Poster Guidelines
Size Requirement:
- The area available for a poster is 48 inches high x 48 inches wide
- The poster itself can be smaller.
- Each board, as seen below, will showcase two posters so please be respectful of other presenters and follow the size requirements.
Additional Expectations:
- Prepare a label for the top of your poster space indicating the title and authors;
- Lettering should not be less than one and one-half inches;
- Illustrations should be similar to those you would use in making slides but more heavily drawn;
- One or two authors MUST be in attendance during the presentation times;
- Pushpins will be provided.
Above all, a poster should be a networking tool. The primary purpose of a poster is not to communicate every little detail of your fantastic research, but rather to attract people’s attention and serve as a conversation starter.
What they want is for you to share the story of your research and engage in informal conversation about it. Repeat after me, a poster is a conversation starter. And the poster is not going to do the talking for you.
Does this ring a bell? It’s no coincidence that the key information you’d include in your poster is the same information that you’d find in any scientific abstract. And here’s the secret: a scientific poster is simply a visual abstract. It’s also known as a graphical abstract. A concise and visual summary of your research. Its purpose is to be accessible and to drive attention to your research.
Learn more: https://www.animateyour.science/post/how-to-design-an-award-winning-conference-poster