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Poster Presentation Details
Poster
sessions are a good medium for authors to
present papers and meet with interested
attendees for in-depth technical discussions. In
addition, attendees find the poster sessions a
good way to sample many papers in parallel
sessions. Thus it is important that you display
your message clearly and noticeably to attract
people who might have an interest in your paper.
We
have a single poster session on Monday, April
23, 2012 from 2:35-4:05pm (1 hour and
30 minutes).
ORGANIZATION OF IDEAS: Your poster should
cover the key points of your work. It need not,
and should not, attempt to include all the
details; you can describe them in person to
people who are interested. The ideal poster is
designed to attract attention, provide a brief
overview of your work, and initiate discussion.
Carefully and completely prepare your poster
well in advance of the conference. Try tacking
up the poster before you leave for the
conference to see what it will look like and to
make sure that you have all of the necessary
pieces.
DIMENSIONS: For your poster, a board will be
provided which measures 116 cm wide by 121 cm
tall
(46 inches wide by 48 inches tall), landscape orientation.
Push tacks or velcro adhesive will be provided
at the conference to mount your poster to the
board.
FORMATTING: The title of your poster should
appear at the top in CAPITAL letters about 25mm
high. Below the title put the authors' names and
affiliations. The flow of your poster should be
from the top left to the bottom right. Use
arrows to lead your viewer through the poster.
Use color for highlighting and to make your
poster more attractive. Use pictures, diagrams,
cartoons, figures, etc., rather than text
wherever possible. Try to state your main result
in 6 lines or less, in lettering about 15mm high
so that people can read the poster from a
distance. The smallest text on your poster
should be at least 9mm high, and the important
points should be in a larger size. Use a
sans-serif font (such as "cmss" in the Computer
Modern family or the "Helvetica" PostScript
font) to make the print easier to read from a
distance.
Make your poster as self-explanatory as
possible. This will save your efforts for
technical discussions. There will not be any
summaries given at the beginning of the poster
sessions, so authors need not prepare any
overhead slides for their poster presentations.
You may bring additional battery-operated audio
or visual aids to enhance your presentation. No
electricity will be available for use by poster
presenters.
TIME: Prepare a short presentation of about
5 or 10 minutes that you can periodically give
to those assembled around your poster throughout
the poster session. If possible, more than one
author should attend the session to aid in
presentations and discussions, and to provide
the presenters with the chance to rest or
briefly view other posters. |
