Symposia and Abstract Submission

Symposia proposals and abstract submissions will be accepted starting on
January 15th.

The deadline for symposia proposals is March 1st; the deadline for
abstract submissions is March 15th.

For the abstract, describe the purpose of the study, the methods, the results, and the conclusions. Use Ariel font size 11. Corresponding figures (grayscale only) can be uploaded in a single .tif or .jpg file (under "supplementary data"). For the program, text and figures will be fit onto a single Letter-sized page with 1-inch margins. Please constrain word count and figure size accordingly.

For symposia proposals, please provide one file with a description of the central theme of the symposium, a list of the participants, and an abstract for each of the speakers. Two hours is allotted, with a minimum of 4 speakers.

Graduate Student Awards

The Graduate Student Symposium affords an opportunity for outstanding graduate students to present papers at the conference in a highlighted symposium. Up to five students will be selected to participate in the symposium. Their accommodation and travel expenses will be partly covered by the Organizing Committee, but they must pay their own conference registration fee.
Information on the awards can be found here .