Call for poster for KTH Energy Dialogue 2022

Submit your energy poster to the poster competition and win a full communication training day

2019 poster competition winner Ross Harnden. Photo: Fredrik Persson

Published Oct 18, 2022

Impact is a key concept for research – it is the way to make a difference! Please share your reseach with all KTH Energy Researchers and give participants of the KTH Energy Dialogue 2022 a taste of the best energy research at KTH. We welcome all KTH energy researchers to present a poster - Big challenges are solved together! The last day to submit your poster is 7 November 2022.

A poster competition will be held during KTH Energy Dialogue 2022 on 17 November 2022, organised by the KTH Energy Platform. All KTH researchers are welcome to submit a poster, and a jury will select the three best posters with respect to three criteria;

Innovative design,
Clarity and communication qualities, and
Accessibility for a broad audience without specific knowledge in the research field.

Prize

The three winners will receive a full day communication training with feedback organized by professionals from the public science organization Vetenskap & Allmänhet, value: SEK 5,000. It covers training for selecting material, preparing communication, blog writing, video etc.

How to participate

You are a researcher (any age or position) at KTH and is registered for the KTH Energy Dialogue 2022.
Registration KTH ED 2022
Your poster should present relevance for a least two Sustainable Development Goals.
You should submit the poster as a pdf-file latest by the 7 November 2022 by email to energyplatform@kth.se with the title "KTH Energy Dialogue 2022 poster session". We will print the poster when accepted.
You will present the poster during the dedicated session and should accompany it with a one-minute pitch.

Check list

Content Concrete and clear impact, is it easy to understand for non-specialists? What are the three points that the audience should remember?
Visual lay-out Is the poster easy to read from a distance of three meters? Is it pleasing for the eye?
Interaction around the poster How do you interact with the guests at KTH Energy Dialogue? Can you make then interested within one minute?

Tutorial

To help you select and present the content, Presentation Skills and Communication Coach Anders Sahlman (Vetenskap & Allmänhet) has published a You Tube tutorial on how to compress your research into a short presentation.

Anders Sahlman short research presentation tutorial

The jury

The jury selecting the best posters, includes Mona Hambraeus, Swedish Radio; Cissi Askwall, Vetenskap & Allmänheten; and Francesco Fuso-Nerini, KTH Climate Action Centre.