Space Science in Context (#SSiC2023) is an experimental virtual conference bringing together people interested in and who study outer space and/or its social contexts for an interactive event! Learn more here.

Scope:

Alongside our panel sessions, SSiC aims to raise the profile of other research and activities happening in our community that foreground space science in social contexts. The purpose of the poster session is to share bite-sized insights from work that is happening that addresses our core focus: the contexts that space science happens in. This might be community activism, scholarship, creative responses, interventions, professional development - but is not limited to these topics! You can get an idea of the kinds of topics that were covered in SSiC 2020’s posters here. 

Logistics:

Posters will be hosted online for up to a week before and then indefinitely (with permission) afterwards, and poster speakers will discuss them with attendees in virtual sessions throughout the day of the conference. At the moment, we anticipate having auto-captioning for the poster sessions. If you have further access specifications please let us know in the submission form below and we will work to meet them. 

Format:

We interpret “poster” broadly, and will provide guidance for various accessible poster formats that we expect submissions to meet. Media that does not meet these standards will not be included. As the goal of this session is “bite-sized insights”, we will also provide guidance on length/duration limits for various formats. The poster guidelines are here.

We also expect submissions and presenters to also comply with the SSiC 2023 code of conduct.

If you have any access concerns or questions, please reach out to us at spacescienceincontext@gmail.com.

Submitting a proposal:

Please submit names of the presenter(s), affiliations (if appropriate), a title, and a 100-word abstract about what your poster will cover. These will appear on the conference programme on the website and alongside your poster when it is displayed online. The submission form also provides a space to share access needs.

Note: Poster display at Space Science in Context is based on acceptance of the abstract AND compliance with our access requirements for media. SSiC 2023 is an access-centered conference, and contributions are expected to be inclusive. We reserve the right to not host a poster that is accepted as an abstract if it does not meet our inclusion standards—or is too long—when finally submitted. If this is the case we will give the author the option to edit their submission between the 11th January and the 16th January, but we cannot guarantee that it will be displayed following their revision.

Deadlines and timeline:

• Applications close: 2nd December 2022
• Selected posters notified: 5th December 2022
• Poster submission deadline: 13th January 2023
• Posters and recordings available to participants: 19th January 2023
• Conference: 26th January 2023