Interactive poster session at CALRG

Introduction
The interactive poster session at lunchtime during the CALRG 09 conference is designed to be a fun and engaging way for you to get the most out of the posters. Often poster sessions are awkward; the author(s) stand nervously about, whilst someone looks at the poster; the reader feels as if they are about to be pounced on and required to stay and talk at some length about the work being presented. This interactive poster session provides an alternative approach, which enables delegates to review all the poster material at their leisure and then choose which posters they would like to engage with in more detail.

Structure of session and activities
The workshop is designed as a round robin session, using an ‘interactive poster approach’. A range of posters celebrating different aspects of CALRG research work will be available around the atrium on the ground floor. In the first part of the session, delegates walk round the posters, engaging with each poster in turn. The authors of the posters will not be standing by their posters at this point. Delegates can therefore add post-it notes on each poster – asking for points of clarification on the research presented, reflections on the work or perhaps indications of related work they are doing. In the first parallel session, delegates choose one poster to go back to and have a more in-depth conversation with the authors. In the second parallel session, they can choose a second poster to go and discuss in more depth. A final plenary presentation will summarise some of the key discussion points that have arisen.

Format

• 12.15 Introduction  – 5 mins
• 12.20 Poster round robin activity and lunch – 40 mins
• (12.30 Optional lab tours)
• 13.00 Parallel session 1 (in-depth discussion with the poster authors)  – 20 mins
• 13.20 Parallel session 2 (in-depth discussion with the poster authors)  – 20 mins
• (13.30 Optional lab tours)
• 13.40 Plenary and discussant - 40 mins