Student Poster Session

A special poster session for students will take place on Sunday, 28th August 2022, 16:00 – 18:00 in the Exhibition Hall (Hall-2) of the ACC Conference Centre. The student category applies to students registered for a Ph.D. or degree in accelerator physics or engineering.

All students are welcome to present their work and compete for the £1,000 First place and £500 Second and Third place cash prizes which will be awarded for the best three posters presented during the session, as decided by a group of judges from the conference Organising and Scientific Programme Committees.


These prizes will be awarded to the winners during the dedicated plenary session on Thursday, 1st September, 12:00-12:30. The First-place prize winner will be called to give a twenty-minute oral presentation of the posters’ work on Thursday, 1st September, 12:10-12:30 in the ACC Main Auditorium.

Prizes will be awarded based on:

  • The quality of both the scientific work and the poster
  • The professionalism of the interaction with the judges at the poster
  • The promise for the future

First Prize

The winner will receive a cash prize of £1,000 and will be called to give a twenty-minute oral presentation of the poster work on Thursday, 1 September, 12:10-12:30 in the ACC Main Auditorium.

Second and Third Prizes

Each winner will receive a cash prize of £500.

Posters should be mounted between 15:00 – 16:00 on Sunday, 28th August 2022, and students should remain next to their poster from 16:00 – 18:00. Posters can remain in place until following the Welcome Reception ending at 20:00.

All students receiving a grant to attend the conference must present their work in this session and submit a contribution to the proceedings.

All delegates and exhibitors are encouraged to visit the student poster session.