Presenter's Corner
Poster and Presentation Guidelines
As a Symposium presenter, you will be asked to deliver a 5 minute presentation or create an academic research poster based on your approved abstract submission. Below you will find guidelines for UGRS posters and presentations for 2024.
Academic Research Poster
At the Symposium, you will present your poster during the poster and networking session (5PM to 6PM) in the Halpern Centre.
Poster Specifications
Questions?
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Email us at ugrs@sfu.ca
Size: 36”w x 24”h (landscape)
File: PDF titled in the format LastName_UGRS2024_Poster.pdf
Submit your file via the UGRS Journal by Thursday, March 28, 9:00AM.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
- Log in at https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/ugrs/about/submissions
- Click on "Your accepted submission".
- Go to review and click on "Upload file" under the "Revisions" heading.
- Select "Poster upload" and upload the poster file.
If your poster is in the incorrect format you will be asked to resubmit. Please use the UGRS Poster Template to avoid error. You can make the template your own by changing the colour palette and fonts and adding images.
Research Poster Resources
Visually Representing Data
Tableau and Excel are recommended are good places to start.
Finding and citing images
Start by learning about how to cite online images from SFU Library.
Design Tips
Remember the purpose of a poster is to summarize research concisely and attractively to help publicize it and generate discussion.
A Strong research poster …
- Summarizes information or research concisely and attractively to help generate discussion;
- Is clearly written and logical in design;
- Uses images, graphs, and figures to communicate information;
- Contains proper references for works and images used;
- Uses bullets, numbering, and headlines make it easy to read;
- Is its own research format – it isn’t trying to be anything else!
A Strong research poster is not…
- An essay or article in poster form;
- Wordy and text-heavy;
- Cluttered, crowded, and lacking negative space;
- Difficult to understand;
- Stressful or confusing for your viewer to read.
Presentation
At the Symposium, you will present your research to a live audience in a five minute presentation using a maximum of five slides. Once each member of your group has presented, you will engage in a faculty-moderated discussion that will highlight common themes between presentations and encourage dialogue between you and your fellow undergraduate researchers. You will receive detailed information about your group and the program for the Symposium in advance.
Presentation Guidelines
- Maximum 5 minutes in length
- Maximum of 5 slides
- Presentations will not be recorded
- If you are reporting on team-based research, please share your specific role in the research as well as a reporting on the overall research results.
Please aim to speak in plain language as much as possible in your presentation. This means minimizing the use of jargon and being sure to explain any specialized or discipline-specific vocabulary.