Scientific Presentations: Talks and Posters

In the Scientific Presentations: Talks and Posters Workshop, you will learn general skills to give excellent scientific presentations, for seminars, conferences, or a thesis defense.

We will discuss general rules for effective scientific communication with a special focus on oral and poster presentation skills. You will learn how to build appealing stories from your scientific results using structured storytelling and pitching techniques. In partner activities you will train talking freely and without technical help about arbitrary scientific topics. In breakout sessions you will further practice presenting your results in short poster presentations. Using the power of structured peer-to-peer you will optimize your presentations further.

The specific topics and learning objectives of the workshop are:

• Understand and apply fundamental laws of effective professional scientific communication, with a spotlight on oral presentation skills.
• Learn to create compelling narratives from scientific results using structured storytelling and pitching techniques.
• Learn how to use body language and voice effectively.
• Understand how to design appealing scientific posters.
• Hands-on practice of short poster presentations in breakout sessions.
• Utilize structured feedback to refine your presentations.