Poster Preparation Guidelines

Posters should be designed to take advantage of the interactivity and discussion that is typical of poster sessions.  They should attract attention, provide an overview of the work and initiate discussions.

Posters should be prepared for A0 size, in portrait format.  The title of your paper and the author names should be printed in large characters (point size 72 recommended) at the top of the poster.  The remaining text in the poster presentation should be easily visible from a distance of about one meter (point size 24-48 recommended).

Avoid putting too much material and text on the poster.  Bulleted lists and graphics are often more effective.  Graphics help make your poster interesting.  Use graphs, diagrams, tables and cartoons wherever possible.  A brief textual description of the implications of a graphic, placed just above or below it, is often helpful.

Make the organization obvious -- If you want viewers to follow a particular order when looking at your poster, consider using numbers or arrows to lead the viewer through your poster.

Be simple and concise with your written material. Cover the key points of your work and save details for discussion and interaction with viewers.

You may wish to divide your poster into several sections such as Objectives, Background, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion.  For your conclusions, focus on a central finding that lends itself to informal discussion.

DO NOT mount the text of your paper as the poster.  DO NOT use less than a point size 16 font for any text you mount.  DO NOT be absent from your scheduled poster time.  The whole idea of a poster session is to allow for focused interaction with other researchers interested in your work.