ASM 2010 Sydney
 
 
 
Information for Poster Presenters

 

Posters Discussion Sessions

All posters will be displayed in the Exhibition Hall of the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.

 

Poster Discussion Sessions will be held during afternoon tea breaks on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.  On the day your poster has been scheduled, you are required to stand next to your poster/s and be available for informal discussions.

 

Poster Presentation Schedule

Posters will be grouped according to topic - the detailed Poster Discussion Schedule will be published here end-May.

 

Abstract Review Process

Due to limited space in the program not all requests for oral presentations could be accommodated and some authors have been asked to give a poster presentation instead.

 

Program & Abstract Book; Conference Website

Abstracts and the poster presentation schedule will be published in both the Program & Abstract Book and on the conference website (via the Attendee Planner, due for release early June).

 

Presenting Author

You are required to advise the conference organisers if someone else will present your poster instead.

  

Poster Set-Up

All posters should be on continuous display for the duration of the conference.  Posters should be set-up either on:

 

Sunday 4 July........................ 10.00am – 6.00pm

Monday 5 July....................... 8.00am – 10.00am

 

All posters must be on display by 10.00am Monday 5 July.

 

To fix your poster to the velcro-compatible poster boards, you must supply your own:

  • Sufficient quantity of velcro dots/strips (note that Blu Tac, double-sided tape, thumb tacs or push pins will not be appropriate);
  • Approx 60 x A4-size handouts placed inside a clear plastic sleeve that you can attach using velcro dots to the foot of your poster board.

Poster Removal

Posters must not be removed before:

 

Thursday 8 July:....................... 4.30pm (end of afternoon tea break)

 

It will be your responsibility to remove your poster and uncollected posters will be discarded by the venue.

 

Poster Specifications

Posters should display the following:

  • Title of poster
  • Names of all authors, co-authors and affiliations
  • An introduction
  • A conclusion

The presentation of the poster should be simple, concise and visually attractive.

Graphs may be used but avoid using large tables of data.

 

Posters should be portrait-shaped and should not be larger than the poster board.

(Note: poster boards are 1m wide x 2.4m high)

Poster Boards

 

Sample: Poster Board Walling

Poster Board Measurements: 1m wide x 2.4m high

 

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