The poster should be a visual presentation of your abstract. You are encouraged to take a creative approach to your poster design. there are no mandatory headings or minimum font sizes; however, the following guidelines may help you create an effective poster.
1. Title and size
The title should be the same as in the submitted abstract. Include the title of your presentation at the top of the poster with the name of the author/s and institutional affiliation. The poster must be no less than A1 and no larger than A0 size (A0 size is 841mm x 1189mm). The orientation for a poster must be portrait (vertical).
2. Fonts, graphics and images
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The poster should be easily readable at a distance of two meters. Use UPPER and lowercase for general content, as all capital text is difficult to read. Avoid using a mixture of type/font styles. A font size of 24 to 32, single-spaced, is recommended. The text should be concise and easy to read. Consider varying font sizes to emphasize particularly important text. Your poster’s message should be clear and understandable without requiring oral explanation.
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After the title, the two most important panels are the Introduction and the Conclusion. Based on these two panels, a reader will decide whether to consider the poster details and talk to the presenter. These panels need to be very simple, concise, and visually attractive.
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If an idea and/or results can be expressed with graphics, it should be. Avoid large tables of data. Results should be in line with those originally submitted in your abstract.
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Use pictures, symbols and colour. Figure legends are essential and should be short but informative. If using graphs, they should have a short heading. For visual effect, we recommend that graphs be no smaller than 12cm x 18cm and photographs be no smaller than 12cm x 18cm.
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Use the space to attract your audience for discussion, not to present complex details of methods and results. Alternatively, you could produce a handout with extra text to provide extensive textual detail and keep your poster to the essentials.
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Use eye-catching images or a provocative slogan to attract delegates to your poster. Want to glue something to your poster, add augmented reality, or make a poster with almost no text? Go right ahead. If you feel aesthetically inept, consider scouring Google for inspiration from poster templates, e.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=A0+poster+template+filetype:ppt.
3. Generating and continuing the discussion
While it is true that your poster will need to make sense on its own, depth of engagement comes from attendees interacting with you. Consider how your poster will help you in a range of discussions. How will it help your ‘sales pitch’? How will it assist in explaining the difficult concepts underpinning your work? Consider bringing business cards, mini-printouts of the poster, or copies of relevant articles you’ve written. Make it easy for attendees to find your online resources through a short web address (or provide a QR code they can scan with their phone to get further information (free from http://www.qr-code-generator.com/).
4. Useful resources
http://www.apa.org/convention/poster-instructions.pdf
http://www.phcris.org.au/infobytes/poster_presentations.php
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=A0+poster+template+filetype:ppt
Printing Posters in Lisbon
As it may be more convenient to have posters printed locally, the following print shops may be interesting:
Alcântara__ d o i s q u a t r o 4 (Close-ish to the venue)
Location: Calçada da Tapada 103, 1300-548 Lisboa, Portugal Opening Hours: Open from Monday-Friday 9AM-8PM, Saturday 9AM-6PM, closed on Sunday.
Prices:
- Coated paper 180 gr, matte: 16€
- With delivery to a Lisbon address: 16€+5€ = 21€
Delivery Time:
- 24 hours or more, depending on availability
- Add transportation time if applicable
Ordering process:
- In-person or online. The PDF file of the poster should be sent to them, while in the shop
- Payment must be made when ordering, via bank transfer
Imaginação Impressa
Location: Rua Braamcamp 15 A, 1250-049 Lisboa Opening Hours: Open from Monday-Friday 10AM-6PM, closed on the weekend.
Prices:
- A0, Eco paper 150 gr, matte: 22.50€
- A0, Coated paper 180 gr, matte: 24€
Delivery Time:
- 1-2 hours, depending on the paper and ink used, and workload of the printers at the moment.
Ordering process:
- In-person or online. The PDF file of the poster should be sent to info at imagi.pt
- This can be done in advance and it is possible to schedule a day for order pick up
- Payment must be made when ordering, via bank transfer
Arco Iris - Centros de Copia
Location: Rua Nova da Trindade 5, Rua da Misericórdia 14 loja 10, 1200-301 Lisboa (1500m from the venue)
Opening Hours: Open from Monday-Friday 9AM-7PM, closed on the weekend.
Prices:
- A0, Coated paper 180 gr, matte: 20€
Delivery Time:
- 1-2 hours, depending on the paper and ink used, and workload of the printers at the moment.
Ordering process:
- In-person or online. The PDF file of the poster should be sent to lojaonline at centrosarcoiris.pt
- This can be done in advance and it is possible to schedule a day for order pick up
- Payment must be made when ordering, via bank transfer
Copianço
Location: Av. Dom Carlos I 118, 1200-651 Lisboa (1600m from the venue)
Opening Hours: Open from Monday-Friday 9AM-8PM, Saturday 9AM-6PM, closed on Sunday.
Prices:
- Coated paper 180 gr, matte: 16€
- With delivery to a Lisbon address: 16€+5€ = 21€
Delivery Time:
- 24 hours or more, depending on availability
- Add transportation time if applicable
Ordering process:
- In-person or online. The PDF file of the poster should be sent to santos at copianco.com.pt
- Payment must be made when ordering, via bank transfer