Poster Presentations
The conference will feature two poster presentation sessions. Experience has shown that the poster presentation format often provides presenters with more detailed feedback from their audience, and can help the presenter to make valuable connections with researchers working on similar topics.
To make the most out of your poster presentation, please consider the following points
- Set up your poster in the morning when you arrive and make sure to be standing next to it during the hour that the presentation is scheduled.
- Make the poster easy to read. Use visuals wherever possible and make sure the print is large enough to see from 3 meters away.
- Remember that a poster presentation is one part explanation and two parts conversation. Prepare a short overview of the study, but be prepared to engage the "audience" in discussion rather than one-way talk.
- Practice your presentation with a sympathetic colleague. Try to anticipate the sort of questions that you might receive and think of one or two ways to grab people's attention.
- Prepare a handout that includes your name and email address so people can contact you later. You may want to leave some handouts in an envelope next to the poster presentation as well, for people who look at it while you are not there.
- Your poster must be no wider that 82.5 cm (32.5 inches). Each presentation will be given one board. See the photo to the right for an example.
- Presenters will be given 8 drawing pins with which to secure their posters. If you want to use additional pins or some other way of attaching the poster, please prepare that yourself.
- We encourage you to use one large sheet rather than simply printing out a powerpoint presentation on A4 size paper, which can be difficult to read.
Some useful hints on how to prepare a poster presentation can be found on the following websites:
