Benefits of Presenting a Poster
Presenting a Poster is a Great Opportunity to:
- Engage with other workshop attendees who are interested in the same subject/discipline as yourself. This could lead to future collaboration.
- Disseminate your work among the research infrastructure community.
- Receive helpful insights into your work or research.
In addition, your poster will be published on NSF’s Research Infrastructure Knowledge Gateway, where it may be referenced.
Poster Session Format
These poster sessions will be relatively informal. We recommend preparing a 1-2 minute explanation of your poster, and being ready to engage with participants about your topic.
What Topic Should I Choose?
The posters can be on scientific research, about your facility, or about your operational processes or best practices. This is an opportunity to highlight your facility and its work.
Preparing for a Poster Session
Do you have questions about how to create a poster, or are you not sure what to expect at a poster session? Here are some articles to give you an idea of how to create a poster as well as some example posters.
In-Person or Virtual?
In-Person Poster Session
We encourage all in-person attendees to present their poster in-person at the workshop in Tucson, AZ on Tuesday, March 26 at 4:35pm MST.
Virtual Poster Session
There will also be a virtual poster session Wednesday, March 27Â from 2:45 – 3:15pm MST / 5:45 – 6:15pm ET. All attendees (virtual and in-person) may sign up to participate. The virtual poster session will be held on a platform that enables presenters to directly interact with attendees in real time. An optional virtual training session for presenters will take place before the workshop.
In-Person Poster Session #2
There will be a second poster session for in-person attendees on Wednesday, March 27 at 3:30pm MST.
Competition and Voting
During this year’s workshop, all attendees will have the opportunity to cast their vote for all of the posters displayed at the event, including both the in-person and virtual ones. The voting will take place on Whova, the platform being used for this hybrid event. The different categories for voting will be announced during the workshop, so stay tuned!
Deadlines, Shipping, and Other Logistics
Poster Submission Deadlines
March 4: Preliminary Poster Information
- Preliminary poster titles and abstracts for virtual posters and in-person posters being submitted for the poster competition were due on March 4. Submissions for virtual posters and the poster competition are not longer being accepted.
March 15: Extended Deadline for In-Person Posters
- Please fill out the Extended Poster Submission form below by March 15.
March 22: Upload Poster to the Event App
- If you completed the Preliminary Poster Topic Submission form above by the deadline of March 4, you can upload your virtual poster to the event app.
- All materials for virtual posters must be uploaded to the event app by Friday, March 22.
- In addition, in-person poster presenters wishing to take part in the various poster competitions must also upload a PDF version of their poster by Friday, March 22.Â
See the video below on how to upload poster content to the event app.
Note: PDFs uploaded to the event app must be 10MB or smaller.
In-Person Posters
Posters should be printed directly onto foam poster board that is 24 inches wide by 36 inches tall (portrait layout). Event staff will provide easels.
Please note that all attendees will be responsible for shipping (or hand delivering) their poster to the 2024 NSF Research Infrastructure Workshop. If you wish to have your poster shipped to another location at the conclusion of the workshop, please include a pre-paid shipping label with your poster in the original shipment.
Please ship your poster (no earlier than March 18) to:
To: Davis Management Group
NSF’s 2024 Research Infrastructure Workshop
Westward Look Wyndham
245 E Ina Rd, Tucson, AZ 85704
From: {Poster Presenter’s Name}
March 26, 2024
Virtual Posters
Prior to the Workshop, you will be sent a unique link to your virtual poster where you can build it yourself in the event app. See the Poster Guide and the video below on how to build your poster in the event app.Â
Your virtual poster may include the following materials:Â
- Two PDFs (10MB each)
- Cover Photo
- Additional Photos (up to 50)
- Logo
- Recorded Video Link
For more information on presenting a virtual poster, visit the Artifact Presenter Guide. Note: Not all features in this guide will be enabled for the workshop.
We will be holding a virtual poster training session, as well as providing a recording of this training and additional instructional videos, to help virtual presenters become comfortable with the virtual platform and answer any questions.
Email communications will be sent out with the date and time of this training session to all virtual poster presenters.
Questions
Any questions about the workshop poster sessions may be directed to: rioutreach@nsf.gov.
Poster Presentation Training
Poster Guide
How To Submit Your Virtual Poster
Technical Tips
Browser and Settings
We will be using the event app, Whova, to stream the virtual poster session. We recommend that you verify the browser settings below prior to joining the virtual session:
- Chrome is the recommended browser.
- Update to the most recent version of Chrome.
- Allow camera and video in the Chrome browser (see image below).
In Case of Technical Difficulties
- It can help to close other tabs, browsers and programs while streaming the live session. It also may help to hardwire your Internet connection, instead of using a wireless network connection.
- If you are having trouble hearing the webinar audio, check the volume on your computer and on your video player.
- If your computer screen freezes, please refresh your browser.
- Close and re-open Whova. When reopening, make sure to allow camera and video in the Chrome browser.
- Other troubleshooting and frequently asked questions can be found here: https://whova.com/faq/