Day 5 — Presentation
Day 5 is where it all comes together into the two deliverables: the 3-page research proposal and the poster (91 cm H × 150 cm W). This is writing and communication under time pressure, and “rough-edged but complete” is exactly the right target.
Final Day Planning
Before we start writing, we sort out who’s doing what: who drafts which section, who builds the poster, who reviews for consistency. Agreeing on what “done” looks like up front has saved me from more than one last-minute scramble.
| Role | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Section leads | Each owns one part of the proposal (problem / literature / direction / outcomes) |
| Poster lead | Builds the Canva poster from the proposal as sections firm up |
| Reviewer | Reads for coherence, checks citations against the verified bibliography |
Proposal Drafting
The proposal (max 3 pages) pulls together everything from the week: the brief context, the verified literature, the research questions, and the experimental plan. With only three pages, every paragraph or diagram should have some value to the proposal. The rough budget I’d aim for: half a page on problem and motivation, half-one page on literature and gap, half-one page on the proposed direction and plan, and half-one page on expected outcomes and constraints.
We compiled a bunch of advice on this page. If you need some references or help, do check it out.
Following your Day 4 outline and the page budget above, draft the full proposal. Have your reviewer check that every literature claim maps to a verified source, and that each paragraph opens with its point.
Slides and Poster
The poster is the visual pitch. We will build it in Canva at 91 cm (H) × 150 cm (W) and lean hard toward narrative clarity over cramming in content — someone walking past should grasp the problem, the idea, and the contribution in under a minute.
Try to include: a one-line problem statement, the gap, the research question, a simple figure of the approach, and the expected contribution. It’s usually not a good idea to copy and paste the entire proposal in the poster — it is there to support a conversation (like a notecard), not the entire one.
Draft a poster layout that tells your research story in five blocks: Problem → Gap → Research Question → Approach (with a figure) → Expected Contribution. Keep the text minimal and let one central figure carry the method.
There are a few good resources to look at. here are a couple: from NYU and this really nice blog.
I have two examples to show you below:
Final Presentation
Each team gives a short presentation of its proposal and poster to the room. The proposal will be evaluated by AI Singapore staff against a provided rubric, and they’ll probe how sound it is — so it’s worth being ready to field clarifying questions about your assumptions and plan. A complete, clearly-told story counts for more than polish.
Post-Survey and Closing
To wrap up the programme, mentees and mentors complete the post-programme self-assessment and the mirrored inter-rating surveys — the counterpart to the Day 1 pre-survey. We use them to reflect on how much you’ve grown and to support certification decisions.
Post-Programme Self-Assessment & Inter-Rating Survey (links to be added by coordinators)