Using the ECVP Online Programme
As ECVP 2021 will be a fully online conference, the online programme will be an importantpart of your experience. This document contains some pointers on getting the most out theprogramme.
You can reach the ECVP 2021 online programme using the “Programme” tab on the main
ecvp2021.org webpage

Or by navigating to it directly at https://ecvp2021.org/programme/
The “outline” page of the programme gives you a visual overview of the entire week.

Clicking on any of the numbered sessions or labelled boxes will take you directly to the tableview, where you can find more details of talks, posters and events (see below).

You can also navigate to specific days of the week, by clicking on either the gray
“Mon…Tues…Weds…” tabs in the upper menu, or the floating day labels specified as“Monday 23rd, Tuesday 24th…”

Please also note the “Search” tab in the upper menu, which will be discussed furtherbelow.
The talk sessions are organised by day, and each session has a table entry that looks asfollows.

Clicking on “Details” within the table will show you the abstract for each talk. The “Zoom”
icon to the upper left will take you directly to the session itself. You will be asked to provide
a password to give you access to the Zoom channel. This will be in the form of an “ECVP
word of the day”, which all registered participants will receive via email each morning.
Each talk session will also have a dedicated “Slack” discussion channel where you can ask
questions before, during or after the session and directly interact with the speakers and otherattendees.
Poster session tables have a very similar format.

The important differences are as follows:
1) Posters within a session are organised in terms of topic.
2) Each poster has a dedicated Slack channel where you can view the material andinteract with the author via text at any time during the week. Visiting the channel
during the scheduled time slot, you should also be able to meet the author directly
using the video conference links posted in the slack channel. See the separate
instruction document on getting the most out of Slack poster sessions.
3) The table can be re-sorted by clicking on either the “Author(s)” or “Topic” heading.
Note also the “Back” and “Top” buttons which will appear on all pages. When you
scroll into a table, these will help you return, either to the main programme outline(Back) or to the top of the current page (Top).

Using the “Search Tab”
The final feature of the online programme is the “Search” tab. This is accessed by clicking on“Search” in the upper menu

The search page gives a complete list of abstracts, which you can search using yourbrowser’s default search engine.
For example, in most browsers pressing command-F will bring up a display like thefollowing

You can search on any keyword to locate topics or people of interest.
Notice also that at the bottom of each abstract, you will find details of the session thepresentation will appear in.
You can use this information to help plan your own schedule. Unfortunately, there are notautomatic links from the search area back into the programme tables.
If you have any additional questions about the online programme, write toweb@ecvp2021.org and I’ll do my best to answer them.
Ian Thornton