STAGE Public Speaking Masterclass

Format

This precourse runs in a hybrid format with three live online webinars in August–September 2026 and a half-day in-person session in Paris. Please note that all live webinars will be recorded and can be watched later at your convenience. Each is 45 minutes teaching plus 15 minutes Q&A.

Webinar 1 — Find Your Topic: Date and Time TBA
Webinar 2 — Shape Your Message: 29 August 2026 3 PM CEST
Webinar 3 — Show Your Work: Date and Time TBA

Live session: Thursday 24 September , 13:00-17:00 CEST in room ARTEMIS+ACESO, at Panacéa Conseil centre, 22 Rue Georges Picquart, 75017 Paris, Paris, France (please note it is different location than EUSEM Congress 2026!)

Registration opens at 12:30. Please note: no lunch is provided.

Objectives

Recent surveys of EUSEM conference speakers (YEMD track) showed 83% wished they had received formal speaker training — and 86% of prospective participants said they would attend if a course existed. The STAGE pre-course is the answer. STAGE convenes a faculty drawn from internationally experienced speakers — with additional degrees in musical theatre, information design and other disciplines outside of medicine. Across three live webinars and a half-day workshop in Paris, participants learn modern techniques across every layer of a talk: choosing a topic worth speaking about, building a talk delivery that holds attention from the first sentence, designing cutting-edge slides, and using voice, body language and presence to deliver under pressure. The cohort is deliberately small — 16 participants, individual feedback during the live session, and a peer network committed to the same standard.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Choose a relevant, credible and well-scoped conference topic.
Define a core message and structure a talk that holds attention.
Design slides with clarity, visual hierarchy and impact.
Present data and statistics in a way that supports decisions and is clinically relevant
Use voice, body language and stage presence with intention.
Manage nerves and perform reliably under pressure.
Adapt talks to different audiences and handle Q&A confidently.
Receive structured feedback and join a peer network of EM speakers.

The course will be submitted for CME accreditation by the EACCME®.

For who

This course is for medical conference speakers, those who would like to become one, and anyone interested in learning how to talk, present and represent themselves more effectively — from junior trainees giving their first poster walk-through to senior clinicians who want to sharpen their stage presence with modern techniques.

Educational material

Pre/post-test, handouts prior to the pre-course, webinar prior to live part which will be recorded to facilitate asynchronous learning.

Faculty

Course Director: Justus Wolff, DE

Course co-directors:

Sophie Macdonald, GB
Eva Dahmen, DE
Didi Delalic, HR

Webinar Faculty:

Webinar 1 — Haddijatou Hughes (AU), Fayad Alhaimus (CA)
Webinar 2 — Gabor Xantus (HU), Katie Brill (GB), Valentina Pugelj (SI), Michael Hyams (ZA), Mohammed Sha’Heen (QA)
Webinar 3 — Tommaso Scquizzato (IT), David Purkarthofer (AT)

In-Person Faculty:

Sara Gray, CA

Registration

The price for this course is € 200 (including 10% VAT)

Please register through your MyEUSEM account by clicking on the EUSEM Congress registration button. From the Pre-courses tab you can select the pre-courses you would like to join.

Webinar 1 — Find Your Topic

The workshop that helps you find something worth saying and researching it. Covers: identifying a topic worth speaking about; scoping it tightly; aligning topic with expertise and credibility; and recognising common broad, unfocused pitches that lose an audience before you start.

Webinar 2 — Shape Your Message

The workshop that gets people hooked on your talk. Covers: storytelling; using humor to keep a talk alive; sharpening your core message; connecting with and feeling the room; bringing theatrical instinct to every presentation; and tailoring delivery to different audiences.

Webinar 3 — Show Your Work

The workshop that makes your slides visually magnetic. Covers: modern (minimalist) medical-conference slide design fundamentals; visual hierarchy and readability; using images with intent; presenting data and statistics clearly; and recognising the slide mistakes that lose an audience.

Time	Time	Faculty
12:30 – 13:00	Arrival, registration, and time to meet the cohort and faculty before the course begins.
13:00 – 13:15	Welcome and ice breaker: Course frame, what to expect from the afternoon, and how the coached rounds and feedback work.
13:10 — 15:00	Coached Speaking Rounds: Working in coached groups, each participant delivers a short prepared or unprepared talk and receives immediate, structured and individualized feedback from faculty and peers. Faculty work alongside you, identifying what’s landing, what isn’t, and giving you concrete tools to apply on the spot.
15:00 — 15:15	Coffee Break
15:15 — 16:30	Skills Stations: Hands-on stations on the techniques that are best trained live. After leading with your natural self in the coached rounds, the stations sharpen micro-skills every great speaker uses deliberately. Rotate through targeted training on voice and tonality, body language and stage presence, and performing under pressure — short, focused drills designed to give you specific levers you can use at your next talk.
16:30 — 17:00	Open Faculty Panel: Ask the faculty anything. Bring the questions you’ve been collecting all day, and anything you didn’t get to raise in the coached rounds.
17:00	Course Closes

The global impact and the importance of NIV in the Emergency Department. Patrick Plaisance
Why NIPPV works. Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Devices. Paolo Groff
NIMV in the pre-Hospital Setting. Nicolas Peschansky
Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema. Roberto Cosentini
Pneumonia (non-COVID19) and Pulmonary Contusion. Roberta Marino
COPD exacerbation. Clinical cases. Rodolfo Ferrari
COVID19 Pneumonia. Lessons learned from Covid19 Pandemic. Roberto Cosentini