The poster/demo session runs for two hours in parallel with the lab tours. Half the students visit the poster/demo session the first hour, and the others visit it upon their return from their lab tours. The session is held in the small ballroom of the GSU. The presenters set up their displays and equipment on tables or poster walls all around the room and the students wander freely about. There's usually a lively buzz and a festive air when the session is in full swing, as about 150 students will be present.
	Present a project (or part of one) that you feel comfortable explaining at a high-school level. You will need to: define each technical term in simple language the first time you need to use it take them through your story step by step; they have had fewer science classes than undergraduates and need to be led more carefully say explicitly what's new and exciting about the project relate the subject to the everyday world where possible Make your display visually interesting using: photos, pictures, charts of results; samples of circuits or worms or whatever your work uses; video clips (we can get you a TV/VCR); BUT: a sophisticated conference-level presentation is NOT needed. Make your area interactive: explain some basics, then ask students questions or encourage them to question you bring slides for students to compare under a microscope, a chemical reaction for them to try, demonstration equipment you use in lecture write a question on part of a poster and have students lift a flap to find the answer
	1. Liz and Cynthia will send out a letter advertising Pathways to potential Poster/Demo presenters and Lab Tour leaders (all faculty, women graduate students and postdocs). They will give you the names and contact information for everyone who responds. 2. You need to sign up 25+ women to present posters/demos on each day. The more the better, as a few will cancel at the last minute. Who?? anyone from seniors doing honors theses to faculty to scientists and engineers in industry BU groups like SWE and Women in Math see the list from last year (ask Cynthia or Liz) You! How? phone calls and one-to-one contact works best ask other Pathways volunteers to tap people in their departments (e.g. faculty with women grad. students) 3. As each person signs up, get her to fill out the standard Pathways participant registration sheet (available on the website or from Cynthia). It is critical for Cynthia to know: how much equipment of each type to order who will attend lunch who can stay to be part of the hot topics discussions who needs materials stored overnight because she is participating on both days Be sure to share "tips for presenters'' with each person (those above or your own version). 4. One week before the event, make sure the presenters know: where the GSU is (especially if from outside BU) to arrive between 8:45 and 9:30 am the format and length of the session 5. On the day of the event, be on hand to greet the poster/demo presenters as they arrive and help them find their places in the small ballroom. Liz will bring a supply of poster board, pens, push pins, etc. for last-minute repairs.