Poster Preparation l Poster Template l On-site Presentation l Poster PDF
This conference is in-person with on-demand content. Presenters are expected to print and post their own posters.
Poster Preparation
Posters should be readable by viewers five feet away and should display the paper title and authors and affiliations. The message should be clear and understandable without oral explanation. The following guidelines have been prepared to help improve the effectiveness of poster communications.
Initial Sketch. Try various styles of data presentation to achieve clarity and simplicity.
Rough Layout. Enlarge your best initial sketch, keeping the dimensions in proportion to the final poster. The rough layout should be full size. Print the title and headlines. Indicate text by horizontal lines. Draw rough graphs and tables. This will give you a good idea of proportions and balance. If you are working with an artist, show the poster layout to your colleagues and ask for comments. This is still an experimental stage.
Balance. The figures and tables should cover slightly more than 50% of the poster area. If you have only a few illustrations, make them large. Do not omit the text, but keep it brief. The poster should be understandable without oral explanation.
Simplicity. Resist the temptation to overload the poster. More material may mean less communication. Prepare a 6-inch high headline strip that runs the full width of the poster. Include the title, authors and affiliations on the strip in letters not less than 1-inch high. Post a large typed copy of your abstract.
There is no official poter template for OFC. However, there are a number of companies that offer free templates to assist you in creating your Poster PDF. The A0 poster size formatted vertically is the most popular based on the physical dimensions of boards provided on site.
An eight-foot-high x four-foot-wide approximately (244cm x 122cm) bulletin board, a sign indicating your paper number, and push-pins or adhesive tape will be provided. Please note that poster papers are not supplied with electricity or audiovisual equipment.
Set-up/Tear Down
All poster presenters are to post their presentations on their assigned boards by 16:00 the day prior. Presenters are to be by their boards during their assigned poster session:
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Wednesday, 02 April
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10:30 – 12:30
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Thursday, 03 April
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10:30 – 12:30
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Posters must be removed from boards at the end of their poster session.
All poster presenters are encouraged to provide a one-page poster PDF as supplemental material for the published paper. It will not be published on the OFC website in a thumbnail gallery as was the case in 2024. This is the same file that would be prepared to print for posting on-site (see poster preparation and template above). An email with a link to upload the file will be sent by mid March, and the site will be open until a week after the meeting.
Please note that poster PDFs will be available next to the early-access papers on the website.