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[ MGED IV | Download Registration Form | Housing | Agenda | Organizing Committee | Steering Committee ] MGED IV
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, MA
Feb. 13-16, 2002
MGED IV Poster Guidelines
All posters must be confined to the 4' x 8' display board provided. Computer display equipment, sound or projection equipment or free-standing displays are not permitted.
A good poster is uncluttered and clear in design. It has legible text and logical organization. The main tenet of a good design is simplification. Use a crisp, clean design and a strong title. The text material should be reduced to convey your points quickly and clearly. The most successful 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.
Push-pins will be available in the poster area. Velcro (the 'hook' side) holds poster material, as well. All material must be removable. Do not write, paint, or use paste on the display board. All posters must be set up remain up until the session ends, then materials must be removed promptly from the board and your area cleaned up (AAAS will not be responsible for materials left on boards after the Poster Session). Please, do not leave any materials, pushpins, trash, etc. in your poster area.
Poster Design Suggestions
- For ease of transport, make the poster elements small enough to package and carry (approximately 17" x 22", 42.5cm x 55cm). 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, the name of the institution where the research was performed and should credit others, as appropriate.
- All lettering should be legible from about 5 feet (1.5m) away. Text material should be approximately 24 points (1/4", .625cm).
- Poster elements should be mounted with an adhesive on light poster board (1/8" or .313cm foam-core board, any greater thickness will make it difficult to pin up). A cleaner look is achieved if the illustration and caption are mounted on the same board and a half-inch of the colored poster board extends as a frame.
- The top of the board should consist of an easy-to-read title that includes the author(s) name(s). The title lettering should be about 2" to 3" (5cm to 7.5cm) with subheadings 1/2" to 1" high (1.25cm to 2.5cm).
- The component parts should be organized in a way that leads the viewer through the display.
- Leave some open space in the design.
- Use elements of different size and proportions. Convert tabular material to graphic display, if possible.
- A large and/or bright center of interest can draw the eye to the most important aspect of the poster. 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 or three-dimensional displays are allowed in a poster session.
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