AAA Annual Meeting at EB 2020
San Diego, CA
April 4 - 7, 2020
Deadline for Submission -
April 24, 2019
We are currently accepting session proposals for AAA’s Annual Meeting at EB 2020.
We have updated our submission criteria, so please read the criteria below.
Topic of proposals should be relevant to the broad AAA membership, and will fall into three categories:
AAA is a diverse and inclusive scientific organization and the annual meeting program is a further reflection of these principles. Symposia proposals are therefore expected to represent the diversity of the association as much as possible, including gender and institutional balance. Learn more about our Diversity and Inclusion Mission. Furthermore, in the spirit of inclusiveness, repeat speakers and chairs from the previous annual meeting should be avoided.
San Diego, CA
April 4 - 7, 2020
Deadline for Submission -
April 24, 2019
We are currently accepting session proposals for AAA’s Annual Meeting at EB 2020.
We have updated our submission criteria, so please read the criteria below.
Topic of proposals should be relevant to the broad AAA membership, and will fall into three categories:
- Professional Development
- Educational Research
- Basic/Translational Research - The program committee will review any proposals in neurobiology, cell biology, developmental and morphological biology, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal biology, imaging, form and function and vertebrate paleontology. In 2020, a portion of the meeting will focus on Stem cells, tissue repair and regeneration and the program committee, in addition to the previously mentioned topics, will be interested in proposals in this particular scientific area.
AAA is a diverse and inclusive scientific organization and the annual meeting program is a further reflection of these principles. Symposia proposals are therefore expected to represent the diversity of the association as much as possible, including gender and institutional balance. Learn more about our Diversity and Inclusion Mission. Furthermore, in the spirit of inclusiveness, repeat speakers and chairs from the previous annual meeting should be avoided.
Content must be informational and educational, not commercial. Presentations that are sales pitches or product-focused are discouraged.
Proposals will be reviewed by one of the following committees: Program Committee, Educational Affairs Committee or Professional Development Committee. Notifications will be sent by the beginning of June.
Review details on session type, length, budget or chair responsibilities.
Proposals will be reviewed by one of the following committees: Program Committee, Educational Affairs Committee or Professional Development Committee. Notifications will be sent by the beginning of June.
Review details on session type, length, budget or chair responsibilities.
Submission Criteria Instructions
View a sample proposal
The 2020 submission form will require you to enter all the requested information into the appropriate fields. You will be able to save your submission and go back and finish it any time before the deadline. Incomplete proposals will not be accepted.
Title:
Try to be informative, broad and catchy. Title should be in title case.
Chair(s):
Name and contact information of chair(s). Proposal chairs must be active AAA members. Non-members are invited to submit a proposal if they were recruited by an AAA committee member to submit a proposal or if they have a co-chair who is an AAA member.
Description of the symposium:
This paragraph should not exceed 250 words. It should contain the following elements:
- Description of the topic addressed in the symposium
- Relevance of the topic to human health, anatomical sciences and education research, teaching or professional development
- Timeliness of the topic
- Rationale for the choice of speakers
- Have speakers already been asked and confirmed?
- Do NOT include detailed speaker information here, you will be asked about this information in the next section
Speaker Talk Title and Description:
This section should not exceed 100 words for each of the three suggested speakers. It should provide a general talk title of the topic he/she will address, a brief general description of the topic, as well as a rationale for his/her contribution to this particular session. Include the speakers name, university and website if available. Speakers can be an AAA member or non-member.
Speaker Selection
AAA is a diverse and inclusive scientific organization and the annual meeting program is a further reflection of these principles.
Symposia proposals are therefore expected to represent the diversity of the association as much as possible, including gender and institutional origin balance. Furthermore, in the spirit of inclusiveness, repeat speakers from the previous annual meeting should be avoided.
View a sample proposal.
Questions? Please contact Colby Shultz, Director, Meetings and Education
