Poster Competition

Please see the Poster Guidelines for complete details regarding templates and poster requirements.

Contest Format

The SeDR Symposium Poster Competition will take place virtually using Microsoft Teams. Participants are required to dress professionally and use DCG video backgrounds during their presentations, including wearing their formal DCG white coats. The competition is divided into two stages:

1. Preliminary Viewing and Scoring of Video Summaries:
   Judges will be given access to the recording links for each category between April 1^st and April 14^th. A panel of three judges will review and grade each presentation according to a specific rubric before the Q&A session. Please note, participants who fail to submit their video recording by the deadline of April 1st will be disqualified.
   
   
2. One-on-One Question and Answer Session:
   On April 15th, from 12 pm to 1 pm, presenter and the category's three judges will have a “Questions & Answers” session via Microsoft Teams. Each Q&A session will last between 3 and 5 minutes. Participants will be assigned a specific time slot and will receive a calendar invite with details on when to be ready for their TEAMS meeting invitation. To ensure a smooth process, only one presenter will be allowed in the virtual room at any given time.

 

Scoring and Awards

Judges will evaluate the presentations using a specific rubric with predefined criteria. You can access these rubrics online; please click on the images provided or scan the QR code to view them.

The competition winners will be announced at the award ceremony on April 17th, marking the end of the SeDR Symposium. Monetary prizes will be awarded to the top three winners, with the amounts differing based on their placement: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

• All the participants will receive a certificate.
• Monetary awards will be given to the three highest scoring poster presentations in each of the competing groups.

Contest Format

The SRDRS Poster Competition will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams. Professional attire and video backgrounds are required for presentations. Wear your formal DCG white coats.

 

Preliminary Review & Scoring

All pre-recorded presentation summaries will be made available to a panel of three judges. At this time presentations will receive a preliminarily score. If we have not received your video summary by the April 1 deadline, you will be disqualified.

 

One-on-one question/answer

Your session with the judges will be scheduled for a one-on-one question/answer interaction format via an invited Teams meeting. Each session will be between 3 and 5 minutes.

The exact time you are requested to be standing by to be invited into the TEAMS meeting will be shared via a calendar invite.  Only one presenter will be allowed in the virtual room at a time.

 

Final Scoring

You will be judged based on predefined criteria. Please review the rubric for details.