Some meetings require you to include the abstract also. If you wish, have a methods handout for those who ask for it. Most posters are most quickly made using some kind of computer software. Combining computer-generated text and graphics with photogrpahs and drawings adds interest. How to arrange poster elements and text within each panel.
People approach new information in a known spatial sequence.
The title and your name will be seen in the first 11 seconds that a person looks at the poster because they will be centered at the top. This will be all many people will read, so the poster title should be your punch line. The overall format of a good poster is dictated by the way we assimilate information. For example, you would never put your first panel on the right and ask your reader to proceed to the left because we are not trained to read that way. A left to right horizontal rows arrangement works too but is not as common, probably because it would require a reader to walk back and forth in front of the poster, which could be difficult in a crowded session.