Postgraduate Poster Competition

Durham Energy Institute would like to invite postgraduate students who are studying in the broad field of ‘Energy’ to take part in our ‘Energy Day’ at The Radisson Blu hotel in Durham City on the 9^th of November 2023.

We are offering a poster competition that will run throughout the day to anyone who is undertaking energy related research at postgraduate level across the three Faculties of the University.  Prizes are 1^st £200, 2^nd £100 and 3^rd £50.

The poster competition will be judged by Professor Colin Bain, Pro Vice Chancellor for Research over the lunchbreak and students will be expected to be in the room at the time should Prof Bain have any questions.

The Energy Day will begin on the 9^th of November from 10.00am, followed by two panel sessions, a book launch and our ‘Ask an Expert’ session. The event will end with a drinks reception at the Radisson for all attendees and presenters.   We are delighted that several members of our Advisory Board will be in attendance and this will be a perfect opportunity to discuss research and network with them.

The deadline for poster submissions is noon on the 1^st of November in order to organise the batch printing of the posters.  Please email the pdf of your poster to dei.events@durham.ac.uk with 'Poster Competition' as the email subject.

Please follow the guidelines below for poster presentations:

• The maximum display area for each poster is A0 (84.1 x 118.9cm), A1 (59.4cm x 84.1cm) is also acceptable. Please use Portrait Orientation in your Page Setup menu. NOTE: wider posters cannot be accommodated.
• Your poster should present a clear, precise, visual description of your research.
• Your poster should communicate two to three major ideas, please avoid long columns of print, and remember that each reader will have other posters to view.
• Please include the names and institutional affiliations of all your collaborators / supervisors
• Please include if possible a photograph of the presenting author on the poster to help other the judge and guests identify you during the poster sessions.

Posters will be printed by Durham Energy Institute and will be displayed using nylon hook pads (e.g. Velcro).  Students will be welcome to take their posters away at the end of the day.

We look forward to receiving your application to display and seeing you there.