CUNY students, recent grads, and postdocs are invited to join us for an interdisciplinary Twitter poster session on June 23, 2020 using the hashtag #CUNYconverge.

To be eligible for a prize, CUNY participants must:

• Register to participate by Friday, June 19, 2020
• Tweet their poster between Monday, June 22, 2020 at 8 am and June 23, 2020 at 10:00 am. Judges will review and comment on posters until June 23 at 6 pm.
• Tag @asrc_gc, have the #CUNYconverge hashtag, plus one of the following category hashtags:
  • #general: posters describing projects that are not related to the other impact areas below
  • #energy: posters that describing projects related to making energy more sustainable
  • #urbanenviro: posters describing projects related to the urban environment (this includes natural, built, and social environments)
  • #hackingbio: posters describing projects that leverage the tools of biology for new applications that could advance health

Only CUNY students, recent grads, and postdocs are eligible for poster prizes. Please see below for additional guidelines, judging criteria, and helpful resources.

Two CUNY winners will be selected per category and will receive an iPad, courtesy of the generous support of our corporate sponsors and a CUNY Interdisciplinary Climate Crisis Conference Grant.

Winners will be announced via Twitter and email on June 24, 2020.

Additional Information for Poster Session Participants

Event Guidelines

• Tweet your poster between Monday, June 22, 2020 at 8 am and June 23, 2020 at 10:00 am. Judges will review and comment on posters until June 23 at 6 pm.
• Tag @asrc_gc, have the #CUNYconverge hashtag, plus one of the following category hashtags:
  • #general: posters describing projects that are not related to the other impact areas below
  • #energy: posters that describing projects related to making energy more sustainable
  • #urbanenviro: posters describing projects related to the urban environment (this includes natural, built, and social environments)
  • #hackingbio: posters describing projects that leverage the tools of biology for new applications that could advance health
• Only tweet your poster once and from one Twitter account.
• Set Twitter profile to public for the duration of the poster session event
• Pin your poster tweet so your poster is easy to find
• After tweeting your official poster, comment on the poster thread and introduce yourself! Feel free to add supporting poster information to the thread as well
• Judging will be conducted through the comment thread on your poster by our event judges.
• Please block and report spurious comments on your poster

Judging Criteria

Please keep in mind that this is an interdisciplinary poster session. The judges and others viewing your poster may not have the same academic background as you.

1. Research Originality
2. Potential Impact
3. Comprehensiveness
4. Informative
5. Self-Explanatory/Clarity
6. Poster Design

Poster Guidelines

1. Your poster must be uploaded as an image. JPEG, PNG and GIF are compatible with Twitter.
2. We strongly encourage you to make an image specifically for Twitter. One option is to save a PowerPoint slide as one of the image files above.
3. Maximum image size 5 MB.
4. Please be mindful of appropriate permissions while presenting copyright images.
5. Please be mindful of prospective journal policies before presenting unpublished data. Responsibility for the data rests on the presenter.

Rules of Conduct

1. Organizers will not tolerate inappropriate behavior and online harassment of any kind.
2. Comments that demean another person due to his or her gender, gender identity or expression, race, religion, ethnicity, age or disability will not be tolerated.
3. Review of such allegations will be conducted on a case by case basis. Perpetrators can face temporary/permanent ban from the poster session and subsequent ASRC events. Their Twitter/Zoom accounts will also be blocked/reported.
4. Organizers always expect the participants to abide by this code during the symposium and Twitter poster event. Failure in doing so shall result in a void registration and additional appropriate action.
5. Virtual Poster Resources

Below are helpful resources compiled by the ASRC Nanoscience Initiative for the Systems Chemistry Symposium 2020, which are broadly relevant for Twitter-based poster sessions.

1. Quick guide to creating a Twitter account.
2. Quick guide to attending a poster event on Twitter.
3. Blog by Stuart Cantrill on tips for twitter.
4. Check out Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2020 Twitter poster winners (reproduced with permission from @Roysocchem). RSC has conducted a Twitter based poster event every year since 2015 (#RSCposter).
5. Want to create an animated poster? Quick guide to creating GIFs.
6. Online events always have a threat of spam – here is quick guide to navigating spam.

FAQ

• Can CUNY faculty and staff participate in the Twitter poster session?
  • Yes, CUNY faculty and staff may share their poster using the hashtags provided and tagging @asrc_gc, but do NOT need to register. Only CUNY students, recent grads, and postdocs are eligible for poster prizes.
• When will the posters be judged?

• • Judges will review and comment on posters beginning June 22, 2020 at 8:00 am until June 23 at 6 pm.
  • Please ensure that your poster is available for the entirety of the poster session. Do not delete and repost your posters during this time period.

• What if we interact with participants/judges outside of Twitter? Would that count towards the judging?
  • Interactions with judges outside Twitter will not count towards the judging.
• Will we be giving oral poster “presentations,” or will our poster only be judged virtually?
  • Interactions and conversations will take place via comments, likes and retweets on Twitter. There will be no traditional oral component to the poster presentation.
• How will I answer judges’ questions?
  • Feel free to answer questions in your own time; you do not need to respond immediately. Do ensure, however, that you try to address all questions before the conclusion of the poster session.
• What is the registration deadline?
  • The registration deadline has been extended to Friday, June 19th, 11:59 pm EDT.
• What if I want to present a poster, but I forgot to include this information on the initial registration form?
  • Please register here using the Poster Registration Form.
• How do I obtain copyright permission from a journal?
  • Most journals have links on their webpage to facilitate this process. Go to the paper from which you would like to use an image, and follow the instructions on the webpage to obtain copyright permission. If you are the original author, you can modify your own figures without obtaining copyright permissions. Please acknowledge the original source in your figure caption.