E-posters have been increasingly incorporated into medical education conferences over the past few years, but since the disruption to the 'traditional' conference circuit as a result of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 they have become a necessary tool for larger national and international conferences to support ongoing scholarship dissemination. The authors of this article also recognise the potential for smaller-scale e-poster sessions to be organised at local or regional levels to either continue, or establish new, special interest groups and smaller medical education research networks. Our 12 tips article is designed to offer practical advice to support the implementation of local or regional e-poster sessions to potential organisers and is written from the perspective of two medical educational researchers with experience of designing e-posters and organising virtual conferences which include e-poster presentation sessions.easily be adapted between conferences and re-used as opposed to needing re-printing in different sizes/formats to comply with individual conference guidance.Whilst larger conference organisations have the funding and infrastructure to support highly technologically advanced conference platforms, e-poster sessions could be adapted to support scholarly dissemination at local or regional levels using more modest technological options, and in fact could encourage the establishment of new communities of practice within medical education research. We offer our 12 tips to organisers of local/regional e-poster sessions covering the four broad topics of: (a) planning an e-poster session, (b) inviting and instructing presenters, (c) conducting the e-poster session, and (d) sharing experiences with the medical education community. We hope to inspire confidence to utilise e-posters more in the longterm to support more scholarly dissemination, particularly at local and regional levels. Tip 1. Consider Whether An E-Poster Session is Right for Your MeetingE-poster sessions are growing in popularity and may seem more straight-forward than organising oral presentations (or full face-to-face conferences), but before committing to this format consideration needs to be given to whether they suit the purpose of your meeting. Do e-posters cater to the type of information that you would like to disseminate in your meeting, or would oral presentations/workshops be more appropriate? Also consider your likely audience: Will they be able to attend e-poster sessions 'live', or prefer to have asynchronous access to the e-posters? Finally, do you think that the audience will engage with an entirely virtual format, or would they prefer more traditional, face-to-face conference experience? Tip 2. Gather Your Team E-poster sessions require preparation, execution and evaluation, and each of these three broad stages are underpinned by many tasks to ensure success of the event. Whilst achievable by a single individual, this would be put huge demands on one's time and limit the creativity borne out of collaboration. Ideally, a minim...

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