Guidelines for poster presentation

Review outcome options

An e-mail has been sent with the outcome of the review. The possible outcomes are the following: 
  Outcome A Outcome B Outcome C
In-person presentation by means of a paper poster in Amsterdam    
Presentation by means of an electronic poster incl. narration and/or video online
Publication of the abstract n the digital Congress supplement ot the open access ECNP journal Neuroscience Applied  

Guidelines

See details below based on the outcome of the review.

Creating a Poster or ePoster (Outcome A, B and C)

The Golden Rule: The scientific content of your poster is the most important determinant of its success, but an effective presentation of your data can significantly enhance the impact of your study!  

Your poster needs to tell a story by itself as you will not be present at your poster or available for a chat with online participants the entire congress. Participants might visit the poster area at other times or browse through the ePosters. The most effective poster is a concise one, i.e. include only essential data and text. Do not duplicate your abstract on the poster but do display your conclusions clearly.

Design
A poster is basically a visual expression of a scientific idea. Posters and/or ePosters should have eye-catching yet simple drawings, diagrams, graphs and/or photographs with a clean and attractive layout. 

✓ Each (e)poster must have a top banner indicating poster number, the title of the abstract, the names of the authors and their affiliations. 
✓ All posters must be written entirely in English. 
✓ All Posters (A0) and ePosters (A4) must be created in portrait (one page only) and uploaded in PDF. 
✓ No hyperlinks, animated images, animations or slide transitions. 
✓ If you want to use ECNP Congress branding materials, please refer to the promotional kit

Disclosure
ECNP requests poster presenters to disclose potential conflicts of interest regarding their current poster presentation at the bottom of their poster. This disclosure will allow the audience to take potential conflicts of interest into account when assessing the objectivity of the presentation. Potential conflicts of interest can involve grants, honoraria, shares, paid positions on advisory boards, etc. Please note that if you do not have a conflict of interest, you should also explicitly mention this on your poster.

Poster number
It is mandatory to put your poster number on the poster. The participants can find your poster using the poster numbers. Please note that this is not your abstract number but your poster number (PS00-0000) or your e-poster number (EP00-0000).

In-person presentation by means of a paper poster in Amsterdam (Outcome A)

In the e-mail, you can find the date on which your poster presentation is scheduled. The posters can be viewed the whole day, but there is a special poster session scheduled during which you are requested to join your poster.  

You can create your poster as a PORTRAIT A0 PDF.  

A close-up of a paper

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  • Print file: PDF
  • Size: A0
  • Colour: CMYK
  • Resolution min. 150 dpi
  • Make sure, the logos and pictures you use are pdf / eps / tif or jpg in good quality. Do not use pngs from the internet (websites or e-mail signatures)!
  • Self-control: open the pdf-reader and zoom to 150 % to check the quality

Please save it with the following name: lastname_posternumber_A0.pdf and upload this via a link that will be provided.

The deadline to upload is 5 September. 

This pdf of the poster will be used for the poster onsite, which ECNP will print and hang up on the assigned day.  

Apart from the designated poster session where you will present your paper poster, you are free to meet other participants and present your poster at a self-chosen time. 

Presentation by means of an electronic poster online (Outcome A, B and C)

All posters accepted for presentation will be available on the congress platform during the congress till mid-December 2025.

You can create your ePoster as a PORTRAIT A4 PDF.  

A white paper with black text

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Please save it with the following name: lastname_posternumber_A4.pdf and upload this via a link that will be provided.

The deadline to upload is 5 September.  

Audio (Outcome A, B and C)

You can accompany your ePoster with an audio recording of you presenting the poster. 

  • The audio recording should be maximum 3 minutes
  • It has to be a .wav file
  • You can use the ECNP recording tool by taking the following steps: 
    - Put type of document to audio file
    - Press add your file
    - The tool will automatically open
    - Press record 
    - The file will save as .wav in your downloads folder
    - Click on that file to upload
Video (Outcome A, B and C)

This year you are also able to upload a 3-minute pitch video of your presentation with you ePoster.  

  • The presentation should be between 2 and 3 minutes
  • Filming in landscape is more friendly to watch on the platform 
  • The presentation should contain both audio and video
  • Be creative! It’s just not about what you present, but also on how you present it. You can get creative in how you would like to present your research; you don't necessarily need to stick to using PowerPoint slides 
  • Think about introducing yourself and to make sure that you are in the video at least once as the presenter 
  • MP4 file  
  • Please use the following file name: Pxxxx (poster number) - First name Last name 

Please find below two examples of good videos from ECNP Workshop 2022 participants:

Publication in the journal (Outcome A and B)

Abstracts accepted for publication will be published after the congress in an online congress supplement to the open access ECNP journal Neuroscience Applied only if the presenting author attends the congress. Badge pick-up and online participation will be checked.

Presenting authors (Outcome A, B and C)

All abstracts presented will be made available on the congress website, in the congress platform and in the congress app.
Your personal profile is connected to the abstract in the online programme, the app and on the online platform. Please make sure to update your profile in MyECNP portal: your photo and biography will be shown.