All invited congress posters will be grouped in defined thematic sections. 

Three Poster Awards (PA; first, second and third place certificates) will be given to top presentations in each thematic group. The independent PA Committee will judge all posters during the two stand-alone afternoon Poster Sessions (October 9 and 10, 2019); the PA assessment will be based on the combined quality of: 

a) the poster itself, 

b) 3min flash-presentation (by the presenting author) 

c) short Q&A follow-up. 

The attendance of the presenting authors is required in order to be considered for the Poster Award. 

Poster Awards are honor-based and do not include any financial prize.

The awardees will be announced at the closing Session, October 11, 2019 (Friday).