Thank you for your participation in this year's Annual Conference. The following information is intended to aid poster and platform presenters at the 2024 NSGC Annual Conference. Please check back to this page for updates and additional information.
Platform Presenters
ABSTRACT/PLATFORM SCHEDULE
View the presenter schedule for platform presentations here. Platform presentations are to be 15 minutes in length, including time for questions if delivered in-person.
Due September 10. NSGC will upload any handouts/slides that are submitted by the deadline of September 10 to our virtual platform/app. It is unlikely that any handouts submitted after September 10 will be posted.
Handout Submission Specifications
·All handouts should be saved and submitted as a PDF or Word format
·Title your handout using your session number and last name (B03_LastName).
·Upload via email to speakers@nsgc.org
If you’d like to use an NSGC PowerPoint template, you can download the NSGC Annual Conference template by clicking here.
Poster Authors
We are looking forward to your participation in the upcoming NSGC 43rd Annual Conference!
Location and Presentation Times
The Annual Conference will take place Tuesday, September 17 through Saturday, September 21, 2024 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130. Poster presentations will be divided into two different sessions, with odd numbered posters presenting on Wednesday, September 18 and even numbered posters presenting on Thursday, September 19. Presenters are expected to be physically present at their poster during the full duration of your designated session.
Discounted Printing
FedEx is offering the option to submit your poster to be printed at a discounted rate and picked up on site. You can learn more about this option here: https://docstore.fedex.com/hco2153
Poster Specs and Appearance
- All posters must be able to fit in an area of 4 feet x 4 feet. For the best fit for all posters, we are requesting your poster is no larger than 45 inches x 45 inches. You will be sharing a board with another poster, so we kindly ask for you to follow these dimensions, of most importance a width of no more than 48 inches (4 feet) as this will prevent posters from overlapping.
Some additional tips:
- The poster should be self-explanatory enough to allow viewing even when you are not present.
- It may be a good idea to bring about 50 copies (black and white is fine) of a letter-paper size version of your poster that you can pin to your poster board so that people can take a copy of your poster away with them. NSGC cannot print these for you on-site, so we would recommend bringing them or finding other printing accommodations in Chicago.
- Bring business cards for people who might be interested in contacting you about your poster.
- You can direct people to your virtual poster where they can contact you for additional information as well.
Virtual Posters
- In addition to in-person posters, NSGC will be offering virtual posters this year as well.
- You will receive an email with complete virtual poster submission instructions from support@scigentech.com this week.
- The virtual poster submission deadline will be September 4.
Creation of your ePoster
These instructions are written for PowerPoint, but are applicable to any other software you may wish to use.
- ePoster dimensions: for optimal display results, we recommend 140 cm (55 in) width x 70 cm (27.5 in) height, in landscape orientation. Nevertheless, please feel free to submit your ePoster in the dimensions of your preference.
- Number of pages (slides): one (1).
- Make sure your text and background have a large contrast (dark lettering on a light background or the reverse).
- For embedded images prefer .jpeg or .png file formats in a resolution of 72 or 96 dpi.
- Do not use animated effects, “animations” and videos.
- Before submitting, save your poster as a PDF file. All recent versions of PowerPoint and most other software applications allow you to save your poster as a PDF file from the "File > Save as" menu or through the "File > Print > as .PDF" option. If you are unsure of how to save your poster as a PDF file you can find more information and tutorials on our Support Center at support.scigentech.com.
- If you’d like to use an NSGC PowerPoint template as your base for your poster, you can download the NSGC Annual Conference template by clicking here. Please make sure you set the dimensions correctly, before saving it as a PDF and submitting it.
In addition, we are providing the opportunity for you to actually “present” your work to attendees by uploading a video file to your poster. We request that all poster presenters upload a video or a video file, approximately 3 minutes in length that provides an overview of your poster.
Registration
All poster presenters are to be registered for the annual conference to present their poster. If you have not already registered, you can find information for how to do this here: https://www.nsgc.org/Education-and-Events/Annual-Conference/Registration
Past Annual Conference Abstracts
View 2022 Abstracts
View 2021 Abstracts
View 2020 Abstracts
View 2019 Abstracts
View 2018 Abstracts
2017 and prior: Available through the Journal of Genetic Counseling
Note: Beginning with the 2018 Annual Conference abstracts, the accepted abstracts will be posted to the NSGC website and will no longer be published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling. This venue change offers the following benefits:
- Increased accessibility to accepted abstracts by non-NSGC members. Anyone with internet access will be able to view abstracts on the NSGC website.
- Increased ease of navigation for locating abstracts. You will no longer need to search through one long continuous document for abstracts of interest.
- Increased flexibility for Abstract Committee to modify abstract size requirements
- Increased space in the Journal of Genetic Counseling to allow more peer-reviewed research to be published.
- Continued ability to cite conference abstracts. Suggested style for citing abstracts will be provided on the NSGC website.
How to Cite Abstracts
Abstracts selected for presentation at the NSGC Annual Conference are available online here and on the Past Conference webpage. To cite an abstract from 2018 and beyond, use the URL for the meeting in which the abstract was presented. The following is a suggested example style for citing abstracts from the NSGC Annual Conference.
Author Name 1, Author Name 2, Abstract Title; (Poster or Session #). Presented at the xxth NSGC Annual Conference, Date, Location (example: November 14, 2018, Atlanta, GA).
Frequently Asked Questions
If an author on the abstract has since changed affiliations, do I include the author's current affi liation or affiliation at the time the abstract was written?
Please use the author affiliation that was relevant when the abstract was written/submitted.
Can more than one person present this Poster/Platform Presentation?
Due to space, logistics and the limited time available, we ask that only one author present each abstract.
If I cannot attend the Annual Conference, can someone present on my behalf?
If you are unable to attend the conference, ONLY another author on the abstract may present in your place. To withdraw your abstract, please email speakers@nsgc.org.
Can I edit my abstract after the submission deadline?
If accepted, your abstract will be printed as it was received during the Call for Abstracts. No changes are permitted.
Can I defer my abstract to next year?
We are unable to allow authors to defer their presentations to the following year. We encourage authors to submit an abstract on a different aspect of the abstract topic in any following years.
I've submitted an abstract to NSGC as well as an abstract/manuscript for publication to another organization/journal, but I have not heard back yet if myabstract/manuscript has been selected. Do I need to withdraw my abstract from NSGC?
The work should not have been previously published as a manuscript or accepted for presentation at another national conference at the time of submission to the NSGCAnnual Conference.
I submitted an abstract, but I am no longer able to attend NSGC's conference. Can I present without being registered for meeting?
We are unable to allow authors to defer their presentations to the following year. If you are unable to attend the conference, another author on the abstract may present in your place, if they are registered for the conference. If no author is registered for the conference, you can withdraw your abstract by contacting speakers@nsgc.org.