Córdoba (Spain), 2024 October, 18th, 19th and 20th

Royal Spanish Lifesaving Federation (RFESS) organizes the fourth edition of the International Congress on Drowning Prevention (CIPREA).

This event is a biennial opportunity to bring together the main experts, research, systems and information on drowning prevention, rescue, lifesaving, water safety and lifesaving sport.

CIPREA 2024, in the city of Córdoba, also gives us the opportunity to report on the progress in the response to avoid drowning. For this reason, the Federation is requesting abstracts from researchers and experts in the nine thematic areas that the Congress is structured.

These themes reflect the challenges to reduce drowning at the regional, national and global levels. The Congress will focus on water activities from the perspective of the following areas:

  • Prevention
  • Data
  • Swimming and Water Safety Education
  • Rescue
  • Medical
  • Disaster and Impacts of Climate Change
  • Migrants and Refugees
  • Innovations
  • Sport
  • Labour

More information

REAL FEDERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE SALVAMENTO Y SOCORRISMO

Avda.Fuente Nueva, 14 Nave 8-A 28703 San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid)
www.ciprea.rfess.es
ciprea@rfess.es

CALENDAR

SUBMISSION ABSTRACTS: Deadline for Abstract submission extended until June 30, 2024

ACCEPTANCE ABSTRACTS: July 15, 2024

REGISTER: Before July 30, 2024

FULL PAPER SUBMISSION: Until September 15, 2024

CONGRESS: 2024 October, 18th, 19th and 20th

INSCRIPTIONS

To register for the IV International Congress on Drowning Prevention, please go to the following link:

CIPREA 2024 registration

Presenter’s Information

CIPREA 2024 Organizing Committee would like your event experience and your congress presentation to be successful and enjoyable. In order to help your presentation run smoothly and to adress meany of the logistical questions you may have, this information package has been developed detailing:

  • Format and timing for presentations
  • Congress program
  • PowerPoint presentations
  • Presenter logistics
  • Poster guidelines
  • Awards
  • Marketing and media

IMPORTANT: FOLLOWING GUIDELINES

Please, it is important take the time to read this information. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact CIPREA 2024 on ciprea@rfess.es or phone +34 91 725 22 34.

Presenters are assumed to have read the Information Guide and be willing and able to provide the requiered presentations items before May 31th, 2024. Presenters who fail to submit their required items by the due date risk being removed from the program at the discretion of the Congress organizing Committee.

1. Format and timing for presentations

There are a number of ways available at the International Drowning Prevention Congress to give visibility to partners with the opportunity to focus on your company profile. The Congress Organising team looks forward to tailoring your proposals to ensure you get the maximum return on your investment in CIPREA 2024.

Please email us at ciprea@rfess.es for more information and/or to request the most suitable partnership option.

PRESENTATION FORMAT

PLENARY

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

POSTER

PRESENTATION TIME

40 minutes

12 minutes

3 minutes

QUESTION TIME

5 minutes

3 minutes

2 minutes

Exposure during all Congress

Download Communications Guide and Posters

Please, ensure that you keep to time. If you exceed your allotted presentation time, you will be required stop your presentation immediately.

Presentations are run in parallel sessions and it is critical that they start and finish simultaneously in order to delegates can attend each room because of their needs.

You will be reminded at the beginning your presentation of how much time you have.

IMPORTANT: ADJUST THE PRESENTATION TIME

It is necessary to ensure that all speakers are given an equal opportunity to present their work. Congress attendees need to be given the opportunity to attend the presentations that they consider most beneficial to their expectations.

Failure to keep to the presentation times will cause difficulties for participants who wish to attend conferences in different rooms and will be detrimental to the presentations of other speakers who will be presenting later.

2. Congress program

A copy of the draft Congress program will be available on the Congress website (www.ciprea.rfess.es). It is important that presenters reviewing their presentation schedule in order to avoid mistakes.

Please note presentations may be upgraded to another format based upon program availability and space. Presenters will be advised prior to the Congress it this occurs.

The congress organizers reserve the right to change the date, time and location of your presentation if necessary.

3. Powerpoint presentations

PowerPoint files should be used for all oral presentations.

Speakers should send their PowerPoint presentations to the e-mail address ciprea@rfess.es by 15 September 2024.

File format:

Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt) compatible file.

Videos:

For oral presentations that wish to include embedded video/movie/audio files in their presentation, please note that in addition to your PowerPoint presentation, you must also send multimedia files by 15 September 2024. We recommend using the WMV format for video files. MPEG3 or MPEG4 formats will also be accepted.

Suggestions for PowerPoint presentations:

The PowerPoint file should be submitted in 16:9 widescreen format.

  • The title slide should identify the name of the presentation, all contributing authors and their affiliations.
  • Titles should be no less than 36 point.
  • Body text should be at least 24 point with 32 point as the preferred standard.
  • Use a clear, standard font.
  • No more than 6 to 8 words per line.
  • We recommend using no more than 15 slides, including title and closing, in a 12-minute presentation.
  • If graphics/images are too detailed or condensed, they should be converted to a more appropriate format.
  • All images should be inserted directly into the presentation to avoid the need to change files. Images should be inserted as JPEG files to maintain quality while minimising memory requirements.
  • Ensure that there is good contrast between background colour and text.

Considerations for the oral presentation:

  • Organisation: Power-Point presentations will be uploaded to the computers in each session room at 8:30 a.m. (a.m.) in order to allow time in case there are any problems or issues to resolve.
  • PowerPoint changes: if you need to make any changes or modifications to your PowerPoint presentation once it has been submitted, you must hand in your file the day before your presentation so that we can check that it is correct.
  • Adapters: the person giving the presentation must supply their own output adapter to connect Mac or any other port to the screen, if required.
  • It is the responsibility of each presenter to ensure that they check their presentation so that the files work correctly with all links embedded.

4. Presenter logistics

Registration:

Accreditation collection for the Congress will start from Friday 18 October 2024. Speakers are requested to collect their accreditation in the morning, in the period prior to the start of the Congress, to confirm their presentation.

Secretariat:

The Secretariat will be available during the course of the event to help with any questions or solve any problems that may arise.

On the day of your oral presentation:

Arrive at the presentation room before the start of the session.

There you will meet the chairperson and check in. Failure to arrive on time may result in your presentation being delayed or cancelled.

Conference presentation rooms:

There will be an assistant with continuous presence and attendance inside each presentation room.

Each room will be equipped with the following audiovisual equipment:

  • Projector
  • Networked laptop computer with Microsoft Power-Point and Windows Media Player.
  • There will be no problem for speakers to connect their own laptop. This will ensure the optimal presentation environment.

Please note the following audio-visual details:

In the event of a technical problem, including a power outage, the room assistant will attend to the problem and try to resolve it as soon as possible. While the problem is being resolved, the presenters should continue with their presentation.

The person chairing the session room will time each presentation. Please make sure to keep to the programme timetable.

5. Poster guidelines

The poster sessions are designed to provide a forum for discussion of issues relevant to the Congress. Posters will be on display during the event and will be available for viewing throughout the congress.

Accepted posters will be given 3 minutes for oral presentation during one of the allocated poster sessions.

The timetable for each poster presentation will be published on the congress website, and it is the responsibility of the person who is going to present the poster to be present before the start of the session.

Poster specifications:

  • Poster orientation: Vertical
  • Maximum size: 850mm wide and 1200mm high (A0 poster dimensions)

Poster set up:

Vertical dividers will be used to display posters, with the appropriate fixing materials provided by the organization.

If you have any questions during Congress please make your way to the secretary. The set up and take down of the poster is solely the responsibility of the presenter.

Poster guidelines:

  • When preparing your poster, you should not attempt to over-detail your entire research, project or programme.
  • Present only enough data to support conclusions or to explain relevant points.
  • All text, photographs and diagrams should be legible at a distance of 1.5m.
  • All text should be in English or Spanish.

6. Awards

Awards will be presented at the closing ceremony of the Congress for the Best Oral Presentation and Poster.

Members from the Congress Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee will take part in the decission of the Award Selection.

To be eligible for consideration, presentations must adhere to the following award conditions; must be presented at the IV International Congress on Drowning Prevention 2024 (CIPREA 2024).

7. Marketing and media

By sending your abstract, you have confirmed that the Congress organizers may publish your abstract in the Congress Book in both hard copy and/or electronic format. Reference to yourself or your abstract may also be used within marketing material to promote the event.

Download Communications Guide and Posters

Call for Abstracts

The conference organisers encourage the consideration of cross-cutting issues within the issues that reflect current understanding of theoretical and practical research in aquatic safety.

Abstracts can be submitted until 30 June 2024 via the following access:

ABSTRACT FORM SUBMISSION

Rules for the presentation of abstracts

The abstracts presented must be framed within the different thematic areas of the programme, and may contain several issues and refer both to theoretical studies or proposals and to practical experiences. Given the technical-professional nature of the Congress, those experiences and works of eminently practical intervention that are of interest within the issues presented at the congress may be presented.

At least one of the authors of the abstract must be registered at the congress and no more than 2 abstract papers signed by the same person as presenter of the paper will be accepted. From all the proposals received, the Scientific Committee will select those papers that stand out for their quality, interest, applicability, innovation or relevance in this professional field, to be presented during the congress, and which will be either in oral communication or poster format, according to the Committee’s evaluation.

In order to be considered, a summary of the work, corresponding to a thematic area (no more than 300 words) in Spanish or English, reflecting the most important aspects of the research, must be sent in the first instance.

Scientific abstracts:

Scientific abstracts should include the following sections:

  • Title: should be clear and accurately describe the work to be presented. There is a limit of 50 words for the title. Please do not use CAPITAL LETTERS.
  • Background: briefly state the aim or objective, or describe the problem being addressed.
  • Methods: describe how the study addressed the objective or problem. This may include the study design, study period and methods of data collection or analysis.
  • Results: present the findings and summarise specific results.
  • Conclusions: explain the significance of the results for drowning prevention and outline future implications of the results.

Experience-based abstracts:

Abstracts based on experiences, programmes or projects should contain the following sections:

  • Title: should be clear, and accurately describe the work to be submitted. There is a limit of 50 words for the title. Please do not use CAPITAL LETTERS.
  • Background: briefly state the purpose or objectives of the experience, programme or project.
  • Description: describe the key characteristics of the experience, programme or project, including the setting, key interventions, activities, population and/or participants.
  • Lessons learned: present the results, including any evaluation of lessons learned.
  • Conclusions: explain the relevance of the results for drowning prevention and outline the future implications of the results.

Documents and information

ABSTRACT FORM SUBMISSION
DOWNLOAD CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
DOWNLOAD COMMUNICATIONS GUIDE AND POSTERS