Poster Presentations: Tips, Design, Guidelines & Presentation Style
The poster presentation is a highly-used communication tool for students (undergraduate and graduate) to display and discuss their research experiences, offer researchers and scholars a unique opportunity to disseminate the findings of their work. While formal paper presentations involve verbal sharing with large groups, poster presentations rely on visual impact to communicate with viewers on a more informal, individual basis. Planning a poster presentation can be fun and allows you a great deal of creativity and ingenuity.
Poster Presentation Template:Download(.pptx)
Poster Presentation - InstructionsPoster Presentations – Specifications
Language: All Posters should be prepared in English
Duration: 5 minutes in total. Each Poster presentation should not exceed 3 minutes. It will be followed by 2 minutes discussion.
Orientation: Please create your document in PowerPoint in Landscape Layout 16×9 and Save it as a PDF file. Only the final view/status will be visible.
File Format: PDF or PPT file – 1 page is recommended. Good picture quality is essential. When inserting images, photos, tables, etc., use copy-paste. Do not use embedded documents. Avoid overlapping objects and layers.
Poster Size: Please bear in mind that the screen aspect ratio is 16:9. So, prepare your posters accordingly in landscape orientation so as to fit display height 1920 width x 1080 (Maximum 20 MB.)
Font types: Arial, Calibri, Verdana Times New Roman or Helvetica
Font size: 11 points or larger
Images and tables: When inserting images, photos, tables, etc., use copy-paste. Do not use embedded documents. Good picture quality is essential
QR codes: Allowed, with no restrictions on linked content images and tables
Multimedia Content: Not allowed (no videos, animations, or hyperlinks)
Note: Hyperlinks, animated images, animations and embedded videos are not permitted QR Codes may be included in the poster, but cannot link to any promotional or marketing material. If used should link to scientific content relevant to the Poster (ie. additional graphs/images/video clip/CV-publications of the authors)
Proper Naming of Files: : File names must include the following information separated by underscores. When saving your PDF or PPT please do not use symbols or special characters (ie. +/@/ü) in the file name
File saving Format: Presentation Category_ConferenceShortName_AuthorLastName_AuthorFirstName.ppt
Example:Poster_GMSC2025_Jason_Lee.ppt
Kindly note that the guidelines must be followed accordingly for the preparation of your Poster. We also recommend that you submit a backup of your recorded Video of your Poster presentation (3-minutes) and keep it ready for submission in case of any technical issues or absence