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Early Career Opportunities

Connecting across career stages pod lunch mixer
We encourage scientists across career stages to participate in a pod lunch mixer on Tuesday, May 21st. Each pod (6 – 10 people) will venture together to a local restaurant for networking, support, and socializing. Sign-up at the registration desk!

Early Career Poster Feedback
Students and early career scientists will have the opportunity to indicate that they would like feedback provided on their poster and poster presentation. Volunteers attending the meeting (in person) will provide feedback based on the criteria below. Volunteers will receive an email with the poster presentations assigned to them for their review shortly before the meeting. If you do not receive your assignments, please contact support. Feedback forms should be completed by May 31st, 2024.


General Criteria For Feedback
  • Focus of the presentation
  • Clarity and coherence of the content
  • Thoroughness of the ideas presented and the analysis
  • Clarity of the presentation
  • Effective use of facts, statistics and details
  • Lack of grammatical and spelling errors
  • Design of the slides/poster
  • Effective use of images
  • Clarity of voice projection and appropriate volume
  • Completion of the presentation within the allotted time frame
Questions to Consider
  • What did the presenter do well?
  • Where could the presenter improve?
  • Is the science clearly and accurately presented?
  • What were your overall impressions?