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Guidelines:
Please be aware that the judges will arrive at your poster sometime during your scheduled judging hour.
Although the poster session that runs concurrently with the poster judging contest is only 45 minutes long, judging will take place during the entire noon -1:00 pm or 1:00 - 2:00 pm hour. Please remain close to your poster during your appointed judging hour so that you can begin your poster presentation quickly after the committee arrives.
If you are not at your poster at the scheduled judging time, the judges will skip your poster and it will not be judged. There are no exceptions.
Reminder! The poster judging time is different and in addition to the scheduled poster session based on research area or commodity group.
Due to scheduling difficulties, students will not be added to or moved to another time period for the competition. If you have any questions regarding when you need to be at your poster, please ask at the ASHS registration desk.
This year, abstracts will be judged prior to the convention and these points will be carried through and added to the scores from the judging that takes place during the conference.
A poster should stand on its own merit, but the judges will also be visiting with each student to evaluate the student's enthusiasm for their study and their competence in the subject area.
Another change from previous years is that there will be two sets of judges, so don’t worry if a group of judges passes by your poster!
This change was made in order to allow more time for presentations, as students only had three minutes to present their posters in the past. Once the judges arrive at your poster, you should be prepared to discuss the overall focus of the study, novel methods, results and conclusions. Please allow time for questions from the judges.
Students will be given a total of seven minutes to present their poster. We suggest you give a five or six minute presentation and allow one to two minutes for questions. After seven minutes, the judges will move to the next poster.
The winners announced at the ASHS Presidential Address and Annual Business Meeting, Wednesday, 3 August at 2:00 pm.
Also, this year we will make an effort to email you with scores and comments from the judges within a week or two of the end of the conference.
Judging Criteria:
Abstracts will be judged prior to the convention and these points will be carried through and added to the scores from the judging that takes place during the conference.
A poster should stand on its own merit, but the judges will also be visiting with each student to evaluate the student's enthusiasm for their study and their competence in the subject area.
The judging criteria will be as follows:
Abstract (points awarded prior to the conference)
- Originality/Merit - 15 points
- Quality of writing - 10 points
Poster and presentation (points awarded during judging at the conference)
- Appearance - 20 points
- Organization - 20 points
- Knowledge/Presentation - 35 points
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ASHS Poster Specifications:
- Poster presentations are to be approximately 1.2 m x 1.2 m (47” x 47”) in size.
- Abstract titles, names, and affiliations should appear on the top of the poster.
- A simple sans serif-face font (e.g., Helvetica) should be used.
- Lettering for the title should be at least one inch tall. The authors' names and affiliations may be somewhat smaller.
- Authors are urged to include photographs to assist in author identification.
- Content. Do not prepare a poster as if it were a manuscript. Primarily, use tables and figures
and limit verbiage. Details of the work can be provided in discussions with interested parties.
Lettering for text and illustrations should range in size between 6 mm and 12 mm.
- Display. A numbered board space [1.2 m x 1.2 m (47” x 47”)] is assigned for each poster.
Presenters will receive an assigned space number prior to the conference.
- Push-pins or Velcro buttons may be used to hang posters. Pins/Velcro must be supplied by
presenter - they will not be available on-site.
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2010 ASHS Graduate Student Poster Competition Guidelines
