Newsletter
Volume 32 | 2009 | Number 1
ABAI 2009 Convention Program Committee Report
By Dr. Ramona Houmanfar, Program Committee Senior Co-Chair
We will experience another great convention this year at ABAI. As always, our accomplishment is a product of the contribution and support provided by the ABAI administration staff, the ABAI Council, and the Program Committee. We are looking forward to a very strong program this year, with a total of 1,633 submissions, including 765 posters, 295 panels and symposia, 236 papers, 26 invited addresses, 12 invited tutorials, 64 business meetings, 19 reunions, 14 special events, 109 Expo posters, and 93 workshops. Overall, we have maintained a healthy pattern of growth over time (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Number of Submissions by Year
Area Coordinators
The hard work and effort of the program coordinators resulted in a maximum number (40) of invited presentation submissions and tutorials. Moreover, twelve of the invited addresses and tutorials will be conducted by non-ABAI members (The B. F. Skinner Lecture Series). Our recruitment of these many invited presentations by non-ABAI members is indicative of the Program Coordinators’ continued support and participation in the B. F. Skinner Series initiative. The successful recruitment of the new co-coordinators for a majority of areas would not be possible without the help and support of their senior co-coordinators. So, we are grateful to these colleagues for their contribution to the vitality of the ABAI Program.
As always, I would like to thank my co-chair, Dr. William Palya, for his invaluable collaboration, and all of the Program Coordinators and other members of the Program Committee for their outstanding efforts this year. In addition, on behalf of the ABAI Program Committee, I would like to thank Maria Malott and her exemplary staff members for their support and guidance.