Text & Style Guide – SESSION

To ensure your session’s visibility in the EFA programme, we require some details about it. Please submit this information in writing to your EFA contact. 

For consistency throughout the programme, please follow this style guide. The session content should be described clearly and concisely. Please use precise statements. 
Please note that the English version is mandatory, a German one is optional.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Session title

• Maximum 70 characters
• No quotation marks, no ALL CAPS, no hyphens – use colons instead
• For the Executive Talk format, please always write as follows: Executive Talk with first name last name (e.g. Executive Talk with Michael Ludwig) or Executive Talk: Titel of the talk
• For the Hike format, please write the format in the title with a vertical bar | . (e.g. Hike | Vienna New Deal - Prospects for a Climate-Friendly Future)

Session description

• Maximum 400 characters
• Do not include names of individuals or companies. These will be displayed automatically in the programme.
• Avoid questions – descriptions should be as specific and clear as possible
• No ALL CAPS, minimise the use of hyphens
• Use colons for gender-inclusive language in German (e.g., Bürger:innen)
• Spell out abbreviations the first time they appear, followed by the abbreviation in brackets (e.g., European Forum Alpbach (EFA)); after that, the abbreviation alone is sufficient
• Avoid using “we” or “I”
• Do not mention the session format (e.g., chat/networking); it will be assigned automatically except for:
• For the format work, please mention once that it is a workshop. Example: In this Workshop, we reimage the present and reshape our understanding of tomorrow.
• For the format hike, please mention once that it is a hike and, if already clear, please mention where it starts and stops.

Your session text should answer the following three questions in the written order:

• What is the problem?
• What's happening in the session?
• What could be the potential output? OR What could be possible next steps afterwards? 

Disclaimer: EFA follows British English. Session texts will be reviewed and edited by EFA after submission.