• HERDSA 2009
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  • Guidelines for Research and scholarly papers
  • Guidelines for Showcases
  • Guidelines for Workshops
  • Guidelines for Poster presentations
  • Grants and prizes
  • Information for paper reviewers (PDF)
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Guidelines for Poster presentations

Refereed abstract
10 minutes (up to 5 min presentation, 5 min discussion)

Posters allow participants with similar interests to interact by using the poster as a discussion point. The conference organisers regard posters as an equally important alternative to oral presentations. Posters will be available for viewing in the poster and exhibition room for the duration of the conference. Interactive poster review sessions will be specified in the conference program. In these sessions, a specialist discussant will introduce and review several posters organised around a theme, and then chair a general discussion allowing each poster presenter up to five minutes to offer comments or argument before discussion.

Proposals will be required in the form of an abstract of no more than 500 words outlining the context and outcome for the poster. Proposals for poster presentations will be evaluated on:

• the relevance of the topic to the conference theme
• the relevance of the paper for the conference audience
• the soundness of the research methods and critical analysis
• originality and contribution to scholarship
• clear and coherent presentation of the argument.

Guidelines:

• The entire poster must be no more than AO in size (1189 mm long x 841 mm high).  It should be laminated so that it can be attached to a poster board.  Posters should not be three dimensional.
• The poster should be oriented in the "landscape" position (long dimension is horizonal).
• A banner displaying your poster title, name, institution and email address should be positioned at top-centre of the poster.
• Please make it obvious to the viewer how to progressively view the poster.  The poster generally should read from left to right, and top to bottom.  Numbering the individual panels, or connecting them with arrows may assist readers.

You might like to visit one of the following websites for ideas on putting your poster together effectively:

• How to prepare a poster
• Creating an Effective Conference Presentation

Posters will be available for viewing for the duration of the conference. An interactive poster review session will be specified in the conference programme.