Presentation Guidelines
Download PDF: Poster Presentation Guidelines
Download PDF: Oral Presentation Guidelines
Poster Presentation Guidelines
- Your poster size should be no more than 36 inches wide by 48 inches tall. Poster Template linked below in the Poster Tempaltes section.
- Posters that are outside these dimensions will not be accepted for display. Space is limited and posters outside these dimensions can interfere in the presentation of other posters.
- ALL Poster Presenters must submit their Final PDF Poster no later than 5:00pm Friday February 7, 2025. They will be sent to print to set them up for you in the Exhibit Hall prior to the event. If final poster PDF is not submitted by this date, then it will be the responsibility of the presenting author to print and deliver it to the SOM Research Office prior to the event.
- To submit your Final PDF Poster and optional video, use this Submission Form link. You may need to sign up for a Symposium™ account, if you do not already have on, or reset your password.
- On the Submission Form, you will need to copy & paste your full Abstract, not just a description. We will use it to create the Symposium Program Booklet (digital) that will be provided to all presenters and attendees after the Symposium. Make sure your Abstract is in the correct format.
- Poster Presenters may submit an optional Video of their poster (15-20 minutes) no later than the end of the day Thursday February 13, 2025.
- ALL posters will be evaluated by a panel of judges and the top poster in each academic category will be recognized during the Awards Ceremony.
- Final “Presentation Instructions” will be provided on Friday February 7, 2025. It will contain final details on how the posters will be presented and the Judging component.
- About the Poster template, you can modify the color of the top “title” bar and move around the titles/categories, but do not change the dimensions.
- If you have any questions, email us at somresearchsymposium@utrgv.edu.
Poster Templates
Oral Presentation Guidelines
- Presenters must submit their Final PPT Presentation by Monday, February 10, 2025, to somresearchsymposium@utrgv.edu. All Oral Presentations will be in person at the Symposium. If unable to present in person, let us know by Friday Jan. 31, 2025, at somresearchsymposium@utrgv.edu.
- If unable to present in person, a video presentation will be required. All videos must be uploaded by Thursday February 13, 2025. NOTE: For in-person presenters, the video is optional.
- When doing the video, it must be done using YouTube which will allow us the best technical specifications for web hosting on the virtual platform we will be using for the Symposium. It must be at least 5 minutes long.
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To submit your Video:
- First, record your video using a camera or other device.
- Second, upload your video to your account on YouTube.
- Make sure your “visibility” setting on you video shows as UNLISTED.
This will keep it off the public domain.
- Make sure your “visibility” setting on you video shows as UNLISTED.
- Lastly, use the following Submission Form to complete the form and upload your video & PPT.
- Below are some helpful tutorials:
- First, record your video using a camera or other device.
- All videos uploaded to our Symposium virtual site will be available for viewing through Wednesday February 26, 2025, on our ForagerOne virtual site.
- Only in-person oral presentations will be evaluated by a panel of judges, and the top in-person oral presentations will be recognized during the Awards Ceremony.
- Final “Oral Presentation Instructions” will be provided Friday February 7, 202 It will include final details on how the in-person oral talk presentations will proceed and more information on the Judging component.
- If you have any questions, please email us at somresearchsymposium@utrgv.edu.