Welcome to the 2025 New England Science Symposium
Judges Community Site!
Checklist of items to complete
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Review
Event Overview:
The New England Science Symposium provides student and fellow researchers the opportunity to share their work with peers and experts. Presenters will be assessed based on five key categories: Background, Methodology, Results, Discussion, and Presentation.
Judging teams of two judges will be assigned to each poster presentation. Presenters self-selected primary and secondary categories applicable to their research during their application and these self-selections have been used to identify award eligibility and scientific category of research for presentation at today’s event.
In-Person Judging:
Date/Time: Sunday, March 30th
Judges Check-In:
Session 1: 8:45am- 9:45am
Session 2: 10:15am-11:15am
Judging: 12:00-2:00pm
Judging Deliberations: 2:45-4:00pm- Judges will meet in separate event rooms to deliberate on winners.
Venue: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
There will be an ePosterBoards Judges Help Desk located on each level of the poster session to provide technical support.
During Check-in, judges will receive a tablet with their ballot pulled up. You will get a refresher on how to use the tablet to judge.
At 11:15 AM, we ask you proceed to your deliberation room, listed on your badge, to review the logistics for the poster session and receive lunch. You are welcome to come earlier and get your name tag and check-in with NESS Staff and volunteers to attend earlier parts of the program.
Judges will be assigned 2-4 posters to judge. The judging format will be 5 minutes for the presentation, followed by 5 minutes for questions, and 7-10 minutes to deliberate with fellow judges and complete your ballot.
When judging is completed, please return tablet back to the ePosterBoards Judges Help Desk.
Technical Webinar
THE WEBINAR is AN OPPORTUNITY FOR JUDGES TO LEARN HOW to NAVIGATE ROCKETJUDGE (Our judging online platform) AND TROUBLESHOOT ANY TECH ISSUES BEFORE EVENT DAY.
Please click and register for the webinar below:
March 5th Webinar
Judging Info
In-Person Judging Steps:
Come to the ePosterBoards Judges help desk during the check-in window (March 30th at 8:45-9:45am for Session 1 Judges and 10:15am-11:15am for Session 2 Judges).
At the beginning of the judging session, you will receive a tablet with your ballot already loaded.
Judges will be judging all the poster presenters assigned in each session.
Each presenter will have 5 minutes to present and 5 minutes to answer questions. Judges have 7-10 minutes to deliberate with fellow judges and complete their ballot.
At the conclusion of the session, finalize scores and return your tablet to the ePosterBoards Judges help desk.
Judges Criteria
Review the judging guidelines/criteria before judging begins.
Judging Scoresheet:
To view in a larger window, please click on image.
Please note scoring is on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.
Judges Assignment List
Click on the orange button on the right hand side of the screen to view an interactive assignment sheet. Note, you may be listed as Judge 1 or Judge 2. There is a search bar in the upper right of the new window.
Check-in at your assigned date/time
Check-in at the ePosterBoards Judges Help Desk on Sunday, March 30th:
Session 1 Judges: 8:45-9:45am
Session 2 Judges: 10:15-11:15am
Remember to review Rocketjudge to understand judging.
If you are having difficulties, please come to our ePosterBoards Judges Help Desk for assistance.
