We are glad to introduce a poster session at EuroPython for the first time, to provide an alternative and innovative way to discuss and share your experiences with other people.
It is an innovative way to present your projects and your know-how at a conference just like you were chatting with a group of people, without having to prepare a full talk with slides and everything.
What you need to prepare is a poster that explains your project: the poster will be printed in a large format and will be exhibited in a special room during EuroPython. People will wander through the poster room whenever they feel like it, and get acquainted with the projects.
The schedule will then include a specific poster session, where poster authors will be available next to their posters to discuss details with interested parties. It is a free face to face discussion, just like a normal Q&A chat you can do with someone at the event. You don't need to be a good public speaker; in fact, you just need to chat with people interested in your projects, and use the poster as a way to better explain it graphically.
An example of poster session at a conference
That's up to you. A poster is well-suited if you don't feel to have enough material for a full blown talk. Maybe you just want to describe an idea of yours, or a project you are working on, but preparing a 30 minutes talk seems overwhelming. Maybe you just don't like speaking in public. If this is the case, just prepare a poster!
Posters will go through the standard call for proposal submission process. Technical details on poster preparation and printing will be online soon; we will take care of printing the posters, so you just will have to prepare them in digital format.
