Presentation Instructions

• Individuals may present and be senior or presenting author, for only one poster per day. All posters must be displayed on the 8 foot display board provided. Computer display equipment, sound or projection equipment, or freestanding displays are not permitted.
  
  
• Bring your own push-pins or Velcro to affix your poster material to the display board. All material must be removable. You may not write, paint, or paste on the display board.
  
  
• All posters must be set up in time allotted before the session, and must remain up until the session ends. Materials must then be removed promptly from the board and your area cleaned up. AAAS will not be responsible for material left on boards after any of the poster sessions.

Design Suggestions

• Allow ample time to prepare your poster. Use a crisp, clean and strong title. Do not tell the entire research history. Present only enough data to support your conclusions and show the originality of the work. The best posters display a succinct statement of major conclusions at the beginning, followed by supporting text in later segments and a brief summary at the end.
  
  
• Limit the size of your poster or poster sections to 4 feet length by 8 feet wide.
  
  
• For ease of transport, make the poster elements small enough to package and carry (approximately 17" x 22", 42.5 cm x 55 cm). Be sure to pack a measuring tape and a sketch of the poster layout so you will be prepared to set up the poster quickly.
  
  
• All posters should feature a title, your name, and the name of the institution where the research was performed and should credit others, as appropriate. The title lettering should be about 2” to 3” (5 cm to 7.5 cm) with subheadings ½” to 1’ high (1.25 cm to 2.5 cm).
  
  
• All lettering should be legible from about 5 feet (1.5 m) away. Text material should  be approximately 24 points (1/4"/.625 cm).
  
  
• Poster elements should be mounted with and adhesive on 1/8” (.313 cm) foam-core board. Boards thicker than this will be difficult to pin up.
  
  
• Covert tabular material to graphic display, if possible.
  
  
• Use color to add emphasis and clarity.
  
  
• Make illustrations simple and bold. Enlarge photos to show pertinent details clearly.
  
  
• Displayed materials should be self-explanatory, freeing you for discussion.
  
  
• Handouts of your abstract should be available for interested viewers.
  
  
• No demonstration experiments, three-dimensional displays, or tabletop displays are allowed in a poster session.