The inaugural 2024 Āpōpō Congress Poster Competition is an opportunity to inspire an audience of infrastructure asset management professionals attending the Congress through an engaging and informative Poster presentation.

Up for grabs are two Prezzy Card prizes of $500 each for best student or emerging member entrant and best overall poster (one entrant may win both categories and prizes.)

The delegate voted competition winners will be announced and showcased at the Āpōpō Awards Gala Dinner on 22 May.  Delegates will be voting on visual appeal and readability, technical asset management content, and inspiration gained.

Posters accepted into the competition will be printed portrait at A0 size by Āpōpō and will be prominently displayed for the duration of the Congress.  Entrants will also talk about their poster in a lunch time Q&A session on day one of the Congress.

Entries for 2024 are CLOSED.

NB For entry purposes the poster submitted must be less than 5MB.  A finalised high resolution version will be required from accepted entrants by 26 April for printing.

Competition Guidance

Each Poster entered should present the captivating story of a project or initiative that demonstrates one or more asset management competencies, eg lifecycle management, levels of service analysis, condition or performance assessment etc – refer to the Āpōpō Guide for technical areas.  Graphics and images should support or expand any narrative which should be able to be read by your audience in 2-3 mins.  Consideration of how te ao Māori principles have or should have influenced the work should be included.

The organising committee will vet entries to ensure that each Poster accepted into the competition:

• Is not a duplicate of, or very similar to, an Āpōpō Awards entry
• Is relevant to asset management
• Clearly describes and presents the situation, action, applied asset management competencies, and outcomes achieved
• Is informative and effectively shares asset management knowledge and/or experience

Poster preparation

Entry details

The following details are to be entered in Judgify

• Entry title, 7 words max
• Entrant contact details - name, email, phone, organisation, role
• Supporting entrants (if any) - name, email, phone
• Confirmation that Entrant is an Āpōpō member
• Confirmation that the Entrant will attend the Āpōpō Congress 21-23 May 2024 and the Āpōpō Awards Gala Dinner Wednesday 22 May 2024, Tākina Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington.
• Confirmation the Entrant will attend the on-display poster to answer any questions posed by delegates during the poster Q&A session (lunchtime on the first day of the Congress Tuesday 21 May 2024).
• Entry headline up to 60 words (for competition announcements and social media posts)
• Entry Poster – upload pdf <5MB (high resolution pdf for printing only required if poster accepted into competition – to be submitted by email on request)
• Image
• showing the Entrant / Āpōpō members involved in preparing the Poster

Key Dates: 

Before Congress:

At the Congress:

Questions? Please contact: emily.liddell@apopo.co.nz