Platform Presentations - Talks should be no more than 10-12 minutes in length, leaving 3-5 minutes for questions and discussion. Technicians will be available in the room to assist you. In reviewing your presentation before your session, make sure all fonts, images, and animations appear as expected and that all audio or video clips are working properly.

• ALL Presenters will use one common computer that will accommodate presentations made on both PC’s and Mac’s. All presentations will run from the AV tech booth in the back of the meeting room.

• You will not be able to use your own laptop at the podium. There will be no exceptions.

• All presentations are required to be saved with the following file name.  

Presentation number_ Last Name_ Lecture Title (Example: “6_Smith_Dysmorphology2025.pptx”)

The Platform Presentation numbers will be provided at a later date.

• Slide format is 16:9

• Logos of specific companies are not permitted on the slides (institutional logos are fine.

• All presentations must be uploaded to the conference Dropbox link below no later than Friday, August 22nd at noon PDT.

  • DWS 2026 Presentation UPLOAD Link

Poster Presentations

• Poster size should be no larger than 111cm x 111cm (44 x 44) inches.

• Poster size should be no larger than 111cm x 111cm (44 x 44) inches. The poster sessions will be held Saturday, August 23rd from 6:30-8:30pm

• Posters should be mounted on the board with the number that corresponds to your poster number in the program book on Friday, August 22nd after 3:00pm. 

• Posters will remain up until Tuesday, August 25th and will be broken down by 10:00 am.

Unknown Sessions

• Limit Unknown case submissions to 1 per person (like the abstracts, present your best unknown - preferably distinctive patterns of malformation, not non-dysmorphic children with ID/autism). While priority is given to true unknows, given the educational nature of the workshop rare or instructive known diagnoses are also welcome.

• The presentation should be concise with minimal succinct text limited to one slide only and high-quality images limited to 3 slides, totaling 4 slides maximum.

• Presenters will have only 3 minutes to present the case.

• Cases should preferably be submitted by August 23rd, allowing the moderators to look at them ahead of time and choose the most interesting and challenging for presentation. Some cases may not be chosen for presentation.

• The purpose is to present, discuss, and review the patient images. Individuals with expertise in dysmorphology, neuroimaging, and skeletal disorders are attending the workshop. Where possible, include high-quality relevant images as opposed to a text/report.

• The Unknown Case submission should include a one-page attachment with the name of the presenter, a brief case description, and photos or other images. While not mandatory, it can be useful to let us know the question you want answered or the diagnoses you are considering- particularly if it is not obvious from the chosen images, as it may allow us to understand the rationale for the submission.

• Please upload your case here – Unknown Session Upload Link

• If exome/genome sequencing has been done and the relevance of a specific variant is in question, please provide details of the variant in advance, included on a PowerPoint file. This will enable assessment of the gene and variant before the meeting