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 lasting 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 120cm tall by 240cm wide (4ft. tall by 8ft. wide) (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 author(s)' name(s) and affiliation(s). 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.
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