Congratulations on being selected to present a poster at CampusEnergy2026!
This Poster Presenter Resource Page is your one-stop guide for everything you need to know as you prepare to set up, present, and engage with attendees about your poster on site at the conference.
Please bookmark this page, as any important updates will be posted here. IDEA staff will also send brief email notices if there are major changes or additions to these guidelines.
What Makes Presenting a Poster Unique?
A poster presentation allows you to showcase your full content on a poster board while engaging in more informal, one-on-one conversations with attendees during designated viewing times. It’s a great way to dive deeper into your work, answer questions, and build connections.
Like a podium presentation, your poster should clearly outline the challenge or problem, describe your solution (often through a case study or similar examples), and highlight key lessons learned and takeaways.
Poster Display - through the years, IDEA has given poster presenters the opportunity to decide how they would like to display their poster presentation. Many create a slide deck, print out the slides and pin them to the posterboard. Others create a large, professionally designed poster with your content, or for many, a mix of both. As posters are up for the entire program and are more of a one-to-one discussion with attendees, whatever you think will make your content stand out is fine, as long as you can pin it to the posterboard.
Printing - Please note that you are responsible for printing and transporting your poster materials to the event. IDEA will provide the poster boards and pushpins needed to mount your poster.
If you have any questions between now and your presentation date, or need to update your session title or presenters, please contact Jason Beal or Emily Riskalla at speakers.idea@districtenergy.org.