Posters should be brought by the author in person to the Congress Posters registration desk to receive official stamp. Posters must be set in place no later than Tuesday noon (11/05) and remain in place at least until Friday noon (14/05).
Please note that posters must not exceed 1 m wide by 1.50 m high.

A Plenary Poster session will be held in the afternoon of Wednesday 12 May. Prior to that, in each committee room, the author will give a 2 min oral presentation of his/her poster, backed up by two PowerPoint slides synthesizing and illustrating main findings.

Some tips for your poster:

— Keep it simple and do not overcrowd the poster with text and images;
— Avoid black or vivid colors for the background, better use a pastel shade than a bright color;
— Use Arial, Futura or Verdana as police − they are much more legible from a distance than Times New Roman. Bold or shaded style is not recommended;
— Keep to a minimum of 20 point size for your text for maximum legibility. For headings, we suggest 70 to 80 pt size for the title and 50 to 60 pt size for the authors' names and affiliations underneath;
— Avoid stretching your text across the whole width of the poster − which is very difficult to read; Avoid stretching your text across the whole width of the poster − which is very difficult to read;
— Make sure that the resolution of the image imported in your poster is of high level.

Some recommendations for your 2’ PowerPoint presentation:

— Your two slides should not be a simple “copy/ paste” of your abstract, nor of your poster;
— Your first slide will start with indication of the title and the author(s’) (without affiliations) of the poster;
— Summarize your main results in a few bullet points (such as main research question, hypothesis, main findings, etc). Telegraphic style welcome; prefer short sentences, ideally just fitting on one line, with keywords highlighted;
— As a complement, one or two figures illustrating your main results or a key issue of your work is much encouraged. This will greatly increase the visual impact and understanding of your slide;
— Make sure to use a font size that is readable also to the audience sitting in the back rows of the conference room (in general, font size should never be smaller than 20pt);
— Avoid using font styles too eccentric: they are often not easy to read). Avoid shaded text, which appears blurred on the screen;
— Do not use animations or special effects: often they slow down the rhythm, or worse will not work on the conference platform (you risk to waste your 2’ minutes slot just fiddling around to make it work);
— Make sure to choose a color for the text that clearly contrasts with the color of the slide background;

"Good and Bad" examples of presentations can be downloaded here.

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