Fsam 2010

Best Student Poster Award

Are you a student and do you like to compete? Then join the Best Student Poster Award competition at FSAM 2010 conference for all student participants.
The winner will be awarded with a Prize and Winner Certificate.

To participate in the Best Student Poster Award competition register for FSAM 2010 conference with your poster and send us pdf version of your poster by 13 August 2010.

For more information and criteria see below.

Poster Judging Criteria

Student poster awards will be presented to participants who have demonstrated outstanding research, visual and written skills through a poster and abstract.

The poster competition criteria are:

• Competitor is a student (includes PhD students) or recently graduated student who is presenting his/her work that has been completed when they were still a student.
  To prove your studentship send us certificate from University or if you recently graduated send us confirmation from your supervisor that you done the presented work as a student.
  
• Student is first author of the poster.
• Student have undertaken the majority of the work being presented.
• Each student could have only one competition poster.
• Abstract clearly describes the work and includes results.
• The pdf version of the poster will be received by organisers by 13 August 2010.

At the time of judging the judges will evaluate:

• Clarity of presentation
• Quality of the work
• Depth of knowledge

Layout:

• Poster size should not exceed 90 x 120 cm - width by length.
• A banner title which is descriptive should be situated high up on the poster and large enough so that it can be read 2-3 metres away.
• Author and his/her affiliation should follow.
• The content of the poster should be bracketed with an Introduction at the beginning and a list of Conclusions at the end. These sections are critical because they may be the only sections which are read. There should also be a brief Abstract.
• The flow of information through the poster should be explicit and should be visible from about an arm's length.
• The poster should be self-explanatory, so that the main points are communicated without the presenter being there.
• Each illustration should have a headline title providing a take-home message with a more detailed caption below.
• Posters should be in English. Proofread for correct spelling and grammar.
• There should be creativity in the presentation.

Content:

• The Introduction must provide the basis of investigation and the direction/approach to answer the question being considered.
• The Methodology of the investigation must be clearly presented.
• The Results must be presented in a manner that is understandable and must support the Conclusions drawn. Are there possible alternatives in interpretation?
• Conclusions should follow from the original intent as outlined in the Introduction.
• Overall, the investigation should display some degree of creativity and originality.
• You will also be judged on quality of science and scientific impact of investigation.

We are looking forward to seeing you at FSAM 2010 in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.

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