SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR
POSTERS
We recommend the
following guidelines for your poster. If you have never attended a
poster session, ask a colleague in the natural sciences where poster
sessions are the most common type of conference session. Bring lots of
business cards and be prepared to make a list of interested participants
who want more information.
Supplies.
Poster boards will be set up in the North & South Cloisters of UCL.
This is the main traffic area at UCL close to
the the registration desk and refreshment service
points. See the virtual tour at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/admission/access-ucl/virtual-ucl/north-cloisters/
for an impression. Supplies like thumbtacks,
drawing pins, and scotch tape will be available.
Layout-
The poster should be in Portrait and A0 format 841mm x
1189mm or 33.1in x 46.8in. Prepare a label indicating the title of your paper and author. The
lettering for this section should be at least 1 inch high. A copy of
your abstract (300 words or less) in large typescript should be posted
in the upper left-hand corner of the poster board. Use the remainder of
the board for handouts, figures, tables, or printouts that illustrate
your major results/findings and how you got there. If there is a
theoretical model, or if you need to write out some estimating equation,
that should clearly precede any empirical results. Material pre-mounted
on heavy board may be difficult to tack to the poster board. All
lettering should be at least 3/8 inch high, preferably in a bold font.
Coverage-We
recommend that your poster be self-explanatory, freeing you from
answering obvious questions so that you are available to supplement and
discuss particular points of interest. Will a casual observer walk away
understanding your major findings after a quick perusal of your
material? Will a more careful reader learn enough to ask informed
questions? Ask yourself, “What would I need to know if I were viewing
this material for the first time?”
Clarity-
Is the sequence of information evident? Indicate the ordering of your
material with numbers, letters, or arrows. Place your major points in
the poster and save the nonessential sidelights for informal
discussion. Please bring at least 30 copies of your longer paper for
distribution to interested participants. We recommend that you make
these copies before the conference because photocopy facilities are
limited at the hotel.
There are some
commercial sources that produce high-quality poster presentations from
your PDF or Word materials. A couple of examples are postersession.com
and postergenius.com.
