Poster Presentation Instructions

All posters will be displayed in the Fireside Pavillion under the Fred Farr Forum. Please display your poster anytime after 9:30 am the day of your poster session.  Two authors will share a 4’ x 8’ poster board. Each author will have a net useable space of 3’ 8” (111.8cm) high x 3’ 8” (111.8cm) wide. Posters should be designed in a portrait/vertical format. The Poster Sessions are one of the highlights of the meeting. Please be sure to be present for your scheduled time. All presenters should remove their posters at the end of their poster session so that the board will be available the next morning for another poster display.

All posters will be up for one day. Authors of EVEN numbered posters should be at their board from 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm and authors of ODD numbered posters should be at the board from 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm.

Presenters may put up posters beginning at 9:30 am on the day of their presentation. All posters will be up for one day. Authors will present according to the following schedule: 

All presenters should remove their posters at the end of their poster session. After that time, remaining posters will be removed and may be lost or thrown away. The meeting does not take responsibility for posters that are not removed on time.

Guidelines for Preparing Effective Posters

• Authors can include a picture of themselves to facilitate registrants finding them to discuss their work after the day of their presentation.
• Posters should be designed to summarize current research in graphic forms: charts, tables, graphs, pictures, etc.  Simple use of color can add effective emphasis.
• Make the title large enough to be read easily from a reasonable distance (~ 4 feet).
• Use a font size that can be read easily at a distance.  Using a font that is too small is the single most common error in poster preparation.  If there's not enough space to fit all the text, shorten the text.
• Details of methodology should be brief and should be placed at the end of the legend.  Many successful posters provide a bulleted list of conclusions and questions raised. 
• Simple use of color can add effective emphasis.
• Posters may be mounted on thin poster paper or cardboard and attached to the poster board with pushpins. Do not mount your poster on heavy or thick backing, as it may be difficult to fasten to the board
• Do not write or paint on the board.

The poster schedule may not be altered.  If there is a conflict in presentation time you must find someone else to present your poster.  Please notify Anne Marie Mahoney, mahoney@genetics-gsa.org or (301) 634-7039 by March 7, 2017 with any cancellations.