How to present: Poster

How to present your poster 

Dimensions:  Posters should be no larger than 1.00 m (3.28 ft) wide and 1.20 m (3.94 ft) high
Useful: Handouts of your poster in black-and-white in A4-format

Content

• Title: Use a catchy title, yet representative of the contents of your poster. Draw the attention of your audience with your title.
• Introduction and research question: The introduction starts with what is known, followed by what is unknown. State your research question and experimental approach.
• Materials and Methods: Explain what experiments/techniques you used in order to answer your research question. State the function of every technique/measurement and if necessary, explain why you have chosen certain techniques. Remember to keep confined to essential details.
• Results: Only report results that are relevant to your research question. Results may include a few data, but most data should be given in clear figures & tables, these are more accessible for the audience.
• Conclusion: Give the answer to your research question.
• Discussion: One sentence. (Optional)
• Future prospective: State the future prospective if your research shortly.
• References/Funding

• The font and font-size: Use a simple font without serifs. (for example verdana or arial in stead of comic sans or times new roman) Furthermore, make sure the the letters aren’t too small!
• Colours/resolutions: Use contrasting colours in your slides, and not too many!
• Let the data stand out. (colours, contrast, resolutions)
• Highlight the essential topics of the poster.