The annual New Zealand Marine Science Society conference is happening just over a week from now. It's being hosted by the University of Auckland on July 7-9. I'm excited to be attending with a strong group from my university (Victoria University of Wellington) and it's associated marine lab VUCEL (Victoria University Coastal Ecology Lab).
Since I only started my master's thesis 2 weeks ago, I don' have any data with which to present a seminar talk. However, my supervisor has agreed to pay all conference costs if I present an aims and methods poster! This is basically a poster that explains what my project is and what I may find.
Here is my "final" version (subject to editorial changes based on upcoming feedback).
The poster will hang up throughout the whole conference. However, there will be a short period (only 30 minutes I think) where I stand next to my poster to "present" my study or to answer questions.
I'm pretty excited!!! I feel like an actual scientist!!!!
