INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF POSTERS INSTRUCTIONS

Please make a note of the poster number you have been assigned as indicated in your confirmation letter. Numbered poster boards will be set up in the Exhibit Hall at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

You must register for the meeting and obtain a meeting badge in order to gain entrance into the Exhibit Hall to set up your poster. Security guards will not permit anyone to enter the exhibit hall without a meeting badge.

The Program Committee requires that you or one of your co-authors be present at your poster during the entire duration of the poster session, in order to discuss your research with meeting attendees.

Poster Session A - Thursday, April 30, 11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Posters A1 - A137
Set-up Schedule: Thursday 4/30, 10:15-11:30 am
Tear-down Schedule: Thursday 4/30 1:15-1:45 pm

Presidential Poster Session B - Thursday, April 30, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Posters B1 - B137
Set-up Schedule: Thursday, 4/30, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Tear-down Schedule: Thursday, 4/30, 5:30 - 6:00 pm

Poster session C - Friday, May 1, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Posters C1 - C138
Set-up Schedule: Friday, 5/1, 10:30 - 11:30 am
Tear-down Schedule: Friday,5/1, 1:30 - 1:45 pm

Poster Session D- Friday, May 1, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Posters D1 - D138
Set-up Schedule: Friday, 5/1, 2:00 - 2:30 pm
Tear-down Schedule: Friday, 5/1, 4:00 - 4:30 pm

* Please note that presenters who do NOT have their posters up by the end of the set up time run the RISK of not being judged for the Presidential Poster Session awards.

Note: Poster boards will be removed promptly at the conclusion of the tear down times noted above. Please be sure to remove your poster promptly, in order to make room for the next poster session set-up.

The American Geriatrics Society and the Hyatt Regency Hotel will not accept responsibility for the posters left in the Exhibit Hall after the scheduled tear down times.

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING POSTERS

The actual surface area available to you is 4' high and 8' wide. The upper right hand corner of the poster board will contain a number corresponding to the number assigned to your abstract.

In the upper left hand corner of your poster board, post a copy of your typed abstract (in lettering that will be legible from a distance of 2'). In the top corner section of your poster board, post a label indicating the title and author(s). You must also include the following statement under the title and authors: The research reported on this poster was supported by [name of supporter]. The investigators retained full independence in the conduct of this research. The lettering for this section should be at least 1" high and should be bolded.

If you mount sections of your poster separately, use a light stock paper or illustration board that can be affixed to the poster board with pushpins. The color of the poster board surface is beige (cork board).

TIPS for a good poster:
Avoid too many words, use bullet points, clear figures, large bold font
Post a copy of your abstract.
Prepare in advance and post all illustrations needed for your presentation--figures, tables, schemes, equations, etc. Mount your presentation on the poster board with pushpins. Pushpins will be available at the exhibit management desk.