InstaJudge Blog

This blog is for conference organisers, competition hosts and event teams who are responsible for running a judging process that participants will trust. Running a session involves a lot of small decisions that nobody writes down: how many judges per poster, what the scoring criteria should be, how to handle a judge who does not show up, when to announce the winners. This is where we write them down. You will find practical guidance on poster judging, abstract scoring and audience voting at medical congresses, academic meetings and pitch competitions, plus what we have learned from the events we help run. Most of it comes from working with organisers directly, so it is written for the person who has to make the session happen on the day rather than for the person planning it in theory. If there is something you want us to cover, tell us.