Moments from previous live events

Making effective communication a human right

 

13,000 speech-language pathologists; audiologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists, and students gathered at the Washington DC convention center last week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of ASHA – the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

We’re proud to have partnered with ASHA for four of those 100 years, providing our iPosterSessions platform for participants to present, explore, and discuss the latest scientific research and best professional practices in these fundamental components of human communication.

This year’s ASHA 2025 Convention featured 1,273 interactive iPosters presented on 92 large-format screens in thirteen 90-minute sessions over three days. Our WatchDog scheduling system automatically displayed each iPoster on its assigned screen for every session. Authors simply walked up to their screen and started presenting – no tubes, no paper, no pinning up and tearing down. Session transitions were seamless.

Continuing Education credits were awarded to both authors and attendees for creating and viewing iPosters. To receive credit, authors included narrations with transcripts or video presentations with captions, using the iPoster system’s built-in communication tools. Together with our ADA-compliant accessibility widget, participants with visual, auditory, cognitive, and other disabilities were able to explore the presentations and join the conversations.

The excitement, engagement, and energy in the iPoster area were palpable. And the experience hasn’t ended there – all presentations remain available in the online iPoster Gallery, with advanced search, filter, and sort tools for continued exploration and networking.

Working with ASHA is always a great experience for us, and we especially want to thank the ASHA Convention Team for their fantastic work in making this all happen. And of course, we want to thank all the authors and attendees for their commitment to ASHA’s vision: “making effective communication a human right, accessible and achievable for all.”

Report from the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi


We have all seen the relentless headlines: wildfires, floods, droughts, microplastics, melting glaciers, and more. For the most part, these stories are framed around human loss. But the other residents of our planet – the myriad life forms that surround us – all have their own right to exist, and critical roles to play in nature’s life-support systems. They also are in deep crisis.

That’s why it was so inspiring to be part of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Wold Congress, where over 10,000 delegates from over 140 countries and diverse knowledge traditions —scientists, policy makers, community stewards, youth delegates, conservation practitioners, protected-area managers, funders, NGOs, UN agencies, private-sector innovators, educators, and storytellers — came together to move from issuing warnings to taking action.

We are proud that our iPoster system powered the interactive, multimedia poster presentations, onsite and online. Huge thanks to all of you fantastic iPoster authors from all over the world whose work truly makes a difference. Thanks to the K.I.T. Group GmbH Operations Team for creating an engaging and memorable onsite experience. And thanks to the IUCN team for bringing everyone together for an event rich in opportunities to learn, share, network, and plan for a sustainable future for all inhabitants of our planet. It was a pleasure working with you all!

Rocket Science and Sustainability


Rocket Science and Sustainability – two concepts you don’t often put together. But they were central to the International Astronautical Federation’s IAC25 event in Sydney Australia, with the theme “Sustainable Space : Resilient Earth”. We were down-under with them, providing our platform to over 1,000 scientists, engineers, educators, policy-makers, and other experts from 88 countries, who created iPosters to present their work. The more than 7,500 delegates met the authors and explored the presentations on 60 interactive touch screens over the 5 day event.

Topics covered the key issues in space science and exploration – from micro gravity to space communications & navigation, extraterrestrial life to earth observation, planetary defense to the law of outer space – but what made this year’s Congress rather unique and particularly inspiring was the inclusion and elevation of Indigenous science, and how structured collaboration between Western and Indigenous science can unlock new insights into space and sustainability.

Quoting from the introduction to one of the Plenary presentations:
“Indigenous Peoples, on the front lines of climate change for generations, have long been architects of climate resilience and complex systems. Through enduring relationships with the land, they have developed sophisticated understandings of complex environments via interaction, observation, experimentation, and stewardship, offering vital insights into what a resilient Earth and sustainable Space future can look like.” Amen to that!

We’re looking forward to working with IAF again in June in Kigali, Rwanda, on their Global Space Conference on Climate Change: GLOC 2026.

Towards a Thriving Planet: Charting the Course Across Scales

 

The American Meteorological Society annual meeting is nowhere near our largest meeting, nor our most technologically complex. But it is certainly one of our most consequential, given the current state of climate and extreme weather events. And its theme “Towards a Thriving Planet: Charting the Course Across Scales “ succinctly sums up the meeting’s and the Society’s vision and mission.


Climate and weather affect us in varying ways on local, regional, global, and temporal scales. Extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods, and wildfires are likely to exacerbate impacts on regional and local spatial scales. On longer timescales, communities are increasingly facing chronic stressors such as drought, ecosystem transformation, and sea level rise. Climate change is also taking a toll on human health and well-being, fueling migrations and political upheavals.

Towards a Thriving Planet is an opportunity for researchers, governments and private industry to share knowledge, collaborate, and address the challenges of integrating research and societal decision-making . Our dynamic iPoster technology gives all of these stakeholders the ability to create and explore interactive, multimedia presentations that set forth the research in all of the detail needed – both onsite at the event and online, any time and anywhere.


Enhanced Visualization of Complex Data
• Meteorology relies heavily on data visualization, including satellite imagery, climate models, and weather pattern simulations. iPosters allow researchers to embed high-resolution images, interactive charts, animations, and videos, making complex information easier to interpret.

Real-time Interactivity
• Unlike static posters, iPosters enable dynamic content, such as real-time weather maps, animated climate simulations, and interactive graphs that allow users to explore different variables.

Integration of Multiple Media Formats
• Researchers can include audio explanations, embedded datasets, and links to external resources (e.g., NOAA, NASA, or ECMWF climate models) to provide a more comprehensive presentation.

For more information about our work with AMS –  or anything else we do – CONTACT US HERE!

Screenshot of an iPoster presented at AMS 2025 Screenshot of an iPoster presented at AMS 2025 "Towards a Thriving Planet: Charting the Course Across Scales" - with a link to the online poster. Presenting Author: David M. Hall Title: NVIDIA's Earth-2: An Interactive Exploration of AI's Present and Future in NWP

What’s next for Science?

 

At a time when the validity of scientific research is being questioned, and science itself being turned into an ideological issue, it is an honor to be providing our iPoster technology to the world’s largest gathering of Earth and Space scientists: the 2024 American Geophysical Union annual meeting in Washington DC.

Over 25,000 scientists, educators, policymakers, journalists, and communicators, from over 100 countries are gathered here to better understand our planet and environment – to open pathways to discovery, create greater awareness to address climate change, facilitate collaborations that lead to solutions, and to make the fields and professions of science accessible, diverse, and inclusive.

This is our 8th year working with AGU, and our biggest yet: over 9,000 professional and student researchers are presenting their work on our iPoster Platform. 4 daily eLightning sessions in 6 eLightning theaters, running concurrently. A lot of energy and a lot of great science. We’re looking forward to starting work on AGU25 in New Orleans.

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eLightning theater at AGU 2024 annual meeting. In the background a presenter giving an oral presentation on a big screen in front of a large crowd, sitting and standing. In the foreground, a row of large format touch screens. The AGU meeting theme is What's next for Science?

A group of 6 people studying the content on a touch screen ath the AGU 2024 Fall meeting. The AGU meeting theme is What's next for Science?

A closeup of a large format interactive touch screen. A hand is manipulating one of the images. The AGU meeting theme is What's next for Science?