Poster Presentations

If you submit a paper for the 2002 NSF Design, Service,
Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Research Conference,
you must also submit a poster. PIs with new grants may submit a
paper if research results are available. New grantees may prefer to
present only a poster (no paper submission for the Proceedings) or
may choose to simply attend the conference.

Sixteen square feet (4' x 4') of poster board space will be provided for each poster presentation. This space will accommodate twenty (20) 8.5 x 11-inch pages. All posters will be displayed for the duration of the conference. Grantees will be scheduled to be present at their poster to discuss their research with participants for a specific session. The poster session schedule will be added to the conference Web site by December 14 and will include the name of the principal investigator, presentation title, scheduled session day, and NSF name, DMII program name, or NSF affiliate.

Grantees planning poster sessions (one presentation per grant) must complete an on-line Author Fact Sheet by November 30 to reserve poster board space.

A completed Author Fact Sheet must be displayed on the poster board with your presentation.

Poster Preparation Suggestions:

• The title of your poster should appear at the top in large letters. Poster titles using a font size of 60 point will stand out and be easy to read. The minimum font size for poster titles should be 36 point. Below the title put the author(s’) name(s) and affiliation(s).
• Your poster should cover the key points of your work. It need not attempt to include all the details; you can describe them to people who are interested. The ideal poster is designed to attract attention, provide a brief overview of your work, and initiate discussion.
• The flow of your poster should be from the top left to the bottom right. You may wish to use color for highlighting and to make your poster more attractive.
• Use pictures, diagrams, cartoons, figures, etc., rather than text wherever possible.
• Try to state your main result in large lettering. This way people can read the poster from a distance. The smallest text on your poster should be at least 18 point, and the important points should be in a larger size.
• Make your poster as self-explanatory as possible. This will save your efforts for technical discussions.

Poster Presentations

• You may wish to prepare a short presentation of about 5 or 10 minutes that you can periodically give to those assembled around your poster. You may give this talk several times during your poster session.
• When possible, it is helpful to have co-PIs at your poster to aid in presentations and discussions and to provide the presenters with the chance to rest, break for lunch, or briefly view other posters.

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