With this award we aim to highlight posters which stand out for their clear communication. We will award outstanding examples that communicate scientific content, including to non-specialists, of the presented topic in a way that inspires and explains the subject and results well.

Approach

  • A selection committee will judge all posters that have entered into the competition, selecting a favourite based on communication and scientific criteria (see below).
  • In parallel, all conference participants will have the opportunity to take part in a public poster voting. Detailed information on the procedure will follow.

The results from the committee selection and the summary of the public votes will then be combined to select the winner of the award.

The Award

The author(s) of the selected poster presentation will receive one registration fee waiver for the EMS Annual Meeting 2026 and the poster will be highlighted on the EMS website. The award certificate will be handed over at the Awards Session 2026.

The awardee is also invited to become a member of the OPA selection committee for the EMS2026.

Terms for the Outstanding Poster Award (OPA) at EMS2025

1) Participation

At the time of submitting the abstract authors need to sign up for participation. Furthermore, authors will also need to upload the digital presentation in advance of the conference. Deadline to upload the presentation is Thursday, 4 September 2025.

2) Eligibility

  • All poster presenters are eligible for the award.
  • Authors have to be first author AND presenting author AND contact author of the related abstract.
  • Authors can participate with only 1 poster presentation.
  • Authors have to upload the poster to the EMS2025 conference page as presentation file.

3) Voting by the selection committee OPA2025

Only posters which appear attractive and rank high in the communication criteria will be taken into further consideration for the evaluation from a scientific point of view.

Communication criteria:

  • Intuitive structure, grasping presentation
  • Attractive graphical and audio elements
  • Clear and concise text
  • Intuitive structure
  • Innovative use of technologies

Scientific aspects:

  • Scientific quality
  • Potential impacts of the results
  • Innovativeness of the approach

4) Public voting by conference participants

  • All registered EMS2025 participants will have the opportunity to take part in a public poster voting. Detailed information on the procedure will follow.

The composition of the committee for EMS2025

  • The committee will be chaired by Marie Doutriaux-Boucher (Climate product expert, EUMETSAT).
  • Further members will be named here shortly.