INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER DISCUSSION PRESENTATION


Mounting and removal

Note: New directions for mounting posters in the Poster Discussion Sessions!

On the day of presentation, posters in SGR 7+8, SGR 11+12, SGR 15+16 and SGR 23+24 can only be mounted during the break before the session:

Session start time 10.30 (mount 10.00 – 10.30)
Session start time 10.45 Monday only (mount 10.30 – 10.45)
Session start time 15.30 (mount 15.00 – 15.30)

Posters should be removed directly after the session. Make sure to remove all poster-mounting material from the board. The Congress staff will remove posters not taken down on time. However, the Congress Organisers will not take any further responsibility for the material.

Times and way of presentation
The poster discussion session is running for 90 minutes in total, but the poster will be available in the room for at least two hours before the start of the session. During the first 45 minutes of the session, the poster presenters will be manning their posters, and during the last 45 minutes the chairpersons coordinate a general discussion based on the posters.

The abstract presenters will have the opportunity to summarise their findings in one or two minutes and may show ONE overhead transparency to illustrate their findings.
The chairpersons may coordinate the discussion in any order or structure, depending of what may be considered to be natural for that session and the posters presented. There will be 12-15 short presentations in each session.
 
In addition, all presenters are asked to prepare a poster which will be displayed in the session room. The posters should be mounted in the morning before 08.30 (if the session starts at 10.30) or before 13.00 (if the session starts at 15.30) on the day of presentation, and the session room will then be open for poster viewing until the poster discussion starts. You may also prepare handouts of your poster in A4 format for distribution during the poster discussion session.

Poster material
The maximum size of your poster should be 85 cm (width) x 120 cm (height), portrait style. The poster board is made of laminated panel. Your poster number will be displayed with large printed figures in a corner of the poster board. Your poster material should be attached on the surface by double-sided tape, which will be provided by the Congress staff at the poster exhibition desk in the poster exhibition area.

Text layout
Give a short and comprehensive review of the basic items of your study. Dividing your text into several but clearly delineated paragraphs and sections such as Introduction or Aim of study, Materials and methods, Result and Conclusions can do this. Remember that it is easy to start reading a paragraph of six lines and that most people avoid one with 30. Your poster text should be enlarged so that it can be read at a distance of about one meter.

Illustration layout
Drawings, diagrams and photos are extremely helpful and often necessary to display results and conclusions. Make sure that your illustrations are easy to understand; do not overload any chart or drawing with information.