First version of a poster template.

Makefile

+# General Makefile for LaTeX documents by J. F. J. Laros.
+# Last alteration on 15-08-2010.
+#
+# The packages texlive-base-bin, texlive-latex-base and ghostscript should
+#   be installed.
+#
+
+LATEX = latex
+BIBTEX = bibtex
+DVIPS = dvips
+PS2PDF = ps2pdf14
+
+SRC := $(shell grep -H '\\begin{document' *.tex | cut -f 1 -d '.')
+
+all: $(SRC)
+
+$(SRC): $(SRC).tex
+	$(LATEX) $^
+	$(LATEX) $^ 
+	$(DVIPS) $(SRC).dvi -o $(SRC).ps
+
+bib: $(SRC).tex
+	$(LATEX) $^
+	$(BIBTEX) $(SRC)
+
+release: $(SRC) clean
+	$(PS2PDF) $(SRC).ps
+	rm -f $(SRC).ps
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.aux $(SRC).blg $(SRC).dvi $(SRC).log $(SRC).nav $(SRC).out \
+    $(SRC).toc $(SRC).snm $(SRC).vrb
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f $(SRC).ps $(SRC).pdf

beamerthemelumc.sty

+% Copyright 2011 by Jeroen F. J. Laros
+%
+% This file may be distributed and/or modified
+%
+% 1. under the LaTeX Project Public License and/or
+% 2. under the GNU Public License.
+%
+% See the file doc/licenses/LICENSE for more details.
+
+\ProvidesPackageRCS $Header: /svnroot/poster/trunk/beamerthemelumc.sty,v 1.0 2011/03/02 $
+
+\mode<presentation>
+
+% For the footer.
+\usepackage{tabularx}
+
+% Select a nicer font.
+\usepackage{newcent}
+\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{pnc}
+\boldmath
+
+% The poster settings.
+\usepackage[orientation=portrait,size=a0,scale=1.4,debug]{beamerposter}
+
+% Custom colours (use the gimp colour picker and divide by 255).
+\definecolor{LUMCBlue}{rgb}{0, 0.11372, 0.38039}
+\definecolor{ULBlue}{rgb}{0.06274, 0.07843, 0.38823}
+\definecolor{Background}{rgb}{0.85098, 0.92549, 0.98431}
+\definecolor{WhiteBg}{rgb}{1, 1, 1}
+\definecolor{GreenBg}{rgb}{0.69803, 0.94509, 0.49803}
+\definecolor{YellowBg}{rgb}{0.99215, 0.98431, 0.50980}
+\definecolor{BlueBg}{rgb}{0.69411, 0.85098, 0.98823}
+
+\newcommand{\colorBlock}[3] {
+  \vspace{0.2cm}
+  \colorbox{#1}{
+    \begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
+      {\textbf {\LARGE #2}}
+      \bigskip
+
+      {\large #3}
+    \end{minipage}
+  }
+  \vspace{0.2cm}
+}
+
+\newenvironment{myPoster}{
+  \begin{minipage}{0.32\textwidth}
+    \begin{center}
+}{
+    \end{center}
+  \end{minipage}
+}
+
+\newcommand{\nextColumn}{
+    \end{center}
+  \end{minipage}
+  \hspace{1cm}
+  \begin{minipage}{0.65\textwidth}
+    \begin{center}
+}
+
+% Disable the navigation bar.
+\usenavigationsymbolstemplate{}
+
+% Set default colours.
+\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg = LUMCBlue}
+\setbeamercolor{normal text}{fg = LUMCBlue, bg = Background}
+\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg = white}
+
+% Change the bullets in the itemize environment.
+\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[circle]
+
+% Macro for bold text.
+\newcommand{\bt}[1]{\texttt{\textbf{#1}}}
+
+% Enable numbering of figures and tables.
+\setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]
+
+%
+% Settings for displaying code.
+%
+
+% This is for code listing in a presentation and to use references in captions.
+\usepackage{listings}
+\usepackage{cleveref}
+
+% Prevent an overlay to increase the listing counter.
+\resetcounteronoverlays{lstlisting}
+
+% Make a nice layout for code.
+\lstset{
+  language = Python,
+  basicstyle = \footnotesize,
+  lineskip = -0.40ex,
+  frame = shadowbox,
+  rulesepcolor = \color{black},
+  showstringspaces = false,
+  captionpos = b,
+  numbers = left,
+  numbersep = -1em,
+  numberstyle = \tiny
+} 
+
+%
+% Settings for the title page.
+%
+
+\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
+  \colorbox{LUMCBlue}{
+    \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ll}
+      \raisebox{2cm}{\phantom{.}}\\
+      \hspace{2cm} \includegraphics[scale = 4.5]{lumc_logo} &
+        \hspace{2cm}
+        \raisebox{5cm}{
+          \begin{minipage}{0.8\textwidth}
+            \color{white}
+            {\LARGE {\textbf \inserttitle}}
+            \bigskip
+
+            {\large {\textbf \insertauthor}}
+            \bigskip
+            \bigskip
+
+            {\normalsize \insertinstitute}
+          \end{minipage}
+        }\\
+      \raisebox{2cm}{\phantom{.}}\\
+    \end{tabularx}
+  }
+}
+
+% The footer of the title page.
+\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
+  \colorbox{ULBlue}{
+    \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{XXX}
+      \\
+      \hspace{2cm} 
+      \includegraphics[scale = 0.7]{ul_logo} &
+      \hfill
+      \centerLogo 
+      \hfill \phantom{.} &
+      \hfill
+      \rightLogo \hspace{2cm} \phantom{.}\\
+      \\
+    \end{tabularx}
+  }
+}
+
+\mode
+<all>

poster.tex

+\documentclass[final]{beamer}
+
+\title{\LaTeX\ poster template}
+\author{Jeroen F. J. Laros}
+\institute{Center for Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical
+  Center, Leiden, The Netherlands}
+\providecommand{\centerLogo}{
+  \includegraphics[scale = 0.2]{lgtc_logo}
+}
+\providecommand{\rightLogo}{
+  \includegraphics[scale = 0.5]{nbic_logo}
+}
+
+\usetheme{lumc}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\begin{frame}{}
+  \begin{myPoster}
+    \colorBlock{Background}{Introduction}{
+      Introduction text.  
+  
+      bla
+  
+      bla
+      
+      bla
+  
+    }
+    \colorBlock{YellowBg}{Setup}{
+      Explanation of the experiment.
+      \begin{itemize}
+        \item bla
+        \item bla
+        \item bla
+        \item bla
+        \item bla
+        \item bla
+        \item bla
+        \item bla
+      \end{itemize}
+  
+    }
+    \colorBlock{WhiteBg}{Conclusions}{
+      Bla bla.
+    }
+    \nextColumn
+    \colorBlock{BlueBg}{Results}{
+      Bla bla.
+    }
+    \colorBlock{GreenBg}{Other section}{
+      Bla bla.\cite{AC}
+    }
+  
+    \colorBlock{Background}{References}{
+      \bibliography{$HOME/projects/bibliography}{}
+      \bibliographystyle{plain}
+    }
+  \end{myPoster}
+\end{frame}
+
+\end{document}