Posters

Our first annual conference on 10th July 2025 includes a wide-ranging poster session.

The poster session will showcase cutting-edge work and emerging topics that will shape the future of heritage science.

Posters will be displayed in the exhibitor and poster hall, where refreshments will also be served. 

Poster process

The call for poster abstracts is now closed. 

Process for successful authors.

  • Successful authors will be invited to design and print a full poster of up to A0 size, in English for display at the conference. Posters are to be displayed, by the author, on boards in the exhibitor and poster hall.
  • Successful poster authors will also be asked to submit a pdf version of their poster by 27th June so that it can be included in a digital record of conference posters which will be made available on the NHSF website.
  • At least one of the poster authors is required to attend the conference and pay the relevant registration fee (NHSF member, non-member, student).

Poster prize

  • Cash prizes will be offered for the best overall poster, the best student poster, and the runner-up student poster. 
  • There will be a judging panel of heritage scientists from academic and non-academic communities who will assess the posters for scientific content (significance, quality and relevance) and presentation (clarity and originality). Presenters will be asked to speak to members of the panel and discuss their poster with them. The decision of the judging panel is final.
  • Prizes will be announced at the end of the conference.

In addition to the above, the author of the best overall poster will be invited to publish their work in npj Heritage Science, which has kindly offered a fee waiver for the publication. Please note that the submission deadline for the publication is 1st November 2025, after which the waiver will no longer be available.

The conference poster session is generously supported by npj Heritage Science in the form of sponsorship of a published article based on the poster that is awarded the best overall poster prize.

npj Heritage Science is a gold Open Access Journal (for which the majority of articles pay publication fees, as is normal in such journals). However, in order to improve profile and encourage high quality articles the publishers may, at their discretion, waive the fees for exceptional work. By agreement with the conference committee, npj Heritage Science has offered to sponsor the publication of the best article as judged by the conference organisers. This paper will still need to be submitted in the normal way and be subject to the normal process of refereeing. Further information about the publication process, including deadlines, will be provided on award of the prize.