Annual Poster Conference (aka Poster Day)

So tomorrow will be the first day in the Annual Poster Conference in our Little Institution. My poster was done about a month ago, which is how my Advisor likes things to be done. He just detests last minute-work and prefers things to be done way in advance to be rushed the night before. I used a design similar to last year's. I just played a bit with the colors. At first I chose green to be my theme color this year but my friends suggested that using different shades of blue would look nicer. I went with there suggestion. Advisor said he has nothing to say about design and color because he thinks he doesn't have any artistic taste whatsoever. Well, by observing what he wears at times, I think it's true, at least partially.


Posters will be presented by scientists and physicians doing basic and/or clinical research,  as well as undergrad and grad students. First day will start with a keynote lecture by Nobel Prize laureate Sir Timothy Hunt at around 9:00 am, followed by poster display from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. There will be lunch break around 1 pm. Winners will not be announced till Thursday.


Presenters were asked to put up their posters today by 3:00 pm, so that everything will be ready tomorrow morning.


This year I really think I'll have more fun than last year because I have my friends and colleagues presenting too. Last year I was all alone hanging with a bunch of professors, embarrassed but still enjoying my time, having the chance to see how scientists talk and think, telling them about my work and ideas and getting new ones from them. None of my friends had data  good enough to present last year, but now three of them have posters and are given locations very close to mine, so we'll be standing there and chatting as time passes by. Advisor's own poster is also near mine, like last year, and he asked me take care of both posters as he's too busy just to stand there the whole day.


Now I'm off to prepare my gadget for tomorrow: clothes, accessories, a good pair of comfortable yet elegant shoes (to stand in for 5 hours), and a camera. Poster Day, here I come!