ONLINE PRESENTATION GUIDELINES

1) Guidelines for Live Presentation Via Google Meet

Kindly notice that all live presentations will take place through Google Meet, an online platform. There are a few requirements and equipment that you must make sure available before you start your live online video presentation.

  1. Must have laptop/PC Desktop with Webcam.
  2. Updated browser to avoid any technical issues on Google Meet application. Please ensure that you logged in using the account/email that you used to register this conference .
  3. Must have a strong internet connection (Minimum bandwidth 3Mbps Download, 1Mbps Upload) to avoid any delays during your presentation. Please check your internet bandwidth at this link https://www.speedtest.net/
  4. Test your mic and slide sharing before starting your live video presentation.
  5. Available at the Google Meet room 10 – 15 minutes before the session starts. To access the link to the Google Meet room, kindly check the program tentative of IGCESH 2026 (will be updated on our official website). 
  6. All presenters are advised to be present throughout the session as the presentation schedule might change according to the presenter’s availability.
  7. Please be in bright, quiet and formal environment to present your research.
  8. Your presentation must not be more than 8 minutes and an additional 5 minutes will be given to the audience to give questions and feedback on your research (8 mins presentation + 5 mins Q&A).

For your presentation slides, please use the templates provided by the conference organizers. You may refer here.

All presenters required to use the background provided by ICGESH 2026. You may download the background here.

2) PowerPoint

  1. Follow these instructions to add audio (and optionally video) to your slides.
  2. Follow these instructions to generate a MPEG-4 (.mp4) file from your slides and audio/video.

Alternatively, you can follow this video tutorial which goes through both of these steps.

3) Other Options

  1. Record your screen (and microphone) while giving the presentation. There are effective and free options to do this on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
  2. As a last resort, and only if you are comfortable directly editing video, you can export your slides as images, record an audio track, and combine the two using software like kdenlive, iMovie, or others.
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