It will unfortunately not be possible to include live presentations this year, we therefore ask that corresponding authors provide a video in advance.

For a paper to be included in the programme, it will be necessary for at least one author to register for the Symposium. This can be done via the University system.

We ask the presenting/corresponding author to prepare a video of their presentation. This needs to be done for the paper to be included in the final conference programme. The video should be no more than 15 minutes long. The video should follow the format of a normal conference presentation and would normally include slides/visual aids etc., with a spoken narration in English. We recommend that the presenter should be visible, within the video frame. You will need a suitable webcam; smartphones can be set up to do this.

Possible tools for creating videos with visual aids and narration include, but are not limited to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft 365, PowerPoint 2016 version 1709 or later). See this youtube tutorial.

• QuickTime (for Apple Mac). See this youtube tutorial.

• Panopto.

Please take care to ensure sufficiently good sound quality and clarity.

Your video should be in a format that is compatible with Windows and Apple viewers. Suitable formats include those with file extensions .mp4, .m4v, .mov, .avi, but other formats may be suitable; we can advise.

Videos should be uploaded by 30th August; we will confirm the location to upload them to shortly. Please clearly identify the paper number in the filename.

The Symposium will be hosted through a website accessible to registered delegates only. This will provide links to papers, presentations, the Koski lecture and discussion sessions.

Delegates will be able to view the papers and video presentations in advance of the Symposium. Papers and videos will only be accessible to registered delegates of the Symposium. Videos will not be stored or published after the Symposium, but will be deleted.

Question-and-answer sessions will take place by video-conference using Microsoft Teams, at times between 14:00 and 17:00 BST (UTC+1) on 9th - 11th September, in one-hour sessions; timetable to be confirmed. Questions can be asked verbally or by “chat” text. Presenters are asked to be available for their session, preferably with both audio and video.

Information on this will be posted and regularly updated on this page.

With thanks and best wishes

Nigel Johnston

Organiser, FPMC 2020