It's the "poster session," a chance to talk with people rather than at them about your project.
Why don't more genealogy conferences (or even institutes) take this up?
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Harold Henderson, "Poster sessions for a more interactive conference ," Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog, posted 27 January 2014 (http://midwesternmicrohistory.blogspot.com : viewed [date]). [Please feel free to link to the specific post if you prefer.]
