Presentation Guidelines

Guidelines for All Presentations

  • The audience for this conference will include UNI students, faculty and staff, as well as the greater Panther community (family and friends).
     
  • First authors on projects should be undergraduate or graduate students.
     
  • Submissions open March 3-24, 2027.
     
  • For additional information, please contact helen.harton@uni.edu or windee.weiss@uni.edu.
INSPIRE Conference

Guidelines for Poster Presentations

  • Your poster should not exceed 36x48" (size of display board). For assistance with printing, please visit csbs.uni.edu/request-posters. Printing is available, free of charge, to any UNI student. NOTE: Poster printing depends on staff availability and the current volume of printing requests. It is advised to request poster printing at least three school days in advance.
     
  • Your poster presentation could include a single sheet or multiple sheets, as long as it fits within the space provided for display (36x48"). Posters should be large enough to read at a distance of 2-3 feet. They should contain graphics (e.g., pictures, graphs, tables, flowcharts) as well as enough text to put the poster in context.
     
  • When representing the University of Northern Iowa, it’s important to include the correct UNI brand elements so your work reflects our identity with pride and consistency. Before designing or submitting your poster for printing, please review the UNI brand guidelines and download the official logo to include in your design: UNI Logos. For more visual identity guidance: UNI Colors, UNI Fonts.
     
  • Check in at the registration desk upon arrival. Arrive about 5-10 minutes before your assigned time. A poster number will be given to you upon check-in so that you can identify your poster panel. 
     
  • Pushpins are required to set up the poster. Bring your own pins if you have some, but we will have some available as well.
     
  • Please be present alongside your poster during the entire presentation time to facilitate questions and discussions.
     
  • Handouts are optional.
     
  • It is the presenters' responsibility to set-up and remove the poster on time.
     
Poster Printing Request

Guidelines for Oral Presentations

  • Presentations should be about 12-13 minutes, with a few minutes left for questions from the audience. Presentations must (in total) be less than 15 minutes.
     
  • You will be assigned a room number and time for your presentation. Please make sure that you arrive about 10 minutes before the beginning of your session (not just before your talk) so that you can load your presentation (e.g., PowerPoint) on the computer and introduce yourself to the session moderator. Bring your presentation or anything you wish to project from the computer on a flash drive. The moderator will enforce the time limit, but it is also a professional courtesy to stay within the prescribed limit.
     
  • When representing the University of Northern Iowa, it’s important to include the correct UNI brand elements so your work reflects our identity with pride and consistency. Before designing or submitting your poster for printing, please review the UNI brand guidelines and download the official logo to include in your design: UNI Logos. For more visual identity guidance: UNI Colors, UNI Fonts.