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CECS Poster Day: Connecting Research to Business

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Program

"An effective poster is a marvelous communication vehicle, essentially transforming rich, dynamic and multidimensional work onto a flat surface. Telling a logical narrative with a simple design and complex data can transport, inform and delight viewers in ways that can't be conveyed even with a published paper or abstract. Properly executed, the scientific poster becomes a visual experience that repays over and over again."

The Science Forum

Example of poster/wardrobe coordination.
Please note that his tie features teeth and tooth care products.
Photo courtesy (and copyright) Nicole Barker

The poster/wardrobe coordination above may be going a bit too far for engineers and computer scientists! But you have to admire the amount of thought and creativity that has gone into this poster. Note lots of space, minimal text, use of clear tables, and lots of graphics.

Get ready for your 5 minutes of fame at our first College Poster Day!

22 June 2009

The Hall, University House, ANU

A Dean's Prize for Best Poster will be awarded for conference travel. Two runner up prizes for conference travel are also up for grabs.

1st Prize $1,000
2nd Prize $500
3rd Prize $250

Deadlines

Draft Posters uploaded onto Studentdb	Final Posters uploaded onto Studentdb	Posters to printers	Delivery of printed posters	Exhibition setup	Exhibition day
A.S.A.P. - speak to your supervisor	12 June 2009	15 June 2009	19 June 2009	21/22 June 2009	22 June 2009

Your posters

Selected posters will be printed and laminated for Poster Day and PDF versions of posters will also be used by staff and students at other events and meetings to highlight our research activities. It is expected that all research students will participate, except those that are writing up, and those who have just commenced. Please check with your supervisor regarding eligibility.

Students may use whatever software they are most familiar with to produce their poster as long as:

• it incorporates the design elements on the templates provided below
• it is AO size, and landscape layout
• the final version is submitted as a PDF file

You may prefer to use the templates that the College has provided. You have as much freedom as you like to create your poster inside the frame.

It's a good idea to do a Google search for ideas on what makes a good poster. Here is one with many creative tips.

• Poster advice

Instructions for preparing posters

1. To prepare your poster use the LaTeX template.

LaTex template

LaTeX users may not be familiar with one of the important packages (flowfram) that has been used. Click on the link below:

Flowfram user guide

2. Or your can prepare your poster using the PowerPoint template.

PowerPoint template
3. When you are happy with your first draft, save it as a PDF file and upload it onto CECS Studentdb.
4. To upload your PDF poster, log into CECS Studentdb and click on the 'Upload a Poster (PDF)' link.
5. Anyone that has access to CECS Studentdb in the College can view your draft and provide comments to you.
6. After you have made any necessary adjustments, upload the final copy onto the CECS Studentdb.
7. You should consider putting your poster onto your own personal Website.
8. Email the Marketing Manager to advise that the final PDF version of your poster has been submitted.

   
   Example of poster as a PDF

FAQs and more tips

Deadline for submissions

The final version of your poster (in PDF) should be submitted on CECS Studentdb no later than 12 June 2009. Start the process early to ensure adequate time for feedback from your supervisor and your peers.

We'll keep you posted on developments on this site!

Enquiries to the Marketing Manager

Heather McEwen