Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market EXPO
Educational Poster Session
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE GREAT LAKES EXPO POSTER SESSION?
The Great Lakes EXPO poster session is part of the concurrent educational program hosted by Michigan State University Extension, the Michigan State Horticultural Society, and the Michigan Vegetable Council during the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Posters are meant to showcase current research and extension projects relevant to fruit and vegetable producers and marketers in the Great Lakes region. Posters are organized by crop and topic area and usually displayed along the Grand Concourse of the DeVos Convention Center. |
Each year the Great Lakes EXPO attracts more than 4000 growers, farm marketers, greenhouse operators, and processors of fruit and vegetable crops from the Great Lakes Region and beyond. The EXPO is expected to be held in person this year during the week of December 6, 2021, however presenters will be asked to submit a digital version of their poster(s) in case the on-going global pandemic dictates a need to switch to a virtual program.
WHAT CONTENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR EXPO POSTERS?
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING A POSTER
WHAT CONTENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR EXPO POSTERS?
- Results of extension, demonstration, and research work on fruit and vegetable pest management techniques, pest phenology, production practices, harvesting innovations, marketing tools, and packaging design.
- Summaries, from previous articles or scientific publications, transformed into posters or previously presented posters from other scientific and industry meetings (as long as they may be understood by a layperson).
- Michigan State Horticultural Society Trust Fund project reports.
- Updated or revised extension advisories.
- Institutional promotional literature.
- Please note: commercial products, advertising, and reports developed by commercial companies will NOT be allowed as a poster (that is the purpose of the exhibit hall space).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING A POSTER
- To be considered for the poster session, please click on the link below to indicate the nature of your presentation and your intention to present by Friday, November 5th. If submitting multiple posters, please fill out the form for each poster separately.
- Assuming your submission meets the guidelines above for appropriate content, you will receive an email with instructions for how to submit your digital file. ALL poster files will be due by Wednesday, December 1st.
- As in previous years, the presenting author will receive complimentary EXPO registration when their name is submitted with the list of poster presenters to the EXPO organizers. Any co-authors who also wish to attend the EXPO will need to register for the meeting using this link: https://glexpo.com/gl-expo-registration/
POSTER FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
Questions? Contact: Julianna Wilson
- The maximum width of any poster must be less than 48 inches wide when printed.
- As always, posters are meant to be a presentation of the highlights of the work or project.
- Text should be concise and written for a grower audience.
- Photos or other illustrations and summary graphs that help tell the story are strongly encouraged.
- For the digital version of the poster, before converting the file to a PDF:
- For all images and graphics, please use the "Alt Text" function to describe what a person who is visually impaired is meant to be seeing.
- Use the "Selection Pane" to put different elements of the poster in the order in which you would want someone to view and read them.
- Each poster will be assigned half of one side of a free-standing poster board. Check in at the speaker registration to look up your board assignment, and to pick up push pins (if needed) and your registration badge.
- Posters can be affixed to boards using velcro (not provided) or push pins (provided at speaker registration).
- Posters may be installed as early as Tuesday morning when the registration desk opens, but MUST BE INSTALLED by NOON on Tuesday and left up until NOON on Thursday.
- Posters may be removed by the presenting author or by someone with whom they have made arrangements between 12-2pm on Thursday. After 2pm, all remaining posters will be returned to campus. An email will go out to presenters with details on where and when posters will be available for pick up after the event.
- Optional:
- Presenters are welcome to leave 8.5x11 inch prints of the poster, other related print materials, or their contact info (if not provided on the poster itself), but these should be contained in a folder attached to the poster board under the relevant poster.
- Presenters are also welcome to stand by their poster during the hour right before or after the afternoon education sessions on Tuesday or Wednesday (i.e. 1-2pm or 4-5pm) - if you plan to do this and you want attendees to know, leave a note about when you will be there pinned to your poster.
- Presenters are welcome to leave 8.5x11 inch prints of the poster, other related print materials, or their contact info (if not provided on the poster itself), but these should be contained in a folder attached to the poster board under the relevant poster.
Questions? Contact: Julianna Wilson