• Students presenting posters must print their posters and bring them to the conference ready to display. UCUR will not  print posters for students.
• Poster dimensions: up to 40" tall x 46" wide.
• Posters should not be thicker than standard poster weight (no foam core backing).
• Poster hanging materials (T-pins) will be provided.
• Posters must be readable from three feet away.
• Presenters must be available to discuss their poster during the entire session.
• Poster should include:
  • presentation title
  • student name
  • research advisor name
  • school
  • department

• Students presenting oral presentations must bring them to the conference ready to present on a USB drive. UCUR will not preload presentations for students.
• Presentations will be scheduled into 15 minute blocks: 2 minutes intro/prep, 10 minutes presentation, 3 minutes Q&A. Note: To stay on schedule presentations will not be allowed to go over their allotted time.
• Presentations should include an introduction and use layman terms as opposed to academic jargon.
• Visual aids may be used, if appropriate.
• Projectors and PC's are provided.
• All students must bring a USB flash drive containing their presentation.
• Ensure beforehand that your presentation will display properly on both Mac and PC.
• If you wish to use your own computer, you must provide your own adapter.

A new format option for this year’s UCUR conference is the Rapid-Fire Podium Presentation. Think of this as the elevator pitch of your research project. Focusing on the main points and getting rid of all the fluff. It will move quickly, and you will only need to prepare a few slides and remarks for this presentation session. The Rapid-fire podium will give each presenter just 5 minutes to present the entirety of their research project. At the end of the presentation there will be a Q and A for 5 minutes. The information you provide attendees during your presentation is very important. Consider ending on a conclusion slide that gives your audience a take-home message. Irrespective of how complex your research is, you can do this in the allotted time. At most, the audience will take away 2 or 3 points from your presentation. This format allows a lot of good research with maximum educational value to be included in this year's scientific program. Moreover, it means less work for you. If you maybe don’t feel comfortable with the former 10- or 15-minute presentation time, consider this new session for a shorter faster paced presentation style.

A different spin on the traditional poster session is the thematic poster session. In these sessions, participants will be grouped in a room with a handful of other students with similar focused research. All researchers in the session will have their posters on display for attendees. The session will begin with a 20-minute viewing-only time when posters can be viewed throughout the room (typically about eight posters). Once this initial viewing window has been completed, the session will proceed with each presenting author will be given a turn to give a 5-minute synopsis of their poster. After they finish, the moderator of the room will lead out on a 5-to-10-minute Q and A/discussion of the poster. This process will be repeated for each of the posters in the session. The room will be set up with posters circling a set of chairs in the middle of the room, to allow for the viewing of the posters as well as to be able to sit during the poster presentations and discussions. This session will allow students to not just stand by their poster but also have an opportunity to quickly talk about their research. The goal of this session is to stimulate good discussions of similar research projects.