2025 Wellington Regional Conference Presenter Tasks
Thank you for agreeing to present as part of the 2025 Wellington Regional Conference taking place 31 October – November 2 2025. Below please find additional information about the additional tasks you will need to complete before the conference along with deadlines and links to submit the materials. We ask that all presenters please submit the information via the links provided and do not email the materials to ISSTD Staff. This helps keep materials organized and assists with tracking submissions.
If you are co-presenting, please designate one presenter to serve as the Primary Presenter. This person will be responsible for submitting all materials.
In addition to these tasks, all presenters who plan to attend education sessions of the conference outside of session they are presented must be registered for the conference. If you have not already registered, please complete the Registration Form and submit it to ISSTD staff via email at cfas@isst-d.org who will process these forms at the early bird rates. Invited presenters should consult their MOU to determine if their registration is provided complimentary or at a discount. Registration for presenters who submitted their presentation and were selected as part of the call for proposals are not eligible for any additional discounts.
Presentation Slides (Required) – Due 23 October 2025
All presenters are required to submit slides for their presentation no later than 23 October 2025. Slides must be in .pptx format and should be created in 16:9 format. The slides submitted must include all slides that will be used and cannot be updated after this date. Slides will be provided to venue and pre-loaded onto computers in each room for the conference. Presenters will not be permitted to use their own laptops.
Please make sure that your slides do not include advertising of any kind for books, training, treatment facilities, etc. Books and trainings may be mentioned in the presentation but should not be a focus of the presentation.
Each presentation should have just one set of slides. If you are co-presenting, the slides for all presenters need to be combined into one file and uploaded by the Primary Presenter.
Slides will be shared with participants unless the presenter advises otherwise. If you do not wish for your slides to be shared, please put “DO NOT SHARE” in the title of the file when submitting. If you would like to submit two sets of slides, one for technical purposes and one for participants, please include “STAFF ONLY” in the slides for technical/CE purposes and “FOR PARTICIPANTS” in the slides for that are okay to share with participants.
Presentation Videos (Required if Using During Presentation) – Due 16 October 2025
If you plan to use videos as part of your presentation, you must notify ISSTD staff by the deadline and must provide videos in .mp4 format to us via Dropbox. Presenters must have the appropriate consent to use videos in their presentation. If you do not submit your videos by the date above you will not be permitted to use them during your presentation.
Presentation Handouts (Optional) – Due 23 October 2025
All presenters are who wish to provide additional handouts to participants must upload them using the link below no later than 23 October 2025. The handout can be a .pdf file (preferred) or a Word file (.doc or .docx) and we request that you compile all handouts into one document if possible.
Journal articles that are not open or free access cannot be shared with participants.
Full Presentation Bibliography (Required) – Due 23 October 2025
All presenters must submit a full bibliography for all references used during the presentation. This information should also be included in the final slide(s) used during the presentation.