Thank you to all those who submitted an abstract to the 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND. All poster authors will be emailed information about their poster, including the session they will be presenting and the assigned poster reference. The poster reference will be used to help people navigate the poster hall. Please note this poster reference is different to the paper number that was assigned to your abstract during the submission process.
If you have been allocated an poster or WIP/CP poster presentation please make sure you have registered for the Symposium. If you are presenting at the Symposium you must register to attend in-person. If you have not registered yet please do as soon as possible.
Poster Sessions
All posters should be on display for all poster sessions. Presenters are requested to leave their posters up as long as possible to allow delegates time to read the posters outside the timetabled sessions.
There will be three poster sessions, all held in Poster Hall at the Palais de Congres Montreal.
- Poster Session A will be held on Friday 6 December at 17:30-19:00
- Poster Session B will be held on Saturday 7 December at 17:30-19:00
- Poster Session C will be held on Sunday 8 December at 08:30-10:00
Presenters are requested to be available by their posters to discuss their work, particularly during their allocated timeslots. Your place among the poster boards will be indicated by the poster reference listed in your title and also available in the programme. This information will be available as we approach the Symposium.
Poster Dimensions
In the poster hall, poster boards will be provided. The poster board surface area is 160 cm (height) x 120 cm (width). We recommend size A0 for all posters (841 x 1189mm; size E by American National Standards Institute) in a portrait orientation.
This year you will be able to mount your poster using pins which will be available.
Submitting your PDF Poster
The 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND will be held as a hybrid event, therefore we ask all in-person poster presenters to submit a PDF version of their posters to our virtual poster hall by 18 November. The virtual poster hall (with your poster PDF and abstract) will be available for the duration of the event and up to 3 months after the event for registered delegates to view. There will be no dedicated poster session, but virtual delegates will be able to leave questions and comments for author(s) to come back to during or after the event.
Please submit your PDF poster below by 18 November and ensure the file size is no larger than 5MB.
Information and 'tips and tricks' for making poster presentations can be found in our Poster Submission Guidelines below along with our submission portal.
If you do not upload your poster PDF by this deadline, the abstract will be removed from the virtual poster hall. By submitting your poster PDF, you confirm that you are giving permission for the MND Association to share your materials at the Symposium and agree that it can be used as part of the 'catch up' material for up to 3 months after the event as well as being shared across the Associations digital channels.
FAQs
An email will be sent in the coming weeks leading up to the Symposium with the complete details needed for poster presenters. This will include the poster session, presentation timings and the poster reference number to allow you to find your allocated position within the poster hall.
Please email abstracts@mndassociation.org with the name of the current presenter, name and email address of the new presenter and the abstract reference number or title. Please note that any presenting authors will need to register to attend the Symposium in-person.
Please check if a co-author of your abstract is able to attend the Symposium in-person on your behalf. If you are unable to change presenting author, your abstract will have to be withdrawn from the in-person and virtual event. As it is past the withdrawal deadline, your abstract will still be published in the abstract book.
No, we do not offer any printing services or transportation of posters. Poster presenters are required to bring their printed physical posters with them to the Symposium to be put up in the poster hall. Additionally all tubing or storage cases will need to be taken with you after setting up, you are not permitted to leave your case with your poster due to heath and safety.
If your poster or presentation contains sensitive data which you do not want people to be sharing outside of the Symposium, please add this 'do not distribute' image to your poster presentation at a reasonable size. This will notify both in-person and virtual attendees to not photograph your poster. There will be printed copies of this image onsite if needed.