Best Student Poster Competition (Updated as of 17 Apr 2024)

Encouraging young students has always been an important mission of AOGS. The Best Student Poster Competition (BSPC) is a means for students to highlight their achievements and demonstrate their ability in scientific presentations. Award criteria are below. Please also take note of the rules and requirements to follow.

Criteria & Award
  1. One award minimum per Section, and 1 additional award for every 20 student posters.
  2. Only the presenting/first student author may be given the award
  3. The presenting student author must be present throughout the Section’s Poster Presentation Session
  4. Poster Presentations will be evaluated based on:
    1. Scientific quality and novelty
    2. Poster design
    3. Ability of student presenter to answer question
    4. Awards will be presented at the Closing Ceremony (last day of conference) and each winner will receive:
      • A Certificate signed by AOGS President and Section President
      • Complimentary Registration for the next AOGS Annual Meeting
Rules and Requirements
1. Eligibility
Only full-time individual students are eligible (Postdocs are not eligible).
2. Competition Rules
  1. If an abstract is selected for an oral presentation, the author must choose between accepting the oral presentation and participating in the poster competition.

  2. Only one poster (abstract) per student can be entered into the competition.

  3. The student must be the first author of the abstract, the major contributor to the material presented, and the person presenting the poster.

  4. The majority of material should not have been previously presented in another session at the meeting.

  5. The presenting/first student author must be present throughout the allocated session. A digital poster (as in the following presenter guide) must also be submitted.

  6. Only the presenting/first student author may be given the Award
3. Poster Sessions
Tue-25 Jun AM Wed-26 Jun AM Thu-27 Jun AM
AS1, BG AS2 AS3
07:30 to 08:30: Authors Put Up Posters
08:30 to 12:30: Poster Session
12:30 to 13:00: Authors Remove Posters
Tue-25 Jun PM Wed-26 Jun PM Thu-27 Jun PM
IG, HS PS, ST SE, OS
13:30 to 14:00: Authors Put Up Posters
14:00 to 18:00: Poster Session
18:00 to 18:30: Authors Remove Posters

4. BSPC Presenter Guide
Click Here