INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS
POSTER BOARDS
To keep good legibility of the poster, a maximum A0 size (approx 85 cm in width and 120 cm in length; portrait orientation) is recommended. All materials should be readable from distances of 1 meter.
Materials for fixing posters will be available in the Posters Area.
Congress staff will be available to assist you during the time of poster mounting.
The poster boards will be numbered by the organizers.
It is advisable to prepare leaflets with summarization of your presentation. They will be put beside your board for the distribution to the participants.
If you submit an abstract and then you cannot participate in the meeting, send the poster to us or a meeting attendees. A blank poster board is a ghastly business card and we (you!) paid for it.
GUIDELINES FOR POSTERS
Accuracy, efficiency, and ease of communication should be the main criteria in designing a poster. Join these criteria together with aesthetic appeal and attention grabbers to capture readers’ attention.
There are a few rules for preparing posters. The following suggestions will help to produce a poster that people will read and possibly remember:
The poster title should be in very large letters that can be clearly seen at one meter long distance away.
Text letters should be at least 0.8 cm.
It should be possible to read and understand a poster within 5 minutes. There will be several posters exhibited at the same time. Long posters are ignored by most attendees. Design the parts to be simple and effective.
Use graphs instead of tables, tables instead of lists, lists instead of text. Posters full of text will be ignored.
Be creative. A good large colour photograph frequently adds greatly to a poster. But don’t overdo this: it can result a kitschy poster!
It is advisable to separate clearly the poster parts: Introduction, Procedures, Results, Interpretation, Conclusions.
Minimize abbreviations because it is difficult to remember three or more abbreviations (other than standard ones) when reading a poster.
Most people read the title and conclusions. If these do not pique their interest, they go on to the next poster.
Authors are responsible for retrieving their posters during removal time.
After that time, abandoned posters will be discarded.