Special Interest Group Exposition: Friday Night Welcoming Cocktail Party
Philadelphia Downtown Marriott Hotel
Friday, November 15, 2024 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
The Special Interest Group Exposition and Welcome Cocktail Party will take place in the Grand Ballroom E/F/G/H, level 5 of the Marriott Downtown Hotel.
SIG Poster presenters may enter the Ballroom at 6:15 PM to set up their display. Beverage service will begin at 7:00 PM.
Poster Printing
SIG Poster Guidelines
SIG Poster Formatting
Posters should be formatted as follows:
The title of a poster should be in upper- and lowercase letters. Use lowercase only for conjunctions, prepositions, and articles that are 3 letters or less (in other words, capitalize all words of 4 letters or more). Please include authors in their proper order, followed by their affiliation (please, no departments, centers or other secondary listings). When multiple authors are at the same institution, you may group them under a single affiliation.
Furthermore, please ensure that you:
- Do not use the footnote style to indicate
- Do not use all capital letters (unless there’s an acronym)
- Do not use departments in author affiliations
- Do not list authors’ degrees
Here are two examples of properly formatted posters:
Development of a Stepped-Care Cognitive-Behavioral Motivational Model for College Students With Alcohol Problems
Horacio Quiroga Anaya and Juan Jose Sanchez-Sosa, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Elena Medina-Mora, National Institute of Psychiatry, and Carlos F. Aparicio Naranjo, University of Guadalajara
Perceptions of Driving After Use of Alcohol and Marijuana in College Students
Sarah L. Pedersen, Andrea M. Lynch, and Denis M. McCarthy, University of Missouri-Columbia
Poster Submissions
The review process is determined by each Special Interest Group. Each SIG chair will select a committee which will review submissions and accept a maximum of 12 posters.
Visit our ABCT Special Interest Groups page for a listing of SIG chairs. Please contact the SIG chair for all SIG rules, and to verify their submission deadlines.
Poster Displays
Each SIG is assigned a group of tables on which to set up their posters.
Easels
ABCT will provide small easels with self-adhesive strips onto which you may mount your posters. You may bring your own easels if you prefer.
For best results when mounting on ABCT-supplied easels, you should bring posters printed or mounted on Foam Core or other lightweight, inflexible backing. Posters on regular paper will tend to curl; posters on heavy cardboard will tend to fall over.
Poster Size
The maximum size of each poster is 18 inches wide by 19 inches tall.
The easels that ABCT provides will only support posters up to this size.
Your table will not accommodate larger poster sizes. Please do not exceed the size limit, even if you bring your own easels.
Poster Orders from FedEx
There is a FedEx Office in the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown open Monday-Friday, 8:00AM – 6:00PM EST, Saturday, 10:00AM- 6:00PM PST. The office is closed on Sunday.
The preferred method of poster submission is via the PDF form, here:
Final ABCT – Poster Printing Form via email to [email protected].
Poster deadline to ensure your order will be completed in time is Monday, November 11.
Alternatively, posters can be ordered in your home city and shipped to the convention venue.
Fedex Office at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel:
1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
Telephone: (215) 923-2520
Contact
If you have any questions about styling or formatting your posters, or other Special Interest Group policies, please contact ABCT’s Membership Services Manager, Rachel Lamb ([email protected]).