Guidelines - Orals, Posters and Workshops

 

Submit application for oral presentation

You are welcome to submit abstracts for short oral presentations that will include title of the presentation and authors (names and affiliations) with the presenting author highlighted in bold. The oral presentation consists of 10 minutes presentation and 2 minutes discussion. Please submit your applications as a pdf file of no more than 250 words (font size 12 in Times New Roman) before January 31st  2022. The abstract should not include figures nor references.
Abstracts that do not include results (e.g. results will be presented) will be rejected.

Format of abstract is:

 

Submit application for Workshop

You are welcome to submit suggestions for a topical workshop that presents an overview of recent research or state-of-the-art of an important topic during a 90 minute session. The session can include 3 –4 presenters with a 15 minutes’ discussion at the end. A consumer perspective in at least one of the presentations is preferable. Interdisciplinary topics are encouraged. Please note that NoSCoS 2022 meeting will not be able to provide support for inviting speakers.

Applications will be reviewed by the scientific committee and selected based on relevance and scientific merit.

Please submit your applications as a pdf file (use this template) of no more than 250 words (font size 12 in Times New Roman) before December 1, 2021.

Workshop should include:

 

Submit application for poster presentation

You are welcome to submit abstracts for poster presentations that will include title of the presentation and authors (names and affiliations) with the presenting author highlighted in bold. A selection of posters will be presented orally during a poster walk where the presenter will be given 2 minutes to present the main findings. Please submit your applications as a pdf file (use this template) of no more than 250 words (font size 12 in Times New Roman) before January 31st  2022. The abstract should not include figures nor references.

Abstracts that do not include results (e.g. results will be presented) will be rejected.

Format of abstract is:

How to design a poster

Please print your poster in size DIN A0 portrait (841 x 1189 mm)
The poster language should be English.
All posters will be displayed in the Poster area for the whole duration of the meeting.
Please bring your poster to the conference yourself. 
Posters must be set up on Thursday May 5, between 7-10 am. The Conference Secretariat provides equipment for setting up the posters.
Posters must be removed on Saturday May 7, between 1-3.30 pm.

The abstracts of all accepted posters will be published online.

Draw attention
Keep your message short and clear. If you succeed in getting the reader's attention, then chances are that you will be able to provide her/him with more detailed information in the form of for example QR codes with more info.

Content checklist
Make sure that your poster clearly illustrates:

Text
The best font for text blocks that are as short as they should be on a poster is a Sans Serif typeface family. Therefore, use sans serif fonts such as Arial or Helvetica

The use of several different font faces in a poster can distract from the content. Choose one or at a maximum two fonts and then use them throughout the poster. If you decide to use two fonts, the use of san-serif fonts in headings and serif fonts in paragraphs is a classical combination. 

AVOID CAPITAL LETTERS IN TEXTS THAT ARE LONGER THAN ONE LINE, SINCE THEY ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO READ. (As seen from this example.)

 

The body text of the poster should be readable from about 2 meters away. Use about 1 cm height for letters which is readable from a distance of about 2 m. 

Use left aligned text in your paragraphs since it is easier to read. Use a maximum of 35-45 letters per line (including spaces) and no more than 6 lines per paragraph.

Illustrations and photographs
As a rule of thumb, illustrations should be easily legible from a distance of two meters. Figures created for articles are made to meet the requirements of scientific journals. If you intend to use these in your poster you will probably have to revise, and possibly edit, these figures to make them comprehensible in your poster.

Illustrations should be of sufficient size to be visible from a distance – 8 cm x 8 cm photos are probably the smallest to use, and 10 cm x 12 cm photos are a good size. Drawings are best if at least 20 cm x 24 cm. The advantage of using these sizes is that they are standard paper sizes and are compatible with many computer generated programs.

Using more than 3 or 4 figures may indicate that you are trying to say too much with one poster.

Do not import pictures from web sites since their low resolution only makes them suitable for on-screen presentations and web page use. If used for 35mm slides or posters they will appear fuzzy looking. Pictures for use on a poster should be scanned at 150 dpi at 100% of the size they will be used on the poster. If designing at 50% scale (ie: 18x30 for a 36x60 poster) then scan at 300 dpi. Save the image as a high quality JPEG file.

Tables
Try to avoid using tables on posters since they generally require too much attention and concentration from the reader.

Backup
Remember to allow time to make a backup copy of your poster.

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