Hi all,

My abstract was recently accepted to a conference. However, I am unable to attend. There is another student in my lab who is familiar with the work and has done work on the project since, but is not an author on the abstract. Can this other student present the poster at the conference even though they are not an author on the poster? Thanks!

I think it is fine unless the conference has some explicit guidance that prohibits this. I think it happens when people are ill or whatnot and a colleague knows their work well.