Masterclasses

Masterclasses are organised for presenters of a poster and oral presentations. The masterclasses will take place on February 21st in Utrecht, to help communicate your message to the audience:

• Masterclass Pitch perfect
• Masterclass effective poster design

Masterclass Pitch Perfect

Did you submit an abstract to give a presentation during ICT.Open2020? Then follow the masterclass public speaking on Friday February 21^st in Utrecht to give a pitch with impact! And maybe your pitch will be selected for a presentation on the mainstage of ICT.OPEN2020.

Dr. Jair Santanna, Cyber Security Specialist at TU Twente and winner of the FameLab competition 2018 (International competition Science Communication) will hand you all the tools to give the perfect pitch. The only thing you have to do is sign up and invest just 3,5 hours to:

• learn concepts and techniques for delivering a presentation with strong content, charisma and clarity
• practice your own 2 minute pitch
• receive feedback on your pitch
• implement techniques learned in the training to improve your pitch

There are two sessions on February 21^st. 9:00am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 5:00pm.

Lunch is included for both sessions from 12:30pm – 1:30pm.

Each session has places for 10 people. Participants coming from farther away have priority for the afternoon session.

Register February 16th at the latest. We will inform you after February 16th if you are selected for the masterclass.

Masterclass Pimp your poster - join our Masterclass effective poster design

Do you want your poster to stand out in the postercrowd @ICT.OPEN2020? Then follow the Masterclass effective poster design on Friday February 21^st in Utrecht.

Dr. Sebastiaan de Vet is a researcher/educator at Naturalis and programme manager at NWO. He knows from experience that it is very important to produce an effective and visually attractive conference poster.

During the masterclass Sebastiaan will provide you with a theoretical background. You will also evaluate various posters including your own, so bring an oldie :-). You will leave the two-and-a-half hour masterclass with a work plan you designed for your next conference poster. @ICT.OPEN2020 you can present the result (if you are selected to present a poster) and ‘wow’ the crowd!

So do you want to:

• learn about the didactics and basics of scientific poster design;
• understand how graphical design and physical appearance can determine a poster's succes in promoting knowledge transfer;
• develop a work plan to apply key design principles to designing your next poster;
• discover new ways to turn a poster in an interactive presentation format.
  (This masterclass is not a prerequisite for selection for the poster prize).

There is room for 20 people, divided over a morning and afternoon session. Signing up is on a first come first serve basis, so don’t wait too long.

Register February 16th at the latest. We will inform you after February 16th if you are selected for the masterclass.