26 December 2022

Creating a poster for a conference

How to Design an Award-Winning Scientific Conference Poster describes how to create a good conference poster. Keeping the hints in mind you can use Canva to create a poster, but it has limitations when using the free version.

There are a number of free templates available online for poster creation.

The biggest issue for displaying a poster at a conference is the size limits and your budget.

Note that printing companies normally accept pdf and jpg files for printing purposes. 

Look at Assessment criteria for posters, especially:
  • Overall impression: Does my poster have a good structure?
  • Blanks: Is my poster full of text passages and graphs, or is it well-balanced? Are there any blanks interrupting reading fluency?
  • Relation between text and graphs: Do they complement one another as regards content and visualization?
  • Text size: Is the text clearly legible or only partially?
  • Structure and reading fluency: Is there a clear structure supporting reading fluency?
  • Authors: Are the authors indicated on the poster? Are there any contact details?
  • Content: Are the three principles «Look at me!», «Read me!», and «Ask me!» put into practice? Are the main statements of my poster clearly presented?

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