beamerthemeconfposter.sty

\ProvidesPackage{beamerthemeconfposter}
\RequirePackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,backgrounds}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\RequirePackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{exscale}
\RequirePackage{textcomp}
\RequirePackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\newcommand{\makeruleinbox}{{\usebeamercolor[bg]{block alerted title}\centering\hspace*{-0.7cm}\rule{\inboxrule}{0.5cm}}}
\usepackage{ragged2e}

\makeatletter
\def\@listi{\leftmargin\leftmarginii
\topsep 1ex
\parsep 0\p@ \@plus\p@
\itemsep 6pt}
\makeatother

\usecaptiontemplate{\small\structure{\insertcaptionname~\insertcaptionnumber: }\insertcaption} % A fix for figure numbering

% Colors
\definecolor{pennBlue}{HTML}{00144d}
\definecolor{pennLightBlue}{HTML}{045ea7}
\definecolor{pennRed}{HTML}{95001a}

% Set colors for blocks
\setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=black}
\setbeamercolor{block body}{fg=black}

% Set the alert color
\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=pennRed}

% Poster title
\setbeamertemplate{headline}{
 \leavevmode
 % Comment out different styles for different headers
 \vskip-0.5in
 \begin{tikzpicture}
   \fill[pennBlue] (0, 0) -- (0.13\textwidth, 0) -- (0, -0.13\textwidth) -- (0, 0);
   \fill[pennRed] (0, 0) -- (0.08\textwidth, 0) -- (0, -0.08\textwidth) -- (0, 0);
   \coordinate (a) at (0, -0.105\textwidth);
   \coordinate (b) at (0.105\textwidth, 0);
   \fill[white] ($(a)!0.25!(b)$) circle (1);
   \fill[white] ($(a)!0.5!(b)$) circle (1);
   \fill[white] ($(a)!0.75!(b)$) circle (1);
   \fill[pennBlue] (\textwidth, 0) -- (\textwidth-0.13\textwidth, 0) -- (\textwidth, -0.13\textwidth) -- (\textwidth, 0);
   \fill[pennRed] (\textwidth, 0) -- (\textwidth-0.08\textwidth, 0) -- (\textwidth, -0.08\textwidth) -- (\textwidth, 0);
   \coordinate (a) at (\textwidth, -0.105\textwidth);
   \coordinate (b) at (\textwidth-0.105\textwidth, 0);
   \fill[white] ($(a)!0.25!(b)$) circle (1);
   \fill[white] ($(a)!0.5!(b)$) circle (1);
   \fill[white] ($(a)!0.75!(b)$) circle (1);
 \end{tikzpicture}
 \vskip-5.5in
  \begin{columns}
   \begin{column}{\linewidth}
    \vskip2cm
    \centering
    \textsf{\usebeamercolor{title in headline}{\color{black}\Huge{\textbf{\inserttitle}}\\[0.5ex]}}
    \textsf{\usebeamercolor{author in headline}{\color{black}\Large{\insertauthor}\\[1ex]}}
   \end{column}
  \end{columns}
  \vskip0in
}

% Block definition
\setbeamertemplate{block begin}
{
  \par\vskip\medskipamount
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep*=0ex,dp={2ex},center]{block title}
    \vskip-0.25cm
    \huge\textsf{\insertblocktitle}
  \end{beamercolorbox}
  \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \fill[pennLightBlue]
    (0,0) rectangle (\textwidth,0.3cm);
  \end{tikzpicture}
  \vspace{1in}
  {\parskip0pt\par}
  \ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block title}
  {}
  {\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{block body}{}{\nointerlineskip\vskip-0.5pt}}
  \vskip-0.5cm
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep*=0ex,vmode]{block body}
  \justifying
}

\setbeamertemplate{block end}
{
  \end{beamercolorbox}
  \vskip\smallskipamount
}