Paper presentation or poster session


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Format for in-text citation

In-text citation example

Kenab and Braham (2005) present a convincing argument.....


Format for reference list

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Presenter, A. A., Presenter, B. B., & Presenter, C. C. (Year, month). Title of paper or poster [Paper presentation/ Poster presentation]. The XX meeting of the Organization Name, City, State Code, Country. URL

Reference list example

Kenab, M., & Braham, T.Q. (2005, May). Simultaneous querying of XML and relational contexts [Paper presentation]. The 7th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Miami, FL, United States. http://www.iceis.org/iceis2005/abstracts_2005.htm

Make sure to look at the style notes


Style notes for this reference type

  • APA 7 Publication Manual, pp.332-333 (see Examples 61 & 62)
  • Provide the full dates of the conference in the date element of the reference.
  • The title of the paper presentation, poster session, keynote address, or symposium contribution is in italics.
  • Describe the presentation in square brackets after the title. The description is flexible (e.g. [Conference session], [Paper presentation], [Poster session], [Keynote address])
  • Provide the name of the conference or meeting and its location in the source element of the reference.
  • Use the year only as the date for in-text citations e.g. (Reenen, 2018)

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