Center for Consciousness Center . Tucson . Arizona

2016 Science of Consciousness

April 25-30, 2016

POSTER SESSIONS 1 & 2

WEDNESDAY APRIL 27th

FRIDAY APRIL 29th

7:00 - 10:00 pm

Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson

Main Building

Grand Ballroom B & C

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Printing and Delivery of Posters

2016 Poster Guidelines

Our Local Kinkos Fed Ex will deliver your posters

Poster Guidelines

Boards are 4 x 8 horizontal

Poster Abstracts designated from the following sections via on the

online TSC Conference abstract submission system.

1: Philosophy

2: Neuroscience

3: Cog Sci/Psychology

4: Physics/Biology

5: Experiential

6: Humanities

The Poster Sessions - Organizing Your Information

Set Up: After 2 PM the day of your session.

If you have a scheduling issue please update the comments section in your abstract/registration.

Presenters must be available with their posters during their scheduled session to discuss their research with interested viewers. All accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Program and Abstract publication. The Poster Sessions are a great showcase forum to inform colleagues, researchers, members of the press and other interested parties of your basic and clinical research projects. We encourage posters from: undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, post docs, authors, medical residents, fellows and professors, artists, designers, authors, and other professionals.

SAMPLES of POSTERS - see below

Poster 'Board' Size:

4 ft. (height) x 8 ft. (width)

with metal frame

Direction:

Horizontal

MAX Display Area: (taking into account the metal frame)

Your poster should not be larger than these dimensions; it can be smaller of course.

44 1/2 " x 91"

3.7 feet x 7.5 feet

1.1 m x 2.3 m

ADDITIONAL DIMENSIONS FROM FLOOR

to Bottom of the Poster Board

From floor to bottom of board 33 ½” 2.8 feet .85 m

From floor to top of board 81 ½” 6.8 feet 2.0 m

The Poster Boards are rented and provided by Shepard Exposition Services

They are a high quality fabric board and are heavy and cannot be easily moved.

There will be signs for the various poster categories / disciplines

You need to place your poster under the correct discipline

Organizing your Information

Focus on the introduction, methods, results and discussion, summary, and references. Make a small-scale sketch of your

poster to ascertain if all the points you want to stress as well as headlines, text, figures and tables, photos, etc., will fit into the

dimensions allowed. The poster should start in the upper left hand corner and flow generally from left to right and from top

to bottom. The title, author name(s) and affiliation are often at the top of the poster. If necessary, use letters, numbers, or arrows

to indicate proper flow to the audience.

Content

Do not crowd too much information into the presentation; concentrate on a few main points. Highlight trends and comparisons

with simplified graphics and diagrams. Often it is better to use outlines and bullets than paragraphs. Avoid overwhelming the

audience with too many numbers, words, or complicated graphs. Make certain your message is clear because people will

study your poster while you are away.

Lettering

All lettering should be easily read from a distance of 1 meter (4-5 feet) Use a bold or semi bold typeface for headings and labels.

Lettering for subheads and figure captions should be larger than that of the main text but smaller than the main heading.

Text in upper- and lower-case letters is more readable than all capitals, but capitals for headings and labels are acceptable.

Use sans serif type such as Arial or Lucida Sans for text. It is much easier to read than serif type such as Courier.

All posters should feature a title, your name, and the name of the institution where the research was performed and should credit others, as appropriate. The title lettering should be about 2” to 3” (5” to 7.5”) with subheadings ½” to 1” high (1.25 to 2.5 cm).

Mounting = USE THUMB TACKS or PUSH PINS ONLY

Do not use double sided tape, glue or Velcro.

Use push pins only. ******************************* (basic pushpins will be supplied)

You may not mark, paste, mount or write on any of these boards.

No adhesives. No Foam Boards. No Nails.

Please remove your poster after your session

To summarize:

Use large, easy-to-read sans-serif letters
Include clear figures and tables and artwork
Do not just paste-up typed pages from a paper/document
Remember that a Poster Session is more like an informal discussion.
The discussion may begin with a question from an interested person.
You may initiate a discussion by pointing out the particular figure that depicts

the essential conclusions of your paper and allow questions and answers to flow from that point.