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Questions about conference poster presentations. Poster presentations usually consist of affixing the research poster to a portable wall with the researcher in attendance to answer any questions.

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I got accepted to a top quantum information conference as a poster but not as a talk. Is it really worth something?

The background story: I started submitting to a (quantum information/computing) conference in the COVID era, and the experience of online poster sessions was really horrible, at least for me. I ...
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Presenting updated findings (different from the submitted abstract) at an oncology conference

I previously submitted an abstract to an oncology specific conference involving a retrospective review of patients which was accepted. Since then I have had the opportunity to add a few more patients ...
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What is difference between "Student poster" and "poster" in academic conference

I saw the four options in an application form: Oral Poster Student oral Student poster I want to know what is difference between these options. BTW, I applied for "Student Oral" but ...
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Conference, poster, and publication gaps due to COVID and poor advising. How to explain for the future?

I am a soon to be fourth year doctoral student with an already finished Master's degree in the same field (Experimental Psychology). I interviewed for a consulting company a few weeks ago and the ...
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2 minute poster talk at international conference in usa

Could anyone please tell me what a 2-minute video of presenting a poster is?I am presenting a poster at an international conference in the USA. Should I set up a Zoom call, share my poster screen, and ...
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Entering conference outputs in Pure (Elsevier)

Many universities (including my own) use Pure (an Elsevier product for institutional research information management) to report research outputs. My question is about entering conference outputs in ...
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What degree do you need to present a poster in a conference?

Hi there I just finished my Master’s degree and in a couple of months there is a conference about my thesis topic that I would like to have a PhD about. My question is can I present a poster or should ...
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Whose Email(s) Should be Listed on Research Poster Presentations?

If I make a conference poster as a graduate student, whose email address(es) should be included in the subtitle of the poster? Traditionally, I have always thought it should just be the PI's email, ...
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Do links need to be provided for images included in a poster?

I'm a PhD student making a poster for a conference. I'd like to include a figure with two images taken by a NASA satellite. Do I need to provide links to the images in the caption, or would it be ...
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Are we allowed to use the figures of a published paper in our poster/oral presentation at a conference by citing the source of figures?

Is an author (coauthor or corresponding author) of an already published paper in a journal (IOP and Elsevier) allowed to use figures of the (already-) published paper in their poster or oral ...
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What is the difference between paper presentation and poster presentation (in terms of prestige)?

I am talking in terms of values. Is there any difference between these two when it comes to the weight they add to a CV? Is a paper presentation better than a poster presentation?
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Seeking approval from coauthors for poster after they have approved the abstract

I submitted an abstract to a conference about a month ago, with a clear idea that it will be presented either in the form of an oral presentation or as a poster presentation should it be accepted. ...
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How common is in the US to have publications, posters, etc. before PhD?

A potential advisor asked me for abstracts, manuscripts, posters, presentations, etc. but I just graduated from a Master's Degree in the field of biomedicine/biological sciences in Spain and here most ...
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My poster didn't win the "best poster award", is it desperate to ask the committee about an evaluation of my poster quality?

My poster didn't win the "best poster award" at a top conference in mathematics, is it desperate/impolite to ask the committee about an evaluation of my poster's quality? I don't want to ...
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Are poster sessions worthless for math grad students?

Are poster sessions important in mathematics? Does being accepted to present a poster at a SIAM conference add something to my CV when I apply to graduate programs or it won't add much? I am a master'...
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If an image is included in an abstract which is published at a conference, does that mean the conference must give permission if it's used in a paper?

I'm advising some students preparing abstracts proposing posters at an international conference. I was just asked about putting images in the abstract that represent data. It's a photograph of a ...
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Poster Presentation at a Doctoral Training event

I am attending an international doctoral training event in an area of physics that matches the area of my PhD. We have been asked to produce a poster for the event, which mentions including any ...
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Cloth poster- attach to board [closed]

I printed a poster on cloth for easy travel. Now the conference says that they will provide Velcro patches that attaches well on paper only. What kind of tape should I bring with me?
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Should my poster be light on detail and stand out (BetterPoster style) or more extensive

I need to prepare a poster (67 x 97 cm) for the doctoral programme of an upcoming computer science conference. I am also presenting the paper in a talk at the main conference later on that week. I ...
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Poster Presentation with One or Two Affiliations

I am preparing a poster presentation for a scientific conference. When I published my work, I was affiliated with institution X. After my publication, I moved to institution Y. Now, I want to put my ...
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Is it acceptable to include information in a poster that wasn't in the publication?

The title pretty much speaks for itself. My supervisor and I (non-academics) submitted a paper to a professional conference and will be presenting a poster. The publication deadline was first, so we ...
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Can we convert poster viewing distance to a software "zoom factor"?

I am preparing a poster for an in-person (finally) workshop and I know that the general guide for posters is that they should be readable from 1-2 meters away. What I don't know is how this translates ...
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Should bullet points be used on research posters

From my search on the internet on how a research poster should be designed I got a lot of different opinions on best practices. The area where opinions seemed particularly diverging were the use of ...
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Can I use text from my conference poster in my manuscript?

I presented a poster at a conference last year to gain some feedback on my research. Since then, I have made significant findings and am beginning to write a manuscript. I would like to use some of ...
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Why would the organizers of an online conference ask poster presenters not to include any URLs or hyperlinks in their poster?

The following instructions were sent to poster presenters at some online conference (AAAI 2022): Submission guidelines: All posters must be uploaded as PDF files. Posters may not exceed 1 page/side. ...
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What tried and tested possibilities are there to create a poster without using LaTeX? [duplicate]

What tried and tested possibilities are there to set up a (nice) poster for a conference without using LaTeX? I find LaTeX always cumbersome for that purpose and I am curious about alternatives.
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Contradiction in requested poster dimension (px vs. cm)

We are preparing an e-poster and a printed poster for poster presentation at a conference. The organizer define the dimension of the poster as follows (everything is prepared in .pptx format and then ...
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publishing a poster in a conference and then an extended version in another conference, is that possible?

I was planning to submit a couple of posters to a Computer Science conference because there are some final experiments that I should perform with the data we have at hand. I wondered if there would be ...
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What is acceptable in a "virtual poster presentation"?

I am a PhD student and will give a "virtual poster presentation" at a conference this summer. It seems like the standard templates for academic posters are not appropriate here, because: it ...
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Rejected short paper accepted as poster [closed]

I am a 1st year computer science PhD student. I recently submitted a paper to a large conference LBW that was rejected (with fair comments), I re submitted with changes to a smaller conference short ...
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Should I add the Poster or the article published in the proceedings to my CV?

I presented a poster 3 years ago in a small conference and added the poster to my CV and ResearchGate profile. At the request of the conference organisers, I also wrote a short article describing the ...
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Self-plagiarism to re-use figures and key phrases on poster

I have submitted a conference paper to an IEEE conference, which will be published in IEEE Xplore, once I have appropriately finished presenting this paper in either a lecture or poster setting (of ...
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Should you tell everything in a poster session if you have not published it yet in a journal?

I have a poster session tomorrow about an idea I didn't publish yet but planning very soon. If people stop by and asked me in detail about my idea, should I openly discuss or not?
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What are the pros and cons of publishing a new unpublished idea in a poster session in a leading conference?

I worked on an idea and got new results. I came across a very prestigious conference that calls for poster abstracts. I sent mine and it was accepted for a poster presentation. Should I present it ...
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APA7 citation - What to use for 'location' of an online conference poster/presentation

Since there's quite a few online or virtual (i.e. not in person) conferences happening these days (e.g. the 2020 AGU Fall Meeting), what do people use for the 'Location' field in a full citation? ...
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How should I sign myself on poster if I am a student?

I am preparing a scientific poster for a conference. Most researchers' posters have on the top of page header: TITLE FIRST+LAST INSTITUTION I am currently a bachelor student and this work is being ...
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I want to be the sole student author on a poster, but my advisor wants to bring on other students

I am in my 2nd year of my Ph.D. program and I want to submit a poster to a conference that will be held this spring. I brought up this idea to my advisor; she agreed, however she wants me to ask a few ...
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What should we do when an abstract gets accepted for a conference, but the material is not ready?

Recently, my team's abstract was accepted for a poster presentation at a conference. The abstract submitted is not a complete work. Over time, we still don't have the desired results that are worth ...
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What makes a good recorded video poster presentation for an academic conference?

A "video poster presentation" sounds like a logical impossibility, but now that conferences are online, they seem to be a thing. What makes one effective? How is this different from a ...
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What Types of Content Should Be Included in A Poster Presentation of Unfinished Work?

I am preparing my first research poster for a conference at my school that allows for participants to present on unfinished work. I would be interested to know from more experienced researchers what ...
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Time management during a poster presentation competition

I had a poster competition and given 4 minutes to explain everything in brief to the judges plus 1 minute for Q&A. I prepared in that way and explained my work to the judges in 3 minutes and 58 ...
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At a conference, should I visit other people's posters during my poster session?

Usually, conferences give you between 1-2 hours to present your poster. My dilemma is that sometimes I am interested in learning about other posters during that time period. But I also have to keep ...
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What language should my poster for a national convention be?

I will present work of mine in form of a poster on a national convention/congress/conference in my broader (STEM-related) field. A manuscript has already been submitted by me, in english. Manuscripts ...
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Should I include reference section on a conference poster? [duplicate]

I believe that including references is important, especially for a chemistry conference poster. However, I have more than two dozens of citations so it is way too lengthy. Should I still include the ...
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Best template for Poster presentation :First time(Conference)

My paper has been accepted in a conference related to computer science. I need to prepare a Poster for presentation. This is my first time, I tried to find some good templates but ended up nothing. I ...
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About participating a poster-session

One of my papers has been accepted to a reputable conference's Poster Session part. Currently, the only financial support I can take is from my school which partially finances my travel to the ...
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Poster about a published article (Poster session in physics conference)

What is the usual way to indicate on the poster that the poster is just a summary of an already published article? I plan to give the reference as part of the poster title at the top, such as: ...
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Can I add a poster session to my CV if I wasn't there but had my name on it?

I worked on research that was presented as a poster session at a conference. However, I was not the first author and didn't attend the conference, but my name was on the poster. Is it still okay to ...
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How to approach a mistake I made in an abstract for a Conference?

In about a month I will be presenting a poster among 100+ people in an international congress. However, I'm just realizing that I made a huge mistake in the abstract I sent (accepted of course), ...
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Declining an offer to present a poster instead of a paper

I have submitted a paper to a conference which defined several submission categories: papers, posters, etc. I submitted my abstract in the paper category, but was asked to present a poster instead. I ...
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