Special Interest Group Exposition & Reception
Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel
Friday, November 13, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
The Special Interest Group Exposition and Reception will take place in the Holiday Ballroom, second floor of the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel.
SIG Poster presenters may enter the exhibit hall at 5:45 PM to set up their display. Beverage service will begin at 6:30 PM. Time is set aside before the bar opens for poster quiet-time viewing from 6:00–6:30 PM.
Posters should be formatted as follows:
The title of a poster should be in upper- and lowercase letters. Use lowercase only for conjunctions, prepositions, and articles that are 3 letters or less (in other words, capitalize all words of 4 letters or more). Please include authors in their proper order, followed by their affiliation (please, no departments, centers or other secondary listings). When multiple authors are at the same institution, you may group them under a single affiliation.
Furthermore, please ensure that you:
- Do not use the footnote style to indicate
- Do not use all capital letters (unless there’s an acronym)
- Do not use departments in author affiliations
- Do not list authors’ degrees
Here are two examples of properly formatted posters:
Development of a Stepped-Care Cognitive-Behavioral Motivational Model for College Students With Alcohol Problems
Horacio Quiroga Anaya and Juan Jose Sanchez-Sosa, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Elena Medina-Mora, National Institute of Psychiatry, and Carlos F. Aparicio Naranjo, University of Guadalajara
Perceptions of Driving After Use of Alcohol and Marijuana in College Students
Sarah L. Pedersen, Andrea M. Lynch, and Denis M. McCarthy, University of Missouri-Columbia
Poster Submissions
The review process is determined by each Special Interest Group. Each SIG chair will select a committee which will review submissions and accept a maximum of 12 posters.
Visit our ABCT Special Interest Groups page for a listing of SIG chairs. Please contact the SIG chair for all SIG rules, and to verify their submission deadlines.
Poster Displays
Each SIG is assigned a group of tables on which to set up their posters.
Easels
ABCT will provide small easels with self-adhesive strips onto which you may mount your posters. You may bring your own easels if you prefer.
For best results when mounting on ABCT-supplied easels, you should bring posters printed or mounted on Foam Core or other lightweight, inflexible backing. Posters on regular paper will tend to curl; posters on heavy cardboard will tend to fall over.
Poster Size
The maximum size of each poster is 18 inches wide by 19 inches tall.
The easels that ABCT provides will only support posters up to this size.
Your table will not accommodate larger poster sizes. Please do not exceed the size limit, even if you bring your own easels.
Poster Orders from FASTSIGNS
There is a FASTSIGNS Office near the Hilton Inner Harbor & the Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards open Monday-Friday, 8:30AM–5:00PM EST, CLOSED Saturday & Sunday.
The preferred method of poster submission is via email to [email protected].
Final ABCT – Poster Printing Form via email to [email protected].
Alternatively, posters can be ordered in your home city and shipped to the convention venue.
FASTSIGNS Office Print & Ship Center:
312 W, Lombard St.,
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: (410) 468-FAST (3278) X 203
Cell: (315)-460-0341
Contact
If you have any questions about styling or formatting your posters, or other Special Interest Group policies, please contact [email protected].