Poster Presentations: ​
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To register as a poster presenter, please fill out the registration form in the registration section, once it becomes available to public access.
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Registration involves making a $10.00 CAD (plus applicable fees) payment and submitting an abstract for your poster (300 words or less).
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Students will prepare and present a poster that summarizes the neuroscience research they were involved in. Poster presentations will be evaluated by multiple judges during one of two presentation periods. Evaluation criteria include: the quality of the content, poster visualization, and presentation of the poster's content.
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All abstracts submitted for poster presentations are accepted provided that the research to be presented relates to one of the Research Areas in neuroscience.
Poster Requirements:
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Posters for the virtual conference are required to be presented on goolge slides Posters will be shared within a virtual booth during one of two scheduled presentation sessions. Presenters must be available in their virtual poster booth during their assigned time slot. Your poster should contain the following features:
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Introduction
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Materials and Methods
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Results
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Conclusion
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References
Oral Presentations Information ​
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To register as an oral presenter, please fill out the registration form in the registration section, once it becomes available to public access.
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Registration involves making a $10.00 CAD (plus applicable fees) payment and submitting an abstract for your oral presentation (300 words or less).
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Students will prepare a TEDx-style presentation summarizing the key points of the neuroscience research that they were involved in. The foremost purpose of the oral presentations is to provide an entertaining account of discoveries in neuroscience. Presentations will be strictly 7 minutes in length, and are followed by a brief question period.
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Students who wish to be oral presenters must submit an abstract of their research in the application. In addition to the abstract, the submission of a video is strongly encouraged, but not required. The video does not have to be on the same topic they wish to present at the conference, but rather is intended as a demonstration of your presentation skills. If you choose to submit a video, please upload your file onto YouTube and provide us with the link in the application below. Successful applicants will be contacted via email with the link to an Eventbrite page where the purchase of a presenter ticket can be made.
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All selected oral presenters will be contacted and provided with guidelines for their presentation. If you are not selected as an oral presenter, you will automatically be registered as a poster presenter, should you still wish to present your research at the conference.
Honorariums:​
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Honorariums will be awarded for the most outstanding poster presentations, as determined by a panel of graduate student judges and affiliate journal representatives.
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Additionally, one honorarium will be awarded for the most outstanding oral presentation, as determined by a panel of graduate student judges and affiliate journal representatives.
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Multiple abstract publications in the McMaster Meducator, as well as McMaster Psynapse journals will be awarded to outstanding presentations, as determined by a panel of McMaster affiliate journal representatives. These journals focus on creating a literary community to ultimately enable meaningful academic discussions.
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Conference Registration
Presenter Registration:
To register for the 2024 NeuroXChange Conference
as either a:
poster presenter or oral presenter;
please click the following:
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Attendee Registration:
To register for the 2024 NeuroXChange
Conference as an:
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attendee;
please click the following:
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