There's no getting around the fact that as primates, we are exquisitely visual creatures. Which makes the use of scientific posters to convey our data and findings all the more important. As I mentioned previously, there are some 1230 scientific posters here at the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. Last night was the opening reception for poster sessions where I got to do a two-hour meet and greet for CORAL's poster submission. But as soon as my poster duties were finished, I grabbed a beer (okay, two!) and made my way through the galleries. After a long day of presenting and attending great sessions, it wasn't long before mental fatigue set-in. There's a lot to absorb here and it will take the entire week to do all these posters justice, but I thought I'd share some of the posters that at least caught my eye on a first pass. Some are an overkill of words. Others let the data do the talking. And then some are just simply beautiful works of art, in my opinion. Here's just a smattering.
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I really wish there was a visual communications for science course taught at the undergrad or early grad level. At BEM and SFA conferences there was a similar assortment running the spectrum of presentation quality, both visual and scientific. They all had great stuff to present, but...
The ones that combine them both well are the ones that really make an impact.
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