Poster Presentations

• Posters will be displayed in the conference catering area for the day of your presentation. Presenters are encouraged to stand near their poster during breaks and talk with delegates about their work.
• Posters are strongly encouraged to be prepared in A1 format (594 x 841mm / 23.4×33.1 in), portrait orientation.
• Poster boards measure approximately 1m wide x 2m high.
• Please include on your poster all contact details including name(s), organisation name, job title and email address(es). You may want to add your mobile phone number so delegates can arrange to meet you at your poster at specific times.
• Velcro sticking dots will be provided for presenters to affix posters to the poster boards.
• Poster presenters are responsible for printing and transporting their poster to and from the conference.
• Posters should be taken down at the end of afternoon tea on the day of your presentation.
• If you would like a PDF copy of your poster linked on the ACSW website, please email a copy to mail@conferencedesign.com.au.

Lightning Talks

• The date, time and location of your Lightning Talk is listed in the conference program available at https://acsw.core.edu.au/program.
• Each Lightning Talk will go for 5 minutes with no time for questions.
• Questions may be taken at the end of the session if time permits.
• We recommend your Lightning Talk be a “sales pitch” for your work and encourage people to visit your poster display during the breaks.
• PowerPoint presentations should be limited to 4 slides and in 16:9 aspect as 4:3 (square) presentations will not fill the venue’s screens.
• When uploading your slides please use the following naming format: Day_Lastname_Firstname

Tips for creating your poster

The poster should be a visual presentation of your work and should meet the following criteria (please note that this is a guide only and not compulsory):

Title

Include the title of your presentation at the top of the poster (the title should be the same as in the submitted abstract.).

48 to 60 point font size is recommended for headings.

Size

The poster must be A0 size (A0 size is 841mm x 1189mm) in portrait orientation.

Lettering

The poster should be easily readable at a distance of two metres. Use UPPER and lower case for general content as the use of all-capital text is difficult to read. Avoid using a mixture of type/font styles.

Content

24 to 32 font size single spaced is recommended. The text should be concise and easy to read.

The message that your poster contains should be clear and understandable without the requirement of oral explanation. If relevant, methods should be presented simply and concisely.

After the title, the two most important panels are the Introduction and the Conclusion. On the basis of these two panels, a reader will decide whether to consider the poster details and perhaps talk to the presenter. These panels need to be very simple, concise and visually attractive. Results should be presented graphically if possible. Avoid large tables of data.

Results should be in line with those originally submitted in your abstract.

Use pictures, symbols and colour. Figure legends are essential and should be short but informative. If using graphs, they should have a short heading.

For visual effect, we recommend that graphs be no smaller than 12cm x 18cm. Photographs should be no smaller than 12cm x 18cm. Use the space to attract your audience for discussion, not to present complex details of methods and results.

Copyright

If posters are to be used or published in any other format or forum, your specific consent will be requested. Please ensure you have permission to use any images or content within your poster. If you do not have copyright permission, your poster will not be able to be published on the ACSW website.

Consenting to have your poster available on the conference website or used in an alternative publication will not affect your ownership rights. The conference committee, or Conference Design will not acquire the ownership rights of your presentation should you agree for it to be included or used.