Student Poster Competition

WINNER 2011 + CALL FOR POSTERS 2012

(Check end of page for the 2011 Winner Sigrid van der Pluijm)

CALL FOR POSTERS 2012

The EuroFM Student Poster Competition 2012, 23rd – 25th of May, Copenhagen

Introduction

The European Facility Management Conference 2012 will be organised by IFMA and EuroFM together with the Danisch FM Association (DFM) from 23rd to 25th of May 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. More than 600 delegates from far and near are expected to participate. The conference will take place at Bella Centre, Center Boulevard 5, DK – 2300, located in the fascinating and cosmopolitan city of Copenhagen.

Invitation

The call for posters addresses itself to current FM students or recent graduates (graduation after June 1st 2012) from European universities which are members of EuroFM. You are invited to submit posters on Facility Management topics you worked or researched on during your 2nd, 3rd and 4th year of studies (e.g. study projects or bachelor thesis).

The Poster Competition is open to students or graduates of Bachelor programs only. There can be unlimited submissions per university, but entries must be recommended by the course leader. The jury will select a maximum of 15 posters; only 1 student per poster will present the poster during the competition and the finals, although the poster may be developed by a team of two students (max.!)

The participation in the Poster Competition offers a great opportunity to students or recent graduates to present their FM projects or research work to an international audience and to gain international recognition. Your participation in the Poster Competition is also a contribution to the international understanding and cooperation between FM students and their universities in Europe.

The EuroFM Poster Competition is a growing and well-established contribution to the European Facility Management Conference (EFMC) organized by the EuroFM Education Network Group.

What do you have to do?

Decide what message you wish to communicate about your FM topic for the 2012 Poster Competition and convince your course leader that he or she will recommended you and your topic for the competition. Important notice: you will need a recommendation from your course leader! He or she has to endorse your application!

Download the registration form (at the end of the page) and hand in your registration for the competition before February 15th, 2012. (eurofm@eurofm.org )

You will than receive a confirmation of your registration through EuroFM. Remember, you must register before February 15th  2012! No submission will be allowed without being registered!

After registration you will be invited to submit:

• The design of your poster
• A Powerpoint Presentation consisting of a maximum of 4 slides, explaining your project before March 1st  2012.

Pre-Selection procedure

From all submissions an international jury consisting of FM experts will select a maximum of 15 posters which will be invited to participate in the competition in Copenhage. All students will be notified before April 1st 2012 whether they have been selected or not.

Students whose posters are accepted will be invited to the Poster Competition during the EFMC in Vienna. EuroFM will pay accommodation for one student only; should in the case of team project (2 students per poster max!) the second student also wish to be present at the poster competition, accommodation and entrance to EFMC will not be covered by EuroFM.

So the invited student will receive:

• Free entry to the EuroFM conference for two days and the welcome party
• 2 nights B&B during the conference EFMC in a hostell near the venue Bella Centre

EuroFM will NOT pay for travel costs and the Gala Dinner. Advice is to call upon your university for a subsidy.

Submissions for the pre-selection must be designed “neutral” (no names of students or university). Submission will be sent to the EuroFM secretariat (APPR) eurofm@eurofm.org; submission will be collected by the secretariat and then sent to the judges.
Deadline for the submission will 1st March 2012.

EFMC 2012 Copenhagen

During the conference all posters will be displayed and you will have to explain your poster to the delegates in the hallways. On May 24th students will give a formal presentation of their poster to all other students and a jury consisting of board members of IFMA Foundation, EuroFM and FM professionals. The judging is based on impact, information, inspiration, practicability and presentation of the poster. From the posters presented, the jury will select three finalists, who will be invited to present their posters to all delegates during the closing plenary session on May 25th. The delegates will then vote on the winning poster.

Participating students must be advised to plan the return travel not too early on the day of the finals, as the finals/voting will be at the end of the last day of the conference.

The Award

The author of the FM Student Poster Competition award winning poster will receive:

• A certificate of the prestigious award

• € 1.000 for travel/hotelcost and a voucher for a free ticket for IFMA World Workplace 2012 in San Antonio in the United States.

Additional information

Your poster is to be presented in Copenhagen in the following formats:

• Two hard copies of your poster, size A0 (portrait fashion)
• A hand-out that summarizes the poster, size A4, maximum of two pages (5 copies)
• A Power Point Presentation of your topic with a max of 4 slides on a memory stick.

The poster, hand-outs and slides should include the following elements:

• Title (a maximum of 9 words)
• Background / research question / project introduction
• Method / process / research /
• Learning points / recommendations / findings
• Graphic communication of your message with text, illustrations, references etc.
• Contact details: names of students and educational organization, homepage, email.

Authors are not allowed to display any further material other than the stipulated material above.

Important Deadlines and Dates

February 15th , 2012
Final date for your registration for the Poster Competition.
March 1st , 2012
Final date for your submission of the poster and the slides.
April 1st , 2012
Final date for the announcement which posters will be invited to EFMC in Copenhagen.
May 23rd, 2012
Delivery of your poster to the conference venue and welcome reception in the evening.
May 24th, 2012
EFMC and presentation of all posters to the jury; selection of the three finalists.
May 25th, 2012
EFMC and presentation of the three finalists to the delegates during the closing plenary session.

The winning poster of 2011