Full Panel Sessions

A proposal for a full panel session should be a summary abstract which gives a brief description and justification of the session in 300 words or less (2000 characters)  in the text box. This might include applicability to the conference theme, contribution to your field, connection to the mission and goals of AESS and the broader environmental studies and sciences community, and/or scholarly and professional merit.

In the “additional abstracts” text box, please include an abstract (with presentation title and author) of no more than 300 words (2000 characters) for each confirmed presentation; please see instructions for individual presentation abstracts above for more details.

 

Deadline for submission: January 18, 2023

Discussion Symposia 60-90 minute session

A proposal for a discussion symposium should be an abstract  which gives a brief description, including how the session will be structured, and justification of the session, in 300 words or less (2000 characters). This might include applicability to the conference theme, contribution to your field, connection to the mission and goals of AESS and the broader environmental studies and sciences community, and/or scholarly and professional merit.

The abstract for a discussion symposium need not include individual abstracts or biographies for each discussant but should include names, affiliations and email for each discussant. Also list these as co-speakers.

Posters

Abstracts should be 300 words (2000 characters) or less and include a:

• Brief overview of the topic background
• Specification of content type (e.g. empirical research results, theoretical contribution, project description, pedagogical experiment, presentation of artistic work, personal or institutional experience, etc.)
• Statement of content, including presentation purpose
  • Provide sufficient information that we can judge the quality of your proposal and its relevance to the conference audience
  • For example, research results might include focal question, method, results and conclusion; pedagogical experiment might include description of experiment, outcomes and lessons learned; presentation of artistic work might include creation of the work, presentation to the public and potential impact; etc.

The call for posters will open late December. Deadline for submission: Rolling through May

Workshops

Proposals should contain sufficient detail to justify the length of time participants will commit to this session. We expect leaders of accepted workshops to actively promote their sessions in advance of the registration deadline. The proposal should cover (in 700 words or fewer) the items below.

1. Workshop title
2. Length (60-90 minutes)
3. Proposed theme and justification
4. An outline of goals and learning outcomes, and, if appropriate, plans for communication of results
5. An outline of the progression of topics and types of learning activities or teaching methods
6. A list of confirmed leaders and a sentence or two about their qualifications and proposed role  (you may also list these names under the co-presenter option)
7. Description of target audience for workshop and methods leaders will use for recruitment of participants.

NOTE 1: Workshops will be offered Monday through Wednesday of the conference and require attendees to select their intent to attend during online registration. Workshop facilitators will receive a roster for their session and can request one from events@aessonline.org at anytime. We ask all workshop leaders to register by the conference’s early registration deadline or the workshop may be canceled.

NOTE 2: Once your workshop is accepted, you can coordinate with Carolyn Anthon to facilitate cross-platform promotional communications e.g. you post on social, AESS shares and etc.

Lightning Talks

Lightning talks are 5-minute oral presentations with the main purpose of sparking conversation and new collaboration. They are very unlike traditional conference presentations that are much longer and contain more detailed information. Lighting talks will be grouped into sessions by the program chairs based on topicality .

Guidelines for Oral Presentations

• Since it takes approximately 1 minute to adequately discuss a Powerpoint slide, your talk should contain no more than 5 slides (roughly).
• Focus only on the BIG QUESTIONS that guided your work, rather than the details of what you did.  Think in terms of (a) motivation – 1 minute, (b) steps you took to address the issue/problem – 1 minute, (c) the answers you found – 1.5 minutes, and (d) why it all matters – 1.5 minutes.  

Your presentation should include the following:

• Title of presentation and your name/affiliation (1 slide)
• Motivation/background (1 slide) – Keep your message concise and appropriate for a general audience.  Think in terms of a good “elevator pitch” to get listener’s attention, which might include:
  • Why did you undertake this project?
  • What is the underlying issue/need for this work?
  • Why does it matter?

• Methods/approach (1 slide) – Explain what you did to address the topic.  Your explanation might include:
  • What method/approach/theory have you used to investigate the topic?
  • Why was this method/approach/theory chosen and why does it work?
  • Provide only the information that is necessary for the audience to understand your work.

• Results/analysis (1-2 slides) – Here, you will show the key data from your work.  Focus only on the key points you would like the audience to leave with.  Use mostly photos/tables/graphs to convey the ideas.
• Conclusions (1 slide) – Explain the broad conclusions you drew from the work, the large-scale implications, and the future direction.
• Acknowledgements (1 slide, or may be combine with conclusions)