Paper presentation or poster session
You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)
In-text citation example
Cochrane, Buskes and Lam (2025) present a convincing argument for the use of technology to engage students.....
Reference list
Reference list template
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
Cochrane, T., Buskes G., & Lam, L. (2025). Transforming energy and pedagogy – more than a metaphor (Version 2) [Poster presentation]. Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Conference, Adelaide, Australia. https://doi.org/10.26188/30662300.v2
Make sure to look at the style notes
Tips 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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