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VENUE

The Special Interest Group Exposition and Welcoming Cocktail Party will be in the Atrium Ballroom, on the Atrium Level of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel. SIG Poster presenters may enter the Ballroom at 6:15 p.m. to set up their display.

POSTER SUBMISSIONS

The review process is determined by each Special Interest Group. Each SIG chair will select a committee that will review submissions and accept a maximum of 12 posters.

Visit current ABCT Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for a listing of chairs. Please contact the SIG Chair for all SIG rules, and to verify the submission deadline.

POSTER DISPLAYS

Each SIG is assigned a group of tables on which to set up their posters.

EASELS

ABCT will provide small easels with self-adhesive strips onto which you may mount your posters. You may bring your own easels if you prefer. For best results when mounting on ABCT-supplied easels, you should bring posters printed or mounted on Foam Core or other lightweight, inflexible backing. Posters on regular paper will tend to curl; posters on heavy cardboard will tend to fall over.

POSTER SIZE

The maximum size of each poster is 18 inches wide by 19 inches tall. The easels that ABCT provides will allow support for posters only up to this size. The easels will not handle posters bigger than this and the tables will not accommodate larger sizes.

POSTER ORDERS from FedEx

There is a FedEx Office in the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel open Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The best way to submit an order would be via email address (usa0363@fedex.com). There is a 24-hour turnaround time for all posters. Anything shipped into or out of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel will be a additional inbound/outbound handling fee ranging from $2-$25 based on weight of each package. Alternatively, posters can be ordered in your home city and shipped to the convention venue.

HANDOUTS

Presenters may prepare handouts on essential information that doesn't fit on the poster, share an email address for follow-up correspondence or create a QR code that fits on the poster for scanning to a smartphone. This is not essential, but often is appreciated by interested attendees.

POSTER TITLE FORMATS

Posters should all be formatted using the following template:

The title of a Poster should be in Upper and Lower Case, using lower case only for conjunctions, prepositions, and articles that are 3 letters or less (that is, capitalize all words of 4 letters or more). Please include authors in their proper order, followed by their affiliation [Please, no departments or centers or other secondary listings]. When multiple authors are at the same institution, you may group them under a single affiliation. Here are two examples of properly formatted posters:

If you have any questions about styling or formatting your posters, or other Special Interest Group policies, please contact Dakota McPherson, ABCT Membership Manager (dmcpherson@abct.org).