International Conference for Students

FIRST STEPS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH

(July 14th, 2025)

 

Presentation Instructions 

Language

All the oral presentations should be done in English or Romanian, the official languages of the event.

The report information and texts included in the presentation (slides) that are presented should be written in English. 

Presentation Time

Each presentation time is 10 minutes long. We recommend dedicating 8 minutes to the presentation and 2 minutes to open discussion.

File Formats and Filename

Please save all the presentations in both .pptx and .pdf format and upload your pdf

format(max.2 Mb) thorough the link

https://revista-constructii.univ-ovidius.ro/openconf/openconf.php

or e-mail

civil.engineering.annals@gmail.com

by 07/07/2025.

The filename should be saved as

Presentation_FSCER-ID_Name

PPT Structure

Maximum number of slides in presentation can be 15 and all authors are

kindly requested to prepare the presentation in the structure mentioned

below and do not deviate from the format and maximum number of

slides.

❖ Title, Authors and Coordinator Name, with their affiliations [1 slide]

❖ Contents [1 slide]

❖ Introduction [Maximum 2 slides]

❖ Material and methods [maximum 3 slides]

❖ Results and Discussions [maximum 3 slides]

❖ Conclusions & Future Directions of current research [maximum 3 slides]

❖ References [maximum 1 slides]

❖ Acknowledgement (optional) [1 slide]

Online Presentation Platform

The Conference will be held in person and online

For on-line participation click on the link below

https://ovidius.webex.com/meet/constructii 

Oral Presentation Instructions

The following points should be taken into

consideration when preparing your oral presentation:

Ø Ensure that you are available at least 10 minutes before the session starts of the of the conference.

Ø Each computer will have a recent version of the Windows OS installed with MS Power Point as well as Acrobat Reader software. Presenters are strongly urged to use PDF for their presentations to avoid issues with fonts and other problems.

Ø Remember to embed all your fonts into your PDF presentation.

Ø If you will be playing video or animated media, make sure it runs on Windows Media Player or VLC Media Player.

Ø JPEG images are the preferred file format for inserted images. GIF, PNG or BMP formats will be accepted as well. Images inserted into PowerPoint are embedded into the presentations. Images that are created at a dpi setting higher than 300 dpi are not necessary and will only increase the file size of the presentation.

Ø Try to avoid overloading the presentation with unnecessary images.

Ø Suggested fonts are: Arial Black, Times New Roman, Tahoma, Bookman old style and Calibri.

Ø If you insist on using different fonts, these must be embedded into the presentation by choosing the right option when saving the presentation, see details below:

·       Click on „File“, then „Save As“

·       Check the „Tools“ menu and select „Embed True Type Fonts“

Recommendations to make a good oral presentation

Ø Its contents should be structured and have the following parts: title, introduction, methods, results, discussion, etc.

Presentations should not contain full paragraphs of text. Use a bulleted list or outline format and elaborate on the points in your talk.

Every slide should contain a title that summarizes the information presented on the slide.

Create a logical flow for your presentation.

Use large fonts, as big as realistically possible. Small fonts are hard to read. Use ONLY WHITE background with dark text.

Avoid busy backgrounds that will make the text hard to read. Keep the background simple.

Limit your graphics to 1-3 per page. Too many graphics can be distracting.

Include a good combination of words, pictures, and graphics. Variety keeps the presentation interesting.

Make sure good internet connectivity at the time of presentation.

Participants

They are invited to participate doctoral students, masters, bachelors and students from institutions where civil engineering specialties are taught.

Applicants must have independent or co-authored works or other works of an authorial nature that have not been published so far.

In case of co-authorship, the participant should be a young participant.

At least one of the authors of each scientific report must attend in person or on-line the conference.

 

Thank you for your interest in our Conference and we look forward to reviewing your submission.