a general description of your presentation. 

February 15, 2026: Upload a draft copy of your presentations (required for Accreditation/CME submission purposes.)

February 15, 2026: Final hotel arrangements are due. (Changes will be made based upon availability.)

Speakers and Faculty: please contact the ICHS office for assistance at: admin@ichs.org

Photography/Videography Release: I agree that ICHS has the right to use, replicate, and display any photographs (still, motion picture, or video) of me, including audio or readings of my voice, in educational audiotapes, videotapes, internet, television, public displays, or advertising related to the ICHS Symposium and clients thereof.

Liability Release and Waiver: I agree to assume all risks associated with my attendance and participation in all on- and off-site activities that occur as part of the conference. By registering for this conference, I agree to indemnify and hold harmless ICHS and its governing bodies, officers and contractors from all loss, damage or liability arising out of, or related to, my attendance and participation.

PowerPoint Presentations: All Presentations must include a Disclosure slide.
Please list all disclosures and if none list "no disclosures."
This includes “co-authors” that may not attend as a presenter but contributed to content. 

A sample ICHS PowerPoint is available for your presentation - there is no requirement to use the template, but speakers are welcome to use them if desired. Click here for the template.

This event is under review for accreditation credits. As such, the presentations must be reviewed in advance for approval.

Please prepare and submit your presentation as follows:
All Presentations must include a Disclosure slide.

• Use at least 24-point font for body text and at least 36-point font for headings and titles
• Adjust font size based on the amount of text, font type, and screen resolution.
• Please review slides with compatibility features.
• Keep slides clean: avoid adding too much information, especially graphs and experimental data on one single slide. When using images, please ensure a high quality, royalty free (or cited) image. Choose colors sparingly.
• Presentation files must be in .ppt and .pptx only and under 500 MB in size. The aspect ratio of your presentation must be 16:9 and to avoid compatibility problems, please do not use special characters in the name of the file (e.g. «, Ö, Ø, ñ, ε, ®, ý, }, {, etc.). 
• Duration and number of slides: when preparing your presentation, please take note of the time allocated to your presentation. In general, 2 - 2.5 slides per minute is a reliable guide to ensure that you do not exceed the allotted time. 

A/V Requirements:

The following equipment will be available in the meeting rooms:

• Podium
• Podium microphone and/or table microphones for panel presentations
• Screen
• LCD projector
• A laptop pre-loaded with your presentation 

If you require additional equipment, please note it in the speaker agreement form. If you are using a Mac computer for your presentation, please bring your computer and the necessary connector, and indicate this on the agreement form.

We will try to honor every request if we are given advance notice.