A poster is where the researcher directly presents their research results
as a visual display, which is positioned on poster board. The poster is usually a mixture
of a brief narrative paper, intermixed with tables, graphs, pictures, and other
presentation formats.
Although one can present figures and tables, papers that do not
have these, can also be usefully presented as posters. By writing concisely and with a few
areas of focus, the presentation can intellectually communicate your research and help
synthesize your main ideas and research directions. Frequently a poster can serve as a
beginning for a longer journal article.
The researcher stands by the poster display during an assigned time,
usually for a duration of two hours while other conference participants can come and view
the presentation and interact with the author.
The researcher stands in front of their poster.
Interested people can directly talk about the
research with the researcher.
