Poster Sessions

Submit your Poster:

1. Register for the meeting at the special poster registration rate
2. Submit your abstract online by Jan. 31, 2020         
3. (Optional) Send your submission confirmation to a competition or other poster session organizer 
4. (Optional) Upload a PDF of your poster before the meeting for the best exposure for your research   

New Sponsored Poster Competitions

The Annual Meeting will feature new organization-sponsored poster competitions offering cash prizes to winners. Both students and non-students (faculty and/or professionals) are eligible for different competitions with awards up to $500. For eligibility requirements, award categories, and judging criteria check out the competitions in the session gallery:

• Avenza Competition for Cartographic Design
• Cultural Geography Specialty Group Poster Session Competition: Methods, Objects, Meanings, Publics - Sponsored by Routledge
• Eurasian Environments Poster Competition - Sponsored by Routledge
• Geography Education Poster Competition: Making Connections to The Community - Sponsored by Routledge
• Geospatial Research Using UAS - Pix4D Poster Competition
• Innovative Applications of Esri GIS Technology Poster Competition
• Poster Competition for Geography, GIScience and Health: Spatial Aspects of Cancer, NCDs and Health Behavior
• Urban Geography Specialty Group Poster Competition - Sponsored by Routledge

A poster session may be the right fit for you if:

• Your research is visually interesting and lends itself well to being presented through maps, pictures, and graphics
• You need extra time to prepare an abstract, beyond the paper deadline. The poster abstract submission deadline is January 31, 2020.
• You want to present in a casual, conversational venue with one-on-one interactions
• You want to make new connections and network with fellow attendees
• You want your presentation to be searchable in the Abstract Gallery after the meeting has finished
• You are new to the Annual Meeting, or a student presenter
• Your research is a work in progress
• You want to save money on registration fees 

To facilitate planning for poster presenters, the AAG has partnered with two companies to provide discounted rates for both paper and fabric poster printing. 

Instructions for Poster Presenters

Graphic materials will be displayed on a 4' x 8' poster board supplied by the AAG. Since a poster format is best when your material can easily be communicated visually, text should be limited to brief statements.

• Each presentation should make a unified, coherent statement 
• Materials, both textual and visual, should be of professional quality and be clearly legible from a distance of four feet (4')
• 4' x 8' poster board (landscape-oriented only)
• Abstracts for each presenter are required and are presented during session 

To upload your poster:

1. Please make sure you’ve saved your poster as a PDF
2. Navigate to your Submission Portal at https://aag.secure-abstracts.com/am2020
3. Login with your username and password and you should see your poster
4. Posters can also be viewed in the Mobile App
5. Click upload presentation on the right side
6. Click Upload a New Presentation at the top
7. Read the alert and Proceed
8. Select the file you wish to submit and your upload will be complete
9. You may delete, download or replace your poster at any time
10. See you at the Annual Meeting!

For more information about uploading a poster, see our instructional video.