Format for Symposium Proposals

Symposium organizers are encouraged to submit proposals, recruit presenters, solicit their abstracts, and direct them to submit their abstracts.  A dedicated session should include a minimum of 5 presentations. Time slots are limited to 20 minutes, but multiple time slots (i.e. 40 or 60 minutes) may be offered to keynote speakers or wrap-up panel discussions.  

Please contact us as soon as possible with your concept. Deadline for symposia submittals is January 20, 2015. When submitting your proposal, please include the following:

1. Organizer's information: Provide first and last name, affiliation, telephone number, and e-mail address of organizer. (More than one person can help organize a symposium, but we will only collect information from the lead person. Provide the telephone number and e-mail address where the lead organizer can most easily be reached.)
2. Session title: Be brief but descriptive.
3. Description: Submit a brief (<300 word) abstract that describes your proposed session.
4. List of speakers and titles.

Format for Abstract Submissions

Abstracts are due February 1, 2015. Abstract submissions must include:

1. Type of presentation preferred (oral, poster, or both);
2. Topic area from list, or suggest a topic.
3. Statement of relevance to conference theme.
4. Title of the presentation;
5. Author, full affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and email address;
6. Name of presenter and contact person if different from first author;
7. Students indicate participation in "best student paper or poster";
8. Text of abstract 300 words or less;
9. Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail to afs.calneva@gmail.com.

For more information go to www.afs-calneva.org 

Contact us at afs.calneva@gmail.com, or Conference Planning Chair Ramona Swenson (rswenson@esassoc.com, 916-564-4500)

Format for Abstract Submissions

Abstracts are due January 15th, 2015. Abstract submissions must include:

1. Type of presentation preferred (oral, poster, or both);
2. Title of the presentation;
3. Author, full affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and email address;
4. Name of presenter and contact person if different from first author;
5. Students indicate participation in "best student paper or poster";
6. Text of abstract 300 words or less;
7. Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail  to afs.calneva@gmail.com.

For more information e-mail questions to  afs.davis.sacramento@gmail.com