Presentation Details:
All late-breaking abstracts are scheduled as oral presentations. Along with the scientific abstracts scheduled as oral presentations, each oral presentation is scheduled for 15 minutes. This time should be allocated to 12 minutes for the presentation, followed by 3 minutes for questions, discussion, and speaker transition. Presentations must be developed using PowerPoint, and a widescreen (16:9) slide size is preferred. All presentations must be uploaded at the conference at least one day before you are scheduled to present. Presentation uploads are scheduled at the following times: Monday, June 2 from 4 pm to 8 pm; Tuesday, June 3 from 9 am to noon and 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm; or Wednesday, June 4 from 7 to 8 am. Posters must be able to fit on a 4-foot by 4-foot space and can be oriented to the author’s preference. Authors must be present at their poster during their assigned poster session on either June 3 (6:30 pm – 7:30 pm) or June 5 (8:30 am – 9:30 am). Additional information will be available during on-site meeting registration in Colorado.
For Student Presenters:
A recording of Dr. Lori Warren’s, University of Florida, recent presentation on preparing oral presentations for conferences is posted on the ESS website under “Upcoming Events”. Additionally, Dr. Robert Jacobs, Zinpro, will share his recommendations for preparing a poster presentation for conferences on April 17. Information about joining this Zoom meeting is posted on the ESS website. While not all presentations are in the student competition, guidelines and rubrics for both oral and poster presentations are included below and are a useful guide for all presenters.
Graduate and Undergraduate Student Competition:
The ESS Symposium offers competition sections for graduate and undergraduate student abstracts. Students participating in the competition, who are members of ESS, will receive a reduced meeting registration fee. Competition abstracts should be prepared and submitted similar to regular section abstracts, as described in these instructions. Abstracts to be considered for graduate or undergraduate student competition must be identified when submitted by marking the appropriate box within the online submission form. There will be seven graduate student oral competition divisions. Only one competition abstract is permitted per student, but students are welcome to submit additional abstracts to non-competition sections. Additional abstracts authored by the same student in the same program section must be presented in the general (non-competition) oral or poster sessions. The undergraduate student competition is held as either an oral or poster competition; undergraduate students must select one presentation types (oral or poster). However, authors of undergraduate competition abstracts must select an appropriate program section (e.g., Nutrition, Genetics, etc.) when submitting abstracts to ensure they are reviewed by the appropriate section committee. Competition will not take place for any division with fewer than three abstracts. Additional guidelines for graduate and undergraduate students including the ESS Symposium Student Oral Presentation Competition Rubric and ESS Symposium Undergraduate Student Poster Competition Rubric.