Poster Guidelines

Reuse of existing research posters is encouraged!

FORMAT

Your poster should be readable from a distance of 2 meters.
Suggested font sizes:
*The title should be capitalized with lettering at least 2 cm high (72 point)
*Authors and affiliations should be in upper and lower case lettering at least 11 mm high (42 point)
*Text lettering should be at least 5mm high (18 point) with a line thickness of at least
1 mm

CONTENT

Information should be well organized and concisely presented. Your poster should include the following sections:
*Abstract
*Introduction
*Materials and Methods
*Results or Anticipated Results and Discussion
*Conclusions

Keep written text to a minimum. "Bullets" and short phrases are effective. Use large graphs, flow charts, diagrams, and photographs (half dozen or so). Keep captions and legends short and informative.

SIZE

Poster boards should be no smaller than 60cm wide by 90cm long

SUBMISSIONS

Please submit all poster titles to envs@dal.ca by November 7th, 2005