Submit lecture poster text

Use this form to submit text for Lansdowne, Orion, President's Distinguished, Distinguished Professor, Women Scholars, and Beck posters to Blink Design.

Please be advised that it takes approximately 5–7 days for delivery of posters from date of submission. If you'd like to discuss a comunications and marketing plan for your lecture beyond a poster, contact Communications and Marketing.

Steps to complete your submission

Fill in your contact info in the form below.
Fill in your lecture information and email your photo to us.
Submit your lecture.

Photo requirements

If you choose to submit your own photo, it must be full colour, high quality, and 300 dpi. To check the dpi of your photo, open it in a photo editing program (such as Photoshop) and check with the resolution and dimensions. The resolution must be at least 300 at the size (dimensions) it is to be printed at.

The width and height dimensions of the photo must be at least 1200 pixels by 1500 pixels. Acceptable formats are tif, eps and jpeg. Images taken from websites are not accepted.

Next steps

Blink Design will send you a proof. Once you have approved it, it will be sent to Printing Services. 50 copies of the poster will be printed and delivered to your department for you to distribute. All departments are responsible for distributing their own posters. Click to download the poster distribution guidelines (PDF).

If you opt in for a complimentary digital slide, it will be sent to you after the poster has been approved to add to your unit’s display. Click for details on how to submit the slide to the central content playlist.

Lectures are not recorded by Audio Visual Services unless requested. . You must obtain a talent release form from your speaker.

Sample for reference

Dr. Ray Siemens
Department of English, Malaspina University-College, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College, University of London

Imagining the Printed Book in an Electronic Age
Thursday, 13 November, 7:30 p.m.
Clearihue Building, Room C112

A prolific public speaker on humanities computing, Dr. Ray Siemens is a leading expert on the electronic text. He publishes widely and recently co-edited the forthcoming Blackwell Companion to Digital Humanities . In this lecture, Siemens extends the idea of the printed book being a physical object with “human” characteristics into the electronic age, where it even lacks recognizable physical form.

Presented by the Humanities Computing & Media Centre

Step 1: Personal information

Your first name

Your last name

Your email address

Step 2: Lecture information

Choose your lecture type

Lecturer's title (e.g. Dr., Prof.) and name

Institutional affiliation

Department, university, campus (if appropriate), location (if appropriate). If the lecturer is the holder of a named chair or director of an institute, such information may be included here or below.

Title of main public lecture

If there are multiple lectures, all may appear on the poster (listed in chronological order), but only the main public lecture will appear in the ad. If a lecture is to be delivered in a language other than English, please indicate.

Date and time of main public lecture

In the following order: day of week; day date, month, time lecture is to begin. If the lecture will be unusually lengthy, please indicate the time it will end.

Location of main public lecture

Building, room number. If the lecture is to be delivered in a named room please include both name and room number (e.g., David Lam Auditorium, MacLaurin Building, rm. A144).

Single public lecture Main public lecture with additional lectures

Description of lecturer/topic

Strictly limited to a maximum of 900 characters (approx. 90 words). It should briefly introduce the lecturer to the lay reader (approx. 30 words) and illuminate the nature of the content of the main public lecture (approx. 60 words). The first reference to the lecturer should include the title ("Dr." or "Professor" as appropriate); all subsequent references should use only the family name. Here is an example:

An earth scientist known for his ability to synthesize across many sub-disciplines, Dr. Doug Burbank is an expert on the growth and decay of actively deforming mountain ranges, such as the Himalaya. In this lecture, he will talk about how the monsoon climate, diverse erosional processes and the ongoing continental collision between India and Asia have interacted to create a dynamic balance in the world's highest mountain range.

Description of lecturer/topic

Strictly limited to a maximum of 650 characters (approx. 90 words). It should briefly introduce the lecturer to the lay reader (approx. 30 words) and illuminate the nature of the content of the main public lecture (approx. 60 words). The first reference to the lecturer should include the title ("Dr." or "Professor" as appropriate); all subsequent references should use only the family name. Here is an example:

Title of first additional lecture

Date and time of first additional lecture

Location of first additional lecture

Title of second additional lecture

Date and time of second additional lecture

Location of second additional lecture

Host department/unit Presented by...

Contact phone number for lecture

FAST account number

If submitting a Lansdowne lecture, please use your specific Lansdowne account number.

Delivery address for posters Building and room number

Would you like a complimentary digital slide?

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Step 3: Submit

I hereby declare that all information given on this application is complete and true in every respect, and that I have answered all questions applicable to me on this form.

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