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Abstract and Session Submission

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Choosing your submission format:

Abstracts

Abstracts are proposals for individual presentations that authors perform onsite and/or virtually. Submissions are open through July 8, 2025.

Oral Presentations

Presentations are in-person and 15 minutes long.

Rapid Oral Presentations

Rapid presentations are in-person,5-minute oral presentations that usually have a corresponding poster presentation later that same afternoon. 

Poster Presentations

Posters are hung in the Exhibit Hall and presented during an assigned two-hour poster session.

Virtual Presentations

Virtual presentations can be prerecorded oral presentations, Eposters, or poster PDF presentations that are available for on-demand viewing.

Sessions

Sessions are groups of related presentations on a particular topic or theme. Submission deadlines vary.

Tour Proposals

Tours are professional field trips that occur prior to, during, or following CANVAS.

Workshop Proposals

Workshops are interactive educational sessions for that emphasize the exchange of ideas and the demonstration and application of techniques, skills, etc. 

Meeting Rooms

These requests are reserved gatherings available to Society committees and other organizations during CANVAS.

Reception Rooms

These requests are for catered networking events Society committees and other organizations hold during CANVAS.

Special Sessions

These are high-level, invited speaker sessions that do not fit within a single division/community program. They are typically broader in scope, and the interest and subject matter crosses all three societies. 

Submissions closed on February 28, 2025.

SSSA Cross Divisional Symposia

These are high-level, invited speaker sessions that do not fit within a single SSSA division program. They are typically broader in scope, and the interest and subject matter crosses at least three SSSA divisions. 

Submissions closed on February 28, 2025.

ASA Competitive PEF Proposals

These ASA proposals request extra funding for ASA CANVAS activities. 

Submissions closed on February 28, 2025.

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