Information about Poster Sessions

The Poster Sessions shall provide an opportunity to participants, especially to young researchers and students, to present and discuss their works during the conference. Poster sessions will be grouped in different Thematic Areas as determined by the Conference Committee. Each person can submit a maximum of 3 presentations.Selected posters will be displayed before each session. During the session, each participant will have approximately 5 minutes to present their work and to answer questions put forward by the audience. Poster sessions will be facilitated by a Chairman.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER PRESENTATION:

• Posters should be exhibited by the authors on provided panels

• The dimensions of the poster should not exceed 85 cm width by 120 cm height

• Margins should be at least 2.5 cm on all sides of the poster.

• Font size should be legible.

• Font colour should be different from the background

• The format should follow international standards, i.e. introduction, method, results, discussion, conclusions and bibliography.

• Tables, graphs and pictures should be used to highlight salient points

• Tables, graphs and pictures should be titled.

USEFUL INFORMATION

Participants interested in presenting one or more posters, for one or more sessions, should send their proposal by not later than 30^th July 2010, by completing the poster request form .

The Executive Secretariat will proceed to communicate the assigned panel number and the procedure to be followed by selected participants, in presenting their work.  Submission of selected posters shall be confirmed upon payment of Conference Registration Fee.

All the posters will have to be removed by the end of the Conference. The Organizing Committee is not responsible for posters that have not been withdrawn by the end of the day. The Organizing Committee may publish posters in the Conference Review, depending on the merit of the presentation and the available budget. In due course, selected authors will be contacted to put forward a finalised version of their work.

PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED TO:

STRATEGIC THERAPY CENTER

piazza S. Agostino 11 -52100 Arezzo

or via e-mail