🏆 SWIG Spotlight: Early Career Poster Competition at SiW25

Shine a light on your research. Be seen. Be celebrated.

Are you an early career researcher or professional working on sensors in water? Do you have an idea, project, or breakthrough worth sharing?

This is your opportunity to showcase your work at Sensing in Water 2025 — the UK’s premier event for sensor technology in the water sector.

✅ Who can enter?

• You must be early in your career (e.g. student or within 5 years of entering the water sector)

• If your poster is based on a team project, you must have consent from collaborators to present it under your name

  
  

📍 When & where?

• Posters displayed: 24th September 2025, Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough

• Prizes presented: Gala Dinner, Burleigh Court Hotel, 24th Sept

• Entry deadline: 31st July 2025

  
  

💬 How to enter:

• Submit an A1-size PDF of your poster

• Submit a short abstract (max 300 words) summarising your work

  
  

All accepted posters will be displayed throughout the day on 24th September. Posters will be scored based on both judges' assessments and conference delegates' votes.

Winners announced at the Gala Dinner 🎉

📝 Judging criteria:

• Is the work of professional relevance?

• Does the work demonstrate scientific rigour?

• Is the poster well presented (clarity, layout, readability)?

• Is the abstract a clear summary of the research?

• Is good use made of diagrams, photographs and illustrations?

• Does the work show evidence of originality?

• Was the project/work successful or worthwhile?

  
  

🏅 Prizes:

• 1st place £1,200

• 2nd place £500

• 3rd place £200

  
  

🎯 Ready to enter?

Email your PDF poster and abstract by 31st July 2025.Include:

• Your full name and affiliation

• Poster title

• Confirmation that you have team consent (if applicable)

  
  

📧 Send your entry to: info@swig.org.uk

Let your work speak for itself — and let us shine a spotlight on your ideas.