Minisymposia Talks are 10-12 minutes with a 3-5 minute Q&A (15 minutes total per speaker). Each minisymposium is 1.5 hours long and contains six talks. Talks are both pre-recorded by the speakers and uploaded in November and presented live at the meeting. A live Q&A will follow each talk at the in-person meeting. The pre-recorded talks will be used in case an attendee is unable to present live at the meeting. The pre-recorded talks will be available on demand for registered attendees until the end of January 2023.

There are up to 31 scientific Minisymposia and one Education Minisymposium. Specific Minisymposia titles will be determined in September after all abstracts are submitted and reviewed, and sessions are formed. Minisymposia will be driven by the abstracts received under the seven scientific meeting tracks and the education track. Seven scientific Minisymposia will run concurrently in each designated time slot. The  Minisymposia are on Sunday, December 3, and Tuesday, December 5, from 3:40 pm to 5:10 pm and 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. The Education Minisymposium is on December 3 from 3:40 pm to 5:10 pm.

Abstracts submitted for Minisymposia consideration will go through concealed (author information hidden) scoring by the co-chairs for the primary track you choose. Those same reviewers may decide to re-assign your abstract to your secondary track, if you select one.

Minisymposia speakers do not receive funds to attend the meeting. If you need travel assistance, consider applying for a travel grant, deadline September 5.

View Minisymposia Scientific Tracks and Abstract Topics

Abstract submission is required for all talks in a Special Interest Subgroup session. Subgroup organizers will have the opportunity to read through all abstracts submitted to their topic to allow them to design their sessions with the most cutting edge research available.

Subgroup talks vary in length as determined by the organizer(s). All speakers in Subgroup sessions will present live at the meeting in December. A live Q&A will follow each talk at the in-person meeting.

Subgroup speakers do not receive funds to attend the meeting. If you need travel assistance, consider applying for a travel grant, deadline September 5.

View 2023 Subgroup Topics

Submit an abstract by the following three deadlines to present a poster:

• Tuesday, August 1, at 9:00 pm EDT
• Tuesday, September 5, at 9:00 pm EDT
• Tuesday, October 10, at 9:00 pm EDT (this final deadline has a higher abstract fee).

Posters are displayed throughout the meeting in the exhibit hall. Each poster is assigned a day for presentation and the specific time is determined by the board number. Posters can be on display from the afternoon before the actual poster session until immediately after the poster sessions session. Poster presentations occur between 12:15 pm and 3:15 pm Sunday through Tuesday in the Exhibit Hall. Poster sessions are each 90 minutes, odd poster numbers present from 12:15-1:45 pm and even poster numbers present from 1:45-3:15 pm. If you submit for a poster presentation, you must be available on any day. Session and date assignments will be sent out in late October.

Abstract submitters will be accepted to give a poster presentation as long as their abstracts present data, show that research has occurred, and they are not commercial in nature.

View "Tips to Ensure Acceptance" for more information. Abstract submitters will be accepted to give a poster presentation as long as their abstracts present data, show that research has occurred, and they are not commercial in nature.