Presentation Guidelines

Your presentation must be in 16:9 format or converted to PDF 16:9 format. PowerPoint is preferred for best possible success when you are presenting.

If you do not plan to use slides during your session, let us know no later than January 30, 2026 so we can create a title slide to display to the audience upon entry.

Here is the link to the official presentation template: LINK HERE

Unsupported Presentation Formats

1. Keynote: Please export your presentation as a PowerPoint or PDF
2. Canva: Please export your presentation as a PowerPoint or PDF

Fonts
It is best to stick with the fonts in the official template, as they have been selected for best readability for a large audience. If you need a specialized font, please embed it into your presentation. For more on font embedding, click here.

Additional Things to Avoid

• Type smaller than 18 point
• Light colors as a backdrop for white typography
• Stretching image to fit the space; low resolution images
• Lines of copy that extend the full width of the slide

Audio & Video
If you plan to use video or audio in your presentation, please see this article for file formats supported within PowerPoint.

Tip: Compress and embed your videos. If you have authored your PPT as a PPTX, there are tools within PowerPoint to do this automatically. Instructions can be found here. Note that a “bloated” presentation due to large video files may actually impede best performance when it is running, without any clear visual improvement.

Good rule of thumb: Pull up a page from your PowerPoint and then step approximately four to five feet away from your computer (laptop) or seven to eight feet for a desktop. If you can’t read your session clearly from that distance, the audience will not be able to read it either.

Internet Links
Internet bandwidth is never to be trusted in large conference venues. Do not embed clickable links into your presentation that rely on the internet. If you need internet service, bring your own hotspot.