The conference welcomes submissions in the following categories:

Oral Presentations

• Plenary lectures
• Invited talk presentations - 15 mins presentation + 3 mins Q&A
• Regular oral presentations - 10 mins presentation + 3 mins Q&A
• Poster presentations

We are pleased to announce that ThinFilms2026 will be hosting a poster competition, with attractive cash prizes to be awarded at the conference banquet.

Poster presentation

• All presenters to print their own hardcopy posters and bring to the conference (A1 paper size, using template provided or in their own format)
• Presenters to post their own posters on the stands provided (according to Registration ID)
• To present their poster and answer questions during the designated Poster Session of the conference.

Rules of Poster Competition: • All REGISTERED participants with a poster entry are eligible to participate. • A selection committee comprising the symposium Chairs will select the top 20 posters, which will be displayed at the Conference Banquet where banquet attendees will be able to vote (Note: The selected 20 posters will be displayed by the organizer at the banquet venue. Presenters and authors should be in front of their posters for Q&A). • Attendees to cast their votes (tickets issued at the time of conference registration). • The 20 posters displayed will be ranked according to the number of votes obtained and 10 top-ranked posters out of the 20 will be awarded the prizes.

Prizes

• The prizes will be presented during the banquet.

Poster Format

Size of poster: A1 Fonts of poster: 54 pt for the title and 32 pt for the text. (Note: Sans-serif fonts like Arial are more legible than serif fonts like Times New Roman). The participant should print the poster and bring it to the conference. The participant can use the ThinFilms2026 standard poster template if so desired. Display stand will be provided.

Resource Download

• Poster Template