Posters should be prepared in a professional manner, i.e., no cheesy half-hearted attempts such as just posting a few pages from a paper in tiny fonts.

Pictures anddiagrams and summary statements are far more likely to engage an audience than just posting text. Posters from conferences and other meetings may be recycled provided they are reasonably current.

Posters can be prepared using standard software tools, including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Pagemaker, and LaTeX. If you do not have access to printers capable of producing poster sized output, you can use the Stanford Visual Arts Services: The webpage has a price list as well as tips on how to make your poster with Adobe Illustrator. FedEx Kinkos also does posters. It is hoped that research groups will cover the cost of poster preparation and printing.

Preassigned locations - Poster & Easels - at 1:00pm you can come and claim your pre-assigned poster board. Sign up sheet will be available. Sign up poster board with Vicki Carrillo @ EE front information window.

• One student from each group presentation can pick up the poster board and the same student should return the board and sign it in after the Research Fair on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. Return board and easel to Packard Room 130.
• Boards are 30" X 40" and we will be providing removable tape to use for posting your presentation.
• Posters should be set up so as to not block traffic into buildings and to leave plenty of room for browsers. Posters in the building can go against the walls.
• Go to your assigned easel with your poster board.
• Set it up in the SEQ courtyard or in the Packard Lobby. If the weather is nice, the courtyard will likely be the best.
• EE Administrative Staff and a few senior graduate students will be around to assist, so please be cooperative in moving posters as needed to keep things safe. You are welcome to group posters with buddies into informal "sessions."

Contact:   Vicki Carrillo @ EE Information Window.

CleanUp

• At 5:00pm - return poster board (w/o contents) and easel to Packard Room 130.

Dress need not be formal but keep in mind we are entertaining visitors so it would be a good idea to look good. Of course you can be formal if you prefer.

The poster session is patterned after poster sessions at many conferences. During the session posters should have a presenter available most of the time (presenters may wish to circulate to see other posters). Standard procedure is if people stop and to gaze and read, volunteer to give an oral summary of highpoints (typically 5 minutes or more) or to just answer questions. Often this will get discussions going.