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INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS 24th POLITZER SOCIETY MEETING 2003

The following guidelines will be of help when you prepare your presentation. Please remember that it is very important that you prepare your poster BEFORE you travel to the Amsterdam RAI Congress Centre and that you bring it yourself. Do not mail your poster.

One poster board will be allocated for each poster

Size of poster board:  1 50 cm wide x 1 00 cm high

Size of usable area:   140 cm wide x 90 cm high

Each piece of paper, graph, photograph etc. that you pin onto your poster board is defined as a poster unit. Your poster presentation may be made up of one large poster unit (maximum size 140 x 90 cm), or several smaller poster units. In our experience, the most successful poster presentations are the ones made up of four or less separate poster units.

SOME HINTS FOR PREPARING YOUR POSTER UNITS

General

Two important points to remember when preparing your poster presentation:

Your audience should be able to see your material from a distance of 2 - 3 metres. This means that all lettering should be at least 8 mm high.

Plan your poster so that delegates can grasp the significance of your work quickly. Number your poster units in the order you wish them to be viewed.

Title Banner

lf possible prepare a title banner to go across the top of your presentation.

The title banner should be at least 1 00 mm wide and should state:

The title of the presentation

The name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s)

Lettering on the banner should be at least 20 mm high.

Text on poster units

Use a clear typeface such as Helvetica or Times Roman and, if possible, a laser printer. Keep

text to a minimum - ideally, no more than 15 lines of type on a regular A4 sheet.

Graphs and diagrams

Graphs and diagrams often convey more than just words, as long as they are clear and simple. Graphs and figures should be drawn with a minimum line width of 1 mm.

Colour

Colour can greatly enhance your presentation. Some suggestions:

Use colour within diagrams.

Paste your individual poster units onto coloured card using different colours to guide your

audience through your presentation - introduction, results, conclusions, etc.

Handouts

'Handouts', photocopies of either your individual poster units or the whole presentation reduced

to A3 format, are generally well appreciated by delegates.

lf you wish to distribute handouts, you should prepare them beforehand and bring them with you.

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