Special Interest Group Exposition: Friday Night Welcoming Cocktail Party
Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel
Friday, November 21, 2025 | 6:00 PM–8:30 PM
The Special Interest Group Exposition and Welcome Cocktail Party will take place in the Storyville Hall, level 3 of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The first 30 minutes will be quiet viewing time.
SIG Poster presenters may enter the Ballroom at 5:45 PM to set up their display. Beverage service will begin at 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 FedEx
There is a FedEx Office in the Hyatt Regency New Orleans open during these hours:
- Monday-Friday: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The only method of SIG poster submission is to email files to [email protected]
* Taxes not included. Additional charges apply for Rush requests of less than 24 hours.
Alternatively, posters can be ordered in your home city and shipped to the convention venue.
Fedex Office at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel:
601 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, LA, 70113
Telephone: (504) 524-6048
Contact
If you have any questions about styling or formatting your posters, or other Special Interest Group policies, please contact [email protected].