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The main function of a poster is to capture a moving audience with a message. When designing a poster, plan its design carefully. You will have a short amount of time to attract and hold your readers attention.

Posters must fit on mounted stands that are 4 feet tall by 8 feet wide mounted stand. Keep accessibility in mind when designing your poster. Checkout our guidelines for accessible presentations. The material should be well labeled and legible from a distance of 10 to 15 feet away.

Unlike oral presentations, which are usually limited by time and space, posters allow you to display your work throughout the conference and attract people who share your interests or have questions about your topic.

Poster presentations are an extremely powerful method of communicating research. Researchers summarize their work, present it in a visually-appealing printed poster, and briefly explain their research to an audience.

Posters allow two-way discussion; talks are one-way. Yes, you can sometimes poll a talk audience (I've done it), but it's awkward and gimmicky; and yes, there's usually time for questions, but it's severely limited and often stilted. At a poster you can get real engagement with your audience (one person at a time).

Poster Sessions A poster session is a great time to share your research and to get feedback! Poster sessions vary in how long they are with MPA Main Posters lasting for 1 hour and 50 minutes and Psi Chi sessions lasting for about 45 minutes. You should plan on being at your poster throughout this time.

A poster session or poster presentation is the presentation of research by an individual or group for a class or academic/professional conference. At a conference, the work is usually peer reviewed.