Welcome to the Information Page for the 2025 CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting General Session Presenters!

PRESENTATION FORMAT
General Sessions are designed to motivate, set the tone for the meeting, share industry wide information, and connect with attendees. General session presentations are 45-60 minutes long, including time for Q&A with the audience.

AV PROCEDURES

The following equipment will be provided in each room:

• Confidence Monitor
• LCD projector and Screen
• Slide Advancer
• Podium, podium microphone, Lavalier microphone, and audience handheld microphones for Q&A
• Table with two chairs and wired microphones

WIFI will be available in the meeting space, but it is not recommended for use during an abstract presentation.

PREPARING YOUR PRESENTATION
For presentation requirements and tips on creating memorable presentation, please see our speaker guidelines. It is also available in the COaSIS Presenter Portal under the resources section. Please use the CREOG and APGO PPT Template for your presentation.

The primary speaker is required to upload a draft of the presentation in the “upload presentation for CME review” task by January 15. If you would like to make your final presentation available to attendees, please upload the final presentation in the “upload final presentation” task in the speaker portal by January 31.

All PowerPoint presentations must be loaded on-site in the Speaker Ready Room (Conference Room 501). Primary Speakers are required to check into the Speaker Ready Room within four hours of their presentations. At that time, you can load and make any changes to your presentation. Important!  Your presentation must have a disclosure slide and a learning objectives slide. Please refer to the required slides section of the speaker guidelines document.

AUDIENCE RESPONSE SYSTEMS
Audience Response Systems are not provided or supported by CREOG & APGO. Please note that the use of cell phones as audience response systems may not be reliable due to the interior location of the meeting rooms and/or speed of the WIFI connection.

SPEAKER READY ROOM

The CREOG & APGO Speaker Ready Room (Conference Room 501) hours:

• Tuesday, February 25 – 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
• Wednesday, February 26 – 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
• Thursday, February 27 – 6:00 am to 5:00 pm
• Friday, February 28 – 6:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Saturday, March 1 – 6:30 am to 10:00 am

CHECKLIST

• Primary Speakers will receive an email from acog@support.ctimeetingtech.com with a task list that needs to be completed in order to participate in the conference. Deadline to accept participation is November 22
• Primary Presenters must upload a draft of the presentation for CME review. Deadline is January 15
• Final presentations must be uploaded in the speaker portal by January 31, if you would like your slides shared with attendees
• All speakers must complete a disclosure and speaker agreement form by November 29
• All speakers will be asked for their speaker information, biography, and photo. Deadline is December 31
• Register and pay for the meeting (except for Keynote speakers, staff will make these arrangements)
• Book your hotel reservations with the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Please see the Travel Tab for more information.
• Bring a copy of your presentation on a USB drive to upload in the Speaker Ready Room on-site.