Rethinking poster presentations at large‐scale scientific meetings – is it time for the format to evolve?
Nicholas Rowea b, Dragan Ilićc d e f
- aFaculty of Education University of Lapland Rovaniemi Finland
- b(Faculty of Education, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland)
- cDepartment of Epidemiology &
- dPreventive Medicine School of Public Health &
- ePreventive Medicine Monash University Melbourne Australia
- fDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Abstract
Conferences have long been a major part of professional practice in almost all disciplines, allowing scientists to meet and exchange knowledge and views. As well as networking with colleagues, delegates want to access the information that is on offer at meetings, which now range from small, local affairs to vast international gatherings with big name speakers and busy programmes. In this Commentary, Rowe and Ilic argue that poster presentations – an established and popular medium of communication at conferences – are an outmoded and inefficient means of disseminating research. Is it time for the poster format to evolve? This article is accompanied by a podcast, listen now. Or listen in iTunes.
TL;DRPosters are numerically by far the most prevalent means of disseminating information at conferences, and it is not uncommon to see hundreds, if not thousands, of posters displayed in a single session, but this mass of information has the potential to hinder delegate interaction. (Semantic Scholar)