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GSA2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Call For Papers
SCIENCE & CAREERS ABSTRACTS DEADLINE: 11 August
DISCIPLINE SESSIONS are created by pooling together abstracts
submitted to a particular discipline category, which can create a
dynamic, thought-provoking session.
TOPICAL SESSIONS are focused on specific topics for a moti-
vating, interdisciplinary exchange of science. If you are interested
in submitting an abstract to a particular topic, check the meeting
website for a listing.
PARDEE KEYNOTE SYMPOSIA represent leading-edge, inter-
disciplinary science and address broad, fundamental geoscience
issues and/or areas of public policy. Speakers in these sessions are
of high standing in their fields. More information on these
sessions is online.
SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT
• To begin your submission, go to community.geosociety.org/
gsa2015/science/sessions.
• A fee of US$45 for professionals and US$25 for students will be
charged for each abstract submission.
• Please review the two-abstract rule below.
• Submission deadline: Tuesday, 11 August.
Two-Abstract Rule
• You may submit two volunteered abstracts, as long as one of the
abstracts is for a poster presentation;
• Each submitted abstract must be different in content; and
• If you are invited to submit an abstract to a Pardee Keynote
Symposium or a topical session, the invited abstracts do not
count against the two-abstract rule.
GSA TODAY | JUNE 2015 GSA 2015 Highlights
11. The meeting does not end on Wednesday … at least
not until after beer o’clock, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the
Poster Hall.
12. Scientific field trips run throughout the meeting;
post-meeting trips include visits to Washington, D.C., the
Smithsonian Institution, and Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs.
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Poster Presenters
Hours for poster presentations: 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. on Sunday,
with authors present 3:30–5:30 p.m. Mon.–Wed., posters should
be on display 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m., with authors present during the
afternoon beer reception, 5–6:30 p.m. Authors can be available at
other times throughout the day, at the presenters’ preference.
• You will be provided with one horizontal, freestanding 8-ft-
wide by 4-ft-high display board, and Velcro for hanging your
display is provided at no charge.
• Each poster booth will share a 6-ft-long by 30-inch-wide table.
• Electricity will not be available this year, so please plan your
presentation accordingly.
• Wi-Fi will be available in the poster hall area.
Oral Presenters
The normal length of an oral presentation is 12 min. plus 3
min. for questions and answers. You must visit the Speaker Ready
Room at least 24 hours before your scheduled presentation. All
technical session rooms will be equipped with a PC using MS
Office 2013.
Request a Press Release
Each year, GSA prepares a limited number of press
releases and facilitates a few Web-streamed press confer-
ences at the meeting on presentations that may be of
interest to the public through the science media. If you are
presenting new research that you feel should be high-
lighted for the media and to the audiences they write for,
please let us know. Find guidelines and request a press
release or media briefing at community.geosociety.org/
gsa2015/science-careers/requestpr.
13. Next year’s meeting will be earlier than usual and
in Denver: 25–28 Sept. We hope to see you there!