Creating Your Virtual Poster

Overview

Virtual poster sessions are designed for presenters who are not able to be present in person at the conference. Travel, funding, and schedule can sometimes make it difficult for participants to attend the conference in-person. In order to support more inclusive participation, virtual poster sessions enable participants to present work to a body of peers and to engage with colleagues from afar, bringing global ideas to the local spaces. All virtual posters should be submitted one month prior to the start of the conference they are to be presented at.

Virtual Poster Technical Requirements

  • The Virtual Poster must be one page. Additional pages will not be accepted.
  • Virtual Posters must be created using the templates found below, at the bottom of this article.
  • The maximum width is 48 inches (130 cm); the maximum height is 36 inches (100 cm). The templates below are formatted to this size.
  • The file size may not exceed 25MB
  • All files must be saved and submitted as a PDF. The virtual poster software does not recognize any other file formats.

Virtual Poster Design Requirements

  • Font size: 28pt or larger.
  • Recommend fonts: Georgia, Times New Roman, Helvetica, or Arial. It’s possible that other fonts may have cross-operating system display issues. Letters should be easily read (avoid Old English and other “fancy” fonts).
  • Avoid background images and watermarks that may detract from the read-ability of your poster.

Important Information to Include on Your Poster

Include the following components in your poster presentation:

  • Title and Author Information:
    • Title
    • Subtitle
    • Author, Affiliation, City, Country (repeat for each author)
    • University/Affiliate Logos
  • Content:
    • Introduction/Short Description
    • Abstract/Long Description
    • Background/Relevance
    • Research Question/Hypothesis
    • Methods/Methodology
    • Participants/Sample
    • Results
    • Conclusion/Summary
    • References
    • Images

Submitting Your Completed Poster

Once you’ve completed your poster with the above information and formatted it on the appropriate template, send to the conference email (icss@nileuniversity.edu.ng).  Your file should be submitted one month prior to the start of the conference.

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