Delegate poster presentations

All posters must be A0 size with a landscape orientation (841 mm vertical x 1188 mm horizontal).

There are lots of ways of designing a good poster but below are some key points:

1. The best posters use images imaginatively to draw the reader in and communicate the topic of the poster without the viewer having to read every word.
2. Think about your title – an interesting title which gets to the heart of what the poster is about and why it matters is more attractive than a technically correct title with scientific names and lots of jargon.
3. Don’t have too much text and don’t make the text too small.  No text should be too small to read from a distance of about 6 feet. As a rule of thumb, use ~100 pt for the title, ~48 pt for section headings, and ~28 pt for body text. Avoid any text smaller than 18–20 pt.
4. Redraw the figures for your poster – don’t just cut and paste them from a paper or thesis chapter.  
5. Think about the conservation message of your poster. Could someone get to the end of your poster and think ‘so what?’ If so, you need to be more explicit about why your work matters to conservation.
6. Don’t forget to include collaborators.
7. Don't forget to add the logos of your institution / employer and any funders.
8. If you wish to use the SCCS logo, you can download it here.
9. Tell us how to find out more – some people include contact details or a QR code leading to a website; some people have a sign-up sheet where people can leave their email address. 
10. Consider including a picture of yourself so that someone who reads your poster and wants to learn more can find you when you're not at your poster.

You are welcome to print your poster locally and bring it with you.

Alternatively, you can arrange to have it printed in Cambridge at the University's Reprographics Centre. Further details will be sent to registered delegates.

SCCS volunteers will put up all posters in the Elementary Lab in alphabetical surname order. Your poster will be attached to an A0 landscape poster board with velcro dots - we will supply both the board and dots.

If you arrange to have your poster printed by the Cambridge Reprographics Centre, we will collect your poster and set it up for the start of the conference.

If you are bringing your poster with you, please give it to a volunteer at registration on Tuesday morning.

There will be two 90-minute poster sessions: one on Tuesday, the second on Wednesday. You are not expected to stand by your poster for the whole session, but please try to be there most of the time so that you can answer questions.

If you include a small picture of yourself and contact details, other delegates will find it easier to get in touch with you if they miss you (or are at their own poster).

Prizes for the top three posters will be awarded on Thursday afternoon.

All posters will receive written feedback from the poster judges. The feedback will be left by your poster on Thursday morning.

After lunch on Thursday, volunteers will take down all the posters and leave them rolled up with your feedback – please collect yours from the Elementary Lab before you leave.

Any posters left at the end of the conference will be recycled. Unfortunately, we cannot store them or post them on to you.