Poster session

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Those parts of scientific conferences in which the contributions are not presented as oral lectures but in the form of large posters are referred to as poster sessions .

For many years they have become a means of organizing large conferences in a more compact manner, but poster presentations usually have a lower technical status than "oral presentations", with the latter often also being provided with additional poster walls.

The posters are usually 80 to 90 cm wide ( A0 : approx. 84 × 119 cm) and are attached to vertical poster walls around 2–2.5 meters in height set up by the organizer. The text should not predominate on the posters, but rather images and other means of graphic design in order to be an eye-catcher for the visitors of the session. The title of the work should be in large print and contain at least one contact address (or e-mail) from the authors.

The poster sessions usually last about an hour, while the scientist (s) stand next to their poster to explain their work and to be available for inquiries and discussions. In most cases, however, the posters can be left on the poster boards for half a day in order to enable them to be viewed later during conference breaks. In the case of large congresses, this also happens during the entire event.

Electronic posters

Electronic posters are now also used at congresses. These are terminals with large format screens (42 ″ and larger) on which the posters are displayed. On the one hand, this enables moving images to be embedded and, on the other hand, it reduces the space required, since interested parties can look at different posters at a terminal during the conference breaks.

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