Student Poster Session Information
Student Day, March 18 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel has been announced!
Student posters will be displayed from Tuesday afternoon through noon on Thursday. Students will be required to field questions at their posters during the Poster Session and during break sessions on Thursday morning and all day Wednesday.
The poster position assignments are now available in printable PDF format.
- Absolutely none of the following will be considered (for publication or display):
- Official Use Only or For Official Use Only
- Unclassified Sensitive Information
- Classified Information
- Use the template provided
- Use a non-serif font for headings and title
- Use serif fonts for the text
- All font size should be no smaller than 18pt
- Title, researcher names, and COE/education programs affiliation should be identical to what was stated in the abstract
- Preference for solid color background
- Maximum size of posters is 8’wide x 4’ tall. Posters exceeding that size will not be displayed
- Include the following statement in the “Acknowledgements” section of the poster:
For COE students: “This project was funded through the ________ Center of Excellence by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, Office of University Programs.”
For Scholars and Fellows: This project was funded through the ________ program from the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, Office of University Programs.”
Please do not deviate from your assigned location without the consent of Marolyn Randolph, the ORISE staff person in charge of the session. Marolyn Randolph may be reached at (865) 574-8645 or at DHSsummit@orise.orau.gov.
The boards will be numbered for identification. Pushpins and Velcro will be located in plastic bags on your poster board, with extras on hand. You should be able to go straight to your location and post your work once the boards are ready. Storage space will be available for poster tubes and containers. Mark the containers with identification.
Posters must be removed from the boards before noon on Thursday. Posters remaining after that time will be considered disposable by the vendor who will be disassembling the poster boards.
No A/V items will be provided to poster presenters. Electrical outlets will not be available. Display tables will not be available. Shipping supplies are available through the business center of the hotel at your cost. In addition, ORISE will not reimburse costs associated with the printing and shipping of your poster to the hotel.
Formatting Style Guide/Example
Please review the style guide in PDF format.
Poster Submissions
Each displayed poster must be submitted in PDF format to Marolyn Randolph via e-mail at DHSsummit@orise.orau.gov by March 7, 2008. See first bullet under Poster Guidelines.
Questions
Do you have a question regarding your submission or the process? First, check out our frequently asked questions page. If you don't see an answer, contact us via email at DHSsummit@orise.orau.gov.
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Photos used with the permission of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Student photos shown in the header are Copyright John Consoli, University of Maryland.