Location: Shaw Centre
Set-up: Friday, June 17, 1200–1700
Tear-down: Monday, June 20, 1330–1600
Poster award presentation: Current Concepts I, Saturday, June 18, 0800-1000
Size: Total usable space per poster board is 90 ½ inches wide by 40 3/8 inches high
Strong posters focus on communicability, scientific communication and scientific merit/value. Keep the following items in mind when designing your poster:
- Innovative research, rigorous methods and conclusions supported by results
- Title, authors are easily identifiable
- Research question, background, methods, results, discussion and conclusion are relevant, logical and linked to one another
- The poster is engaging, clear and eye catching
- Formatting is appropriate and logical; graph and tables and clear and easily visible
- Clear information that can be read in 3-4 minutes
Saturday, June 18 – Glaucoma, Vision rehabilitation
Sunday, June 19 – International ophthalmology & public health, Neuro-ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, Uveitis
Monday, June 20 – Cataract, Cornea, Retina
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus posters will be set up in Room 202 on Saturday, June 18. They will be presented during Pediatric Ophthalmology III (Saturday, June 18, 1545–1715) and moved to the Exhibit Hall on Saturday evening for viewing on Sunday and Monday.
COS Awards of Excellence in Ophthalmic Research
1st place, $1,000 | 2nd place, $750 | 3rd place, $500
This award is intended to recognize residents, fellows and medical students who are conducting original, innovative research at a Canadian university. You must have applied for this award at the time of abstract submission. The poster award presentation will take place during the Current Concepts I session on Saturday, June 18 from 0800-1000.
To be considered for an award, your poster MUST be submitted electronically as a PDF by 2400 ET on Thursday, April 21. You must also submit three (3) summary PowerPoint slides for presentation, which will be presented if your award is chosen as a winner. Upload your poster PDF and 3 summary slides directly to http://cos2016.fmav.ca
The authors of the top three posters will give a simple 2-minute presentation to increase exposure of their work and facilitate further discussion with meeting attendees. This presentation will be during Current Concepts I on Saturday, June 18. As such, to be considered for the award, you must submit 3 slides with your poster:
- Slide 1: Name of authors, affiliation(s), and title of the poster
- Slide 2: Main question addressed by your work (primary outcome measured)
- Slide 3: Conclusion reached by the work
The goal of the presentation is NOT to summarize the poster but to INTRODUCE the work described in the poster. We will not accept more than 3 slides.
Note: The session chair WILL STOP presenters who exceed their time, regardless of their place in the presentation. The first author of the winning posters will be contacted by the Adjudication Committee Chair in advance of the meeting to discuss details of the presentation.
Posters will be evaluated according to communicability, scientific communication and scientific merit/value. Judges will be looking for things like:
- Innovative research, rigorous methods and conclusions supported by results
- Title, authors are easily identifiable
- Research question, background, methods, results, discussion and conclusion are relevant, logical and linked to one another
- The poster is engaging, clear and eye catching
- Formatting is appropriate and logical; graph and tables and clear and easily visible
- Clear information that can be read in 3-4 minutes
Please note: All delegates must register for the meeting and pay the appropriate registration fees.