In-congress (“New frontiers in interventional radiology and endovascular therapy”) includes 14 in-sessions (10 scientific in-sessions, 4 interdisciplinary in-sessions), 8 in-key lectures (4 in-key honorary lectures, 4 in-key interdisciplinary lectures), 2 in-dustry focus and 1 final in-novation challenge. Each one-hour scientific in-session consists of 4 presentations with 2 moderators, 4 speakers and 4 discussants.
Each speaker has 8 minutes to present their slides (slides in English, talk in Italian or English). At the beginning of each session discussants will sit at the panel table together with the moderators. At the end of each presentation 3 minutes will be dedicated to a short discussion between the discussant and the speaker. The discussant may ask the speaker up to 2 questions before moving on to the next presentation. At the end of the 4 presentations, the moderators will open the general discussion, which will last up to 13 minutes. They are expected to ask questions and ingage the audience in the discussion.
The moderators will also be expected to strictly manage the session. If necessary, the general discussion will be shortened.
Strict adherence to the presentation time is strongly recommended for both speakers (8 minutes) and discussants (3 minutes).
Speakers will be notified when their 8 minutes are up. At exactly the ninth minute of the presentation the slides will disappear from the screen. In this case discussants, will be allowed to ask the speaker only one question. Each one-hour interdisciplinary in-session includes 4 moderators (one cardiologist, one neuroradiologist, one radiologist, one vascular surgeon) who will also serve as discussants (3 minutes) for the 4 speakers (8 minutes) following the same format of the scientific in-sessions.
Each interdisciplinary in-session will be opened by the in-key interdisciplinary lecture of 10 minutes (one moderator/presenter, one speaker) and it will be closed without a general discussion. Presentation video-clips lasting 90-180 seconds will open every part of the in-congress according to the in-entertainment modality: a video-clip of a recorded interventional/endovascular procedure of one of the 4 speakers will be broadcasted before each in-session.
The in-key honorary lectures (10 minutes) will have one moderator and one speaker: in this time, moderators will be allowed to ask the speaker up to 2 questions. In-dustry focus sessions consist of 6 presentations each day for a total of 12 presentations (10 minutes), proposed by the companies and approved by the in-congress scientific committee. Moderators of in-key honorary lectures and in-dustry focus must ensure that presentation times are respected. Slides preparation must adherere to the in-congress template: a maximum of 15-16 slides for the presentations and 18-20 slides for the in-key honorary (and interdisciplinary) lectures is highly recommended. Speakers should provide their slides to the technical staff in the Faculty room at least 2 hours before the session begins. Speakers scheduled for the first session of the morning are kindly invited to deliver their slides the day before.
