Centennial Posters

The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) will celebrate its 100th birthday during the annual meeting at Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2006. For this centennial year meeting one goal is to highlight the many contributions that have been made to improve milk production, efficiency of production, and quality of nutritious dairy foods provided for consumers. Our ADSA Exhibit and Publicity Committee is encouraging Departments of Dairy Science, Animal Science and Food Science and government institutions in the United States and Canada as well as ADSA Sustaining Members to highlight contributions they have made to these scientific advancements. Our committee is asking each university, government institution, and sustaining member of ADSA to provide a poster related to dairy production and (or) a poster related to dairy foods that describes their contributions as they relate to the missions of teaching, research, extension, and outreach to the dairy industry and ADSA. Please emphasize the contributions that have been made at your institution/organization during the 100 years from 1906 to 2006. This is your opportunity to showcase your history, accomplishments, and contributions.

For the 2006 Centennial meeting our committee asks that an abstract be submitted for each poster that is prepared and that a copy of the poster be brought to the meeting in Minnesota for display. Posters will be exhibited throughout the meeting. We will also display your poster on the ADSA Centennial website so we ask that you upload your poster through the website listed below. In addition, please upload a logo of your company, university, or group so that we can include it with your poster.

The deadline for abstract, poster, and logo submission is April 13, 2006.


More Details
Abstract, poster, and logo specifications
View a sample abstract and poster
Instructions for exporting a compressed raster copy of your poster using common applications
Additional Instructions for creating posters with PowerPoint
Submitting abstracts and uploading posters and logos

Contact web@assochq.org if you have trouble uploading the files or if you have questions about the instructions or specifications.

 

Instructions for exporting a compressed raster copy of your poster using common applications

PowerPoint (these instructions refer to the 2003 version)
  • Save your slide in PNG or TIFF format
    • Click "File->Save As..." in the menu
    • Choose "PNG" or "TIFF" (do NOT choose "JPEG") in the "Save as type:" box
    • * Click "Tools" in the upper-right corner and click "Compress pictures"
    • * Change resolution to "Web/Screen" and click the "OK" button
    • * If a "Compress Pictures" box appears, click the "Apply" button
    • Click the "Save" button
    * You can skip these steps if you are using Powerpoint version 2000
Adobe Photoshop (these instructions refer to version 6)
  • Set your resolution to 72 or 144 dpi
    • Click "Image->Image Size..." in the menu
    • At the bottom of the "Image Size" window, check the boxes for "Resample Image" and "Constrain Proportions" if not already checked
    • Under "Document Size", lower the resolution to 72 or 144 pixels/inch
    • Under "Document Size", verify that the width and height correspond to the actual width and height of your printed poster. If they do not, change them.
    • Click the "OK" button
  • Save a copy of your image to a JPEG file
    • Click "File->Save As..." in the menu
    • Choose "JPEG" in the "Format:" box
    • Enter a new file name so that you don't overwrite your original file
    • Click the "Save" button
    • In the "JPEG Options" window that appears, enter "12" for the "Quality" under "Image Options" and choose "Baseline (Standard)" under "Format Options"
    • Click the "OK" button
Tips for any application
  • Tips for reducing file size
    • Double-check your output resolutions and dimensions
      • Be sure that the dimensions match the actual dimensions that the poster will be when printed (e.g. 96" x 48" or smaller) and the resolution is 144, 96, or 72 dpi.
      • If you are using 144 dpi, try 72 dpi instead (an image at 144 dpi will be roughly 3-4 times as large as an image at 72 dpi)
    • If you are exporting to a TIFF file, enable LZW compression or try exporting to a JPG or PNG instead
    • If you still have trouble getting your file size below 50MB, contact web@assochq.org for assistance.
  • When saving your image, always choose the maximum quality or least compression option
  • Do not use the GIF file format if your poster contains photos