Posters on any topic in medicine is welcome, but preferably in Infectious diseases and specifically in COVID is appreciated.
Students, Post graduates and Faculty in various fields of medicine, nursing and allied fields are encouraged to send posters for the e-poster presentation.
Each poster should be no larger than A0 paper size measuring 84.1 cm × 118.9 cm or 33.1 inches × 46.8 inches and saved in a pdf format. An abstract of the poster along with the relevant information requested should be typed in the space provided in the website and the poster uploaded for selection by the panel. Those posters accepted for display would then be available for public display from 22nd November 2020.
It is encouraged that all selected posters are also accompanied by a presentation. All presentations should be recorded in powerpoint with a voice over as if it is a platform presentation and then saved in *.pps / *.ppsx format. The maximum duration however should not exceed 8 minutes from the first slide to the end of the presentation. The size of the powerpoint presentation should not exceed 25MB. The presentation should be uploaded through a link available in the upload presentation button in e-posters section; once they log in using their username and password in the e-poster section after their poster is accepted by the panel in the website.
Three posters as decided by the organizing committee will be given a 10 minute slot for a live platform presentation on November 23rd 2020. Participation in the prerecorded video presentation is a prerequisite for being eligible to participate in the live platform presentation.
Preregistration is pre-requisite for e-poster presentation. In case you wish to present an e-poster, please use your email address for login and fill in the other information related to the e-poster to up load e-posters. Once accepted, the presentations can be uploaded using your log in information. E-posters will be available for public viewing from November 22nd November 2020 onwards. Any query from any of the viewers will be directed to the presenter.
Activity
Last Date
Registering for e-posters
17th November 2020 5 pm IST
Uploading the e-posters approved
20th November 2020 5 pm IST
Uploading pre-recorded platform presentation
21st November 2020 5 pm IST
A panel of judges will select the best amongst the uploaded e-posters based on relevance (5 marks), originality (5 marks), content, analysis and discussion (25 marks), presentation (5 marks). Five marks is reserved for jury discretion and for feedback received from the viewers (Five marks).
The three best posters will be declared on November 23rd 2020 by 2 pm before the platform presentation. Prerecorded presentation may be utilized for purposes of live platform presentation. However these presenters will be required to be present virtually for a question and answer session following the presentation.
