Poster Session and Preparation Guidelines

Structure and Design

• Poster boards are 45 inches high and 91 inches wide.
• Lettering used on posters needs to be large enough to be visible from a minimum distance of six (6) feet. Please use a 30-point font or larger.
• Choose a typeface that is simple and bold enough to be legible.
• A style using bullets tends to be the most effective format.  Avoid lengthy paragraphs and excessively complex tables.
• Graphs and photos also need to be large enough to be seen clearly at six (6) feet.
• Listed below are color combinations that provide the greatest amount of contrast:
  Blue on white
  Black on white
  White on black
  White on blue

• The poster display should specify the abstract’s:
  Hypothesis or objective
  Methods
  Results
  Conclusions
  Any financial disclosures by the presenting author.
• Use brief headings that organize and logically display data.
• For the Heart Rhythm Annual Scientific Sessions, the Heart Rhythm Society provides all poster presenters with pushpins when they arrive at the Poster Check In Desk.  If your display will be too heavy to hang up with pushpins, please provide necessary materials.

• You are responsible for setting up, dismantling and removing your poster and materials.  Posters must be removed immediately after the session ending time.  You CANNOT remove your poster before the session ends.  Please see the table below for setup and teardown times.
• You are required to be available for questions and answers at the assigned time.