documentclass[final]{beamer}

usepackage[scale=1.24]{beamerposter} % Use the beamerposter package for laying out the poster

usetheme{confposter} % Use the confposter theme supplied with this template

setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=BlueGreen,bg=white} % Colors of the block titles
setbeamercolor{block body}{fg=black,bg=white} % Colors of the body of blocks
setbeamercolor{block alerted title}{fg=white,bg=dblue!70} % Colors of the highlighted block titles
setbeamercolor{block alerted body}{fg=black,bg=dblue!10} % Colors of the body of highlighted blocks


newlength{sepwid}
newlength{onecolwid}
newlength{twocolwid}
newlength{threecolwid}
setlength{paperwidth}{72in}
setlength{paperheight}{48in}
setlength{sepwid}{0.024paperwidth}    setlength{onecolwid}{0.22paperwidth}
setlength{twocolwid}{0.464paperwidth}
setlength{threecolwid}{0.75paperwidth}
setlength{topmargin}{-1in}
%-----------------------------------------------------------

usepackage{graphicx}  % Required for including images

usepackage{booktabs} % Top and bottom rules for tables

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%   TITLE SECTION
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

title{title} % Poster title

author{authors} % Author(s)

institute{institution} % Institution(s)



%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin{document}

addtobeamertemplate{block end}{}{vspace*{2ex}} % White space under blocks
addtobeamertemplate{block alerted end}{}{vspace*{2ex}} % White space under highlighted (alert) blocks

addtobeamertemplate{headline}{}
{
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
node [shift={(-10 cm,-13cm)}] at (current page.north east)     {includegraphics[height=8cm]{Tums_logo.jpg}};
end{tikzpicture}
}



setlength{belowcaptionskip}{2ex} % White space under figures
setlengthbelowdisplayshortskip{2ex} % White space under equations

begin{frame}[t] % The whole poster is enclosed in one beamer frame

begin{columns}[t]

begin{column}{sepwid}end{column} % Empty spacer column

begin{column}{onecolwid} % The first column
%and the rest...