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Information for Poster Presenters

All scientific posters will be displayed in the Exhibition Hall of the Melbourne Convention Centre.  All posters must be original work and the presenting author will be required to attend its allocated Poster Discussion Session during the conference.

Poster Discussion Sessions

Poster Discussion Sessions will be held in the Exhibition Hall during the afternoon tea breaks on Monday 7 July, Tuesday 8 July & Wednesday 9 July and during lunchtime on Thursday 10 July.

Presenting authors are required to stand next to their poster so as to be available for informal discussion on their scheduled day.

POSTER PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

Posters will be grouped according to topic and presented as follows:

MONDAY

• Antimicrobials

• Clinical Microbiology

• Virology

TUESDAY

• Molecular Microbiology

• Public Health & Infection Control

WEDNESDAY

• Culture Media

• Food Microbiology

• Laboratory Management

• Microbial Ecology

• Microbial Pathogenesis

• Mycology

• Mycoplasmatales

• Veterinary Microbiology

THURSDAY

• Clinical Microbiology

• Clinical Serology

• Mycobacteria

• Ocular Microbiology

• Parasitology & Tropical Medicine

• Probiotic & Enteric Microbial Diversity

• Rapid Methods

• Women's & Children's Microbiology

• Case Studies

Set Up

All posters should be on continuous display for the entire conference.

Available poster set-up times:

• Sunday 6 July: 10.00am - 3.00pm

• Monday 7 July: 8.00am - 10.00am (All posters must be on display by 10.00am Monday 7 July)

Presenters are required to supply their own:

• Sufficient quantity of velcro dots/strips to attach their poster to the poster board (note that Blu Tac, double sided tape, thumb tacs or push pins will not be appropriate)

• Approx 60 x A4-size handouts placed inside a clear plastic sleeve attached (using velcro dots, etc) to the foot of the poster board

Removal

Posters must be removed:

• Thursday 10 July: 1.30pm - 3.30pm

It will be the presenter's responsibility to remove their poster - there is no guarantee that uncollected posters will be available post-conference.

Poster Specifications

1. Posters should display the following:

• Title of poster

• Names of all authors, co-authors and affiliations

• Images or visually attractive graphs or basic data tables, etc

• An introduction

• A conclusion

2. The presentation of the poster should be simple, concise and visually attractive.

3. Graphs may be used but avoid using large tables of data.

4. Poster Boards will be portrait-shaped and posters must not extend beyond the boundaries of the poster board (boards measure: 1m wide x 2.4m high).

Sample: Poster Board Walling

Poster Board Measurement: 1m wide x 2.4m high

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