Scheduling Criteria
The Program Committee can consider only the presenting author, chair, panelists, and discussant of each submission when resolving scheduling conflicts.
Author Limits
- Papers, posters, and individual symposium presentations must have one presenting author and no more than seven additional authors.
- Panels must have exactly three panelists and one chair.
- Paper sessions, symposia, and panels must each have one chair.
- Symposia, depending on the number of individual presentations, may have one discussant.
Role Limits
To limit the number of concurrent and potentially conflicting presentations, and to increase the impact and prestige of the poster sessions, individuals may serve in the following roles:
- presenting author on no more than two posters, and
- presenting author/panelist on no more than one oral presentation (paper, individual symposium presentation, or panel), and
- chair or discussant on no more than one symposia or panel.
The Program Committee will reject submissions that include individuals exceeding the role limits outlined above. Consideration of which submission to reject when a participant has surpassed his or her limit will be made with attention to the order in which submissions were received.
An individual may have one role from category 1 and one role from category 2. An individual cannot have two roles from category 1 and zero roles from category 2, nor may they have zero roles in category 1 and two roles in category 2. In addition, individuals may have two roles from category 3.
| Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 |
|---|
| Symposium Chair |
Symposium Presenting Author |
Poster Presenting Author |
| Symposium Discussant |
Paper Presenting Author |
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| Panel Chair |
Panelist |
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Role Descriptions
Presenting author.This individual must become an ABAI member, register for the convention and make the presentation. This person does not need to be the first author. Presenting authors are required for individual symposium presentations, posters, and papers.
Author. This individual is not required to register for the convention or become a member, but his or her name will be published in the convention program. Authors are optional for papers, posters, individual symposium presentations, and expo posters.
Panelist.This individual must become an ABAI member, register for the convention, and participate in the panel. This individual participates in an audience-driven question and answer format session following a short abstract presentation delivered by the chair.
Chair.This individual must become an ABAI member, register for the convention, and participate in the presentation. The chair oversees the session, delivers a short abstract summarizing the session, introduces the first presenter, acts as a timekeeper, and ensures the session ends on time.
Paper session chair. This individual must become an ABAI member, register for the convention, and participate in the presentation. Area coordinators assign one of the presenting authors from the session to this role. The chair oversees the session, introduces the presenters, acts as a timekeeper, and ensures the session ends on time.
Discussant. This individual must become an ABAI member, register for the convention, and participate in the presentation. The discussant highlights and integrates the contributions of various presenters in the session.