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There are a range of opportunities to support the Congress, from exhibiting services to funding bursaries for delegates from developing countries . To receive more information, please email us.
Requirements for preparing your conference poster
Presentation format
Poster board dimensions
1.0 metre wide x 1.2 metres high (portrait). Posters exceeding these dimensions will not be displayed.
The poster
- A minimum lettering size of 16 pt is recommended
- Please include the following information:
- The poster title (as it appears in your abstract)
- Authors
- Author affiliation and contact details
- Abstract (250 words or less)
- Objective (a concise statement summarising the aims)
- Body (detail of the project undertaken including outcomes)
- Conclusion
All poster abstracts will be provided to delegates as part of the registration materials.
Displaying your poster
Ideally the poster should be laminated - this makes it easier to transport (use a plastic poster tube) and longer-lasting. Please bring Velcro tape/ dots to adhere your poster to the display board. Drawing pins should not be used. ARMA is unable to supply Velcro to poster exhibitors. Please produce a brief A4 handout which summarises or reproduces your poster for delegates to take away; include your contact details.
Set Up
Posters may be set up from 14:00 on Monday 16 June and MUST be set up by 09:00 on Tuesday 17 June and remain on display until at least 15:30 on Wednesday 18 June. Please affix your poster to the appropriate site in the display area.
Author Attendance
The presenting author is requested to be in attendance at their poster between 10:45 and 11:15, and 15:45 and 16:15 on Tuesday 17 June.
Collection of Posters
Posters must be removed by 16:30 on Thursday 19 June. No responsibility is taken by the Congress organisers for any posters not removed by this time.
Tips
We recommend using PowerPoint to prepare your poster. Start a New Presentation and set size as A0 (84 cm wide and 118 cm high) and orientation as Portrait (from File - Page Setup). Use clear fonts (a sans-serif font such as Arial is recommended) in a large size (for example, main titles/headings 66-90 pt; authors/subheadings 54 pt; general text: no smaller than 36 pt). Select the background by using Fill Effects, select a suitable colour to match your logo, etc. and choose shading.
Be artistic - present your project in text boxes, add photographs, graphs and a photo of yourself or your team!
- Use "autoshapes" for title box at the top of the page. This should contain the title and your logo in the right hand corner
- The next box should bear the name of the author(s), with a small photo on the right hand side if you wish
- Then create a very large text box in a pale colour with rounded edges to match the title boxes above and work within this.
- Insert text boxes within large box and add text, pictures, graphs, etc. Text can be imported from Word, spreadsheets from Excel - simply cut and paste. Insert pictures from file by right click/select.
We have made an example poster following these tips, so that you can see how they work.
- When working on your poster set the size at 12% so that you can see it properly
- Use Draw to add shapes/text boxes
- To line up text boxes: Control - Draw - align left or right or use Distribute
- To insert bullet points: Insert - Symbols
- Often less is more with posters - avoid using too much text