Some of the sessions scheduled for the upcoming EGU General Assembly are PICO only sessions. This means that, rather than being oral or poster format, they involve Presenting Interactive COntent (PICO). The aim of these presentations is to highlight the essence of a particular research area – just enough to get the audience excited about a topic without overloading them with information.
PICO sessions start with a series of 2 minute long presentations – one from each author. They can be a Power Point, a movie, an animation, or simply a PDF showing your research on a display. After the 2 minute talks, the audience can explore each presentation on touch screens, where authors are also available to answer questions and discuss their research in more detail.
This format combines the best of oral and poster presentations, allowing researchers to stand up and be recognised for great research while giving an oral contribution as well as discussing their work in detail and network with other participants. This year we are also making a few improvements to the layout of the PICO presentation areas in the large halls to minimise noise disruption to presenters.
An exciting development for the 2016 General Assembly is that PICO presentations are now included in the Outstanding Student Poster Awards (as they were formerly known), and have now been renamed to Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Awards.
The aim of the award is to improve the overall quality of poster and PICO presentations and most importantly, to foster the excitement of early career scientists in presenting their work. To be considered for the OSPP award, you must be the first author and personally present the PICO at the conference, as well as satisfy one of the following criteria:
- being a current undergraduate (e.g., BSc) or postgraduate (e.g., MSc, PhD) student;
- being a recent undergraduate or postgraduate student (conferral of degree after 1 January of the year preceding the conference) who are presenting their thesis work.
Entering couldn’t be easier! Make sure you nominate yourself when you submit your abstract on-line. You’ll receive a letter, known as ‘Letter of Schedule’, confirming your presentation has been accepted, which will also include a link by which to register for the award. Before the conference, make sure you include the OSPP label (which you can find here) to your PICO presentation header so that the judges of the OSPP award now to evaluate your presentation.
To learn more about PICO presentations see the General Assembly website. You can also check out the short introductory video below:
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