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Rethinking poster presentations at large‐scale scientific meetings – is it time for the format to evolve?
Author(s) -
Rowe Nicholas,
Ilic Dragan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the febs journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1742-4658
pISSN - 1742-464X
DOI - 10.1111/febs.13383
Subject(s) - attendance , dissemination , presentation (obstetrics) , public relations , scale (ratio) , rowe , sociology , political science , medicine , business , law , physics , quantum mechanics , marketing , radiology
Conferences have long been a major part of professional practice in almost all disciplines, allowing scientists to meet and exchange knowledge and views. As well as networking with colleagues, delegates want to access the information that is on offer at meetings, which now range from small, local affairs to vast international gatherings with big name speakers and busy programmes. In this Commentary, Rowe and Ilic argue that poster presentations – an established and popular medium of communication at conferences – are an outmoded and inefficient means of disseminating research. Is it time for the poster format to evolve?This article is accompanied by a podcast, listen now . Or listen in iTunes .