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Poster Presentations

 

The 2011 poster presentations August 16 & 17.

Congratulations to the winners of the poster presentations:

1st place: Hillary Peach and Meg Plyley

2nd place: Nadine Vogt

3rd place: Sarah Paolucci, Allison Schroeder and Ray Socha.

Faculty and Graduate Students are invited to act as evaluators, reviewing the scientific and educational poster projects for a number of areas including clarity, overall design, SLRP students share project advancements and results with colleagues and the OVC community from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm on either Tuesday August 16th or Wednesday August 17th in the OVC Cafeteria. The schedule can be viewed here.

We look forward to the high quality continuing for a seventh year. If you would like to join the evaluating team, please let us know by sending an email to Elizabeth Lowenger.

The program will officially wrap up with a luncheon and awards presentations for posters on Friday, August 19th, at OVC beginning at noon.

 

Poster Presentation Days

As part of the Poster Presentation, you will be required to staff your poster on ONE day – either Tuesday or Wednesday from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Staffing the poster means you will attend your poster and answer questions from faculty, students and staff who attend the session. You are not required to give an oral presentation, but be prepared to go through your poster.

Please let us know as soon as possible if you have a preferred day, due to conflicts, no later than Tuesday, August 5th at noon. The final schedule will be circulated by e-mail and loaded onto the SLRP web site.

You are required to have your poster in place by 10:00 am the day of your presentation. The display boards will be assembled the morning of August 16th, so you are welcome to place it before leaving work on Tuesday if you are scheduled for the Wednesday session. Posters will be displayed for the entire day and the OVC community will be invited to view the posters on each session (conference style). Please ensure you remove your poster by 2PM the day of your presentation.

Evaluation of Posters

Faculty and Graduate Student Evaluators will review posters and prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places (along with honourable mentions).

You will be reviewed in three categories as follows:

  • Visual appeal of poster (organisation, readability, quality of illustrations, impact of message)
  • Quality of science (Clarity of objectives/ hypotheses/ methods/ results/ conclusions)
  • Knowledge of content (Can you explain major problems and findings simply? Why is the problem important? How will this work be applied?)

Evaluators may also make suggestions for possible improvements while discussing your poster with you as part of the learning process.

Many thanks to our team of judges:

Humaira Adnan Maureen Anderson Midori Beuchli
Kathleen Crispi Johndavid Dejong Federika der Woort
Emily Gilbert Thomas Koch Neil MacLusky
Michael Meehan Karen Morrison Eric Nahm
Lee Niel Samantha Payne Andrew Peregrine
Jason Stull Janet Sunohara-Nielsen Laurence Tessier
Louri Wagler-Lesperance Julie Wittrock  

 

Creating Your Poster

A session to assist you in preparing and presenting your poster using PowerPoint has been scheduled for July 13th over the lunch hour.

The advisors of the program along with the evaluators are aware that not all projects will have conclusive results at this point in the summer. We are aware that many projects are ongoing. The idea is that you are able to discuss what you were working towards, include results if you have them and, if not, discuss what needs completing in order to attain results, projection of results where possible, etc. All this, any issues of confidentiality, and authorship of the poster should be discussed with your faculty advisor(s) or graduate student supervisor working on the project.

Note: Prizes are not awarded on the basis of results.

There are a number of research posters displayed around the OVC. Look around and see what catches your eye, which ones are clear and easy to read, coherent and graphically pleasing. Your advisor(s) can give you the appropriate additional advice on the creation of your posters, content and format appropriate to your specific projects. You might find the document "Effective Poster Design" from the University of Guelph Environmental Biology Graphics Studio useful, and the website from Teaching Support Services is a step by step guide.

It is especially important that your advisor review the content you wish to include. Please note that both the OVC and University of Guelph logos must appear on your poster as well as the logo of any funding agencies or collaborating institutions. Please review the information on the University of Guelph Graphic Standards webpage. If you have any other questions regarding poster creation, staff in the Learning Technologies Centre are happy to assist. Contact them at ext. 54778.

Download the OVC logo here or the 150th banner here

Size: Posters are not to exceed 36" (height) x 48" (width)

File Format: Although most posters at OVC are designed using Microsoft Powerpoint, you may be more familiar with another graphics/layout package. For further information on poster printing and for sample Powerpoint templates see the OVC ITS site or the School of Engineering webpage (your poster printing costs are covered through the Summer Leadership & Research Program).

NB: You must ensure that your poster is ready for display by August 16th.

Submitting Posters For Printing

The cost of printing one copy of your poster will be covered by the Summer Leadership & Research Program. Inform the on-campus service you are using that the cost will be charged to the program coding and have them contact Elizabeth Lowenger by email at lowenger@uoguelph.ca or by phone at extension 54430. Also, be certain that the version set to be printed is the final copy approved by your advisor(s) since the program will not pay for reprints. Be sure to ask that velcro tape be put on the back of your poster.

Places where you can get your poster printed:

Department of Chemistry

School of Engineering

College of Biological Sciences

University of Guelph Design & Print

Click Signs

If there are questions or concerns, please contact any of the Summer Leadership & Research Program Advisors.