Presentations

The first line should indicate your roll and choice of a poster or oral presentation (BOLD). 

Title (BOLD). The title should be short and descriptive. 

 Authors. The student should be listed first followed by any mentors or co-authors. 

Affiliation. Include your department, institution, and the institution’s address. Superscripts should be used to distinguish multiple affiliations. • The abstract should be no longer than 250 words. 

The body of the abstract should contain the following elements: (1) the purpose of the study, (2) a brief statement of what you did, (3) a concise statement of the major findings, and (4) the major conclusions. Do not include details of the methods. 

PROOFREAD. Your submission will be included in the conference registration booklet. 

The abstract will be uploaded during registration AND the word doc. should be sent to ebiggane@uttc.edu (subject heading “TCRS Abstract_Last Name”). 

One poster should take up a space no larger than 80cm by 120cm (approximately 36” by 48”). Landscape orientation is recommended and preferred for space efficiency on the display boards.

 All posters will be affixed to and displayed on a vertical surface (foam board with push pins). These will be provided by the conference organizers. 

The poster should include a short and descriptive title. 

The poster should include your name and institution. 

The poster should recognize all the appropriate funders or contributors. 

The suggested sections are abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, work cited and acknowledgements. 

Participants are responsible for bringing their poster to the symposium. 

You will have a maximum of 15 minutes for your presentation and up to 5 minutes for questions and answers. Organize and practice your presentation so that it fits consistently within the 20-minute allotment. The session moderator will interrupt you if you exceed your 20-minute limit. 

We require that all Oral presentations be in Microsoft PowerPoint format. Please note that your presentation will be given on our AMP PC so ensure compatibility, especially if you do your presentation on a Mac. We will load these prior to the session so please have them on a flash drive..

The suggested format is introduction, methods, results, discussion, work cited and acknowledgements. 

The oral presentation should recognize all the appropriate funders and contributors.