Tips for Your Poster and Your Presentation

Author: Richard Threlfall
Published Date: 16 Juli 2014
Copyright: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

Engaging Posters and Presentations

Making scientific posters and presentations engaging for an audience can be a challenge. If your main subject matter is basically a big bunch of data then how on earth do you make an exciting story out of what looks to most people like a jumble of numbers and structures? 
Realising that people want to hear your story as well as that of your data can go a long way to helping you make that all-important personal connection to your audience. Therefore, starting with posters and moving on to giving talks, this collection of tips aims to get you thinking about the scientific as well as the human aspects of what really goes on at conferences so that you can get maximum impact from your time in the spotlight.

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David Spichiger, SCS
09.03.2015

Chemistry Travel Awards 2015

Through the «SCNAT/SCS/SSFEC Chemistry Travel Award», contributions towards the cost of participation at an international conference in the chemical sciences are granted to selected PhD students. Selections are based on their scientific accomplishments and on the submitted conference abstract.

The «Platform Chemistry» of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) and the Swiss Society for Food and Environmental Chemistry (SSFEC) announce the «2015 SCNAT/SCS/SSFEC Chemistry Travel Award»:

The award includes a contribution of CHF 1'000 towards the cost of active participation (poster or oral presentation) at an international conference in the field of the chemical sciences. A total of 45 awards will be distributed to selected doctoral students from Swiss research institutions. Selection will be based primarily on scientific accomplishment and on the submitted conference abstract.

Application for the 2015 SCNAT/SCS/SSFEC Travel Award is now open. For more details and the application process please visit the website of the Platform Chemistry. 

Deadline: 31 March 2015 (23:59)

David Spichiger, SCS
05.02.2015

Review and Photos Swiss Snow Symposium 2015

More than 60 participants joined the Swiss Snow Symposium 2015 in Saas Fee from January 23-25, 2015 and enjoyed a perfect organized event and a good mix of scientific talks/posters, snow sports and social interaction.

Photos:

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David Spichiger, SCS
10.02.2015

Reaxys PhD Prize - Call open until Feb 16, 2015

No other award will impact your development as a scientist like the Reaxys PhD Prize. Embedded in a program designed to boost your career and backed by an Advisory Board of internationally accomplished and authoritative chemists, the Reaxys PhD Prize empowers young chemists.

The prize is awarded to current or very recent graduate chemists who have shown excellence is synthetic chemistry. The Prize is intended to celebrate the very best research being performed by some of the very brightest of today’s young stars.

The 2015 Reaxys PhD Prize is open for submissions until Monday the February 16, 2015. Full details on the Prize, submission requirements and on-line form may be found on the website.