Pre-proposal
The submission form will require you to enter all the requested information into the appropriate fields. You will be able to save your submission and return to finish it at any time before the August 3rd pre-proposal deadline. Incomplete proposals will not be considered or programmed. The call for abstracts opens in October 2026.
Title: Try to be informative, broad, and catchy. Use title case.
Chair(s): Name and contact information of chair(s). Proposal chairs must be active AAA members. Non-members are invited to submit a proposal if an AAA committee member recruited them to submit a proposal or if they have a co-chair who is an AAA member. Chairs must be informed about the speakers and their talks to provide appropriate introductions and moderate the Q&A.
Description: Limit 300 words. Should contain the following elements:
- Description of the topic
- Relevance of the topic to human health, anatomical sciences, education research, teaching, and/or professional development
- Provide an example that shows why the prospective topic is important now
Potential Speakers: Please list the potential speakers that you plan to invite. At this point, you do not need to invite them. If your proposal is selected for the next round, then you will invite them. We will not contact the speakers that you provide. It is just to make sure we do not have any repeat speakers. If are still thinking of who to invite, then its ok to just say that.
Full Proposal
Any additional requests/comments on format, session timing or set-up? - Include any additional requests or comments that should be considered when reviewing the proposal. Such as timing, room set-up or general format. Standard set up is theater seating for symposia and round tables for workshops and roundtable sessions.
Speaker Talk Title & Description: Non-member speakers are welcome. Should not exceed 100 words for each suggested speaker. For each speaker, include:
- A talk title
- A brief description of the topic
- Rationale for the speaker's contribution to this session
- Speaker name, institution, and website
Speaker Selection: AAA is a diverse and inclusive scientific organization. In order to be inclusive, repeat speakers and chairs from the previous annual meeting will not be allowed except under extraordinary circumstances. Exceptions include award winners and competition award finalists. In addition, speakers in a professional development/career talk one year can give an oral talk in their educational or scientific area of research the next year. However, as with all programing options, preference is given to speakers who have not spoken in several years and new speakers to AAA. Speakers can be AAA members or non-members.