International Participation
Our three sponsoring societies (ASN, SSB, and SSE), the Joint Meeting Committee, and the conference organizers are committed to promoting global participation in our annual Evolution conference. To this end, we are offering special accommodation for international participants for Virtual Evolution 2021.
Our three sponsoring societies (ASN, SSB, and SSE), the Joint Meeting Committee, and the conference organizers are committed to promoting global participation in our annual Evolution conference. To this end, we are offering special accommodation for international participants for Virtual Evolution 2021.
Accommodations for International Attendees
For our virtual conference this year we are making special efforts to encourage the participation of international attendees. These include:
For our virtual conference this year we are making special efforts to encourage the participation of international attendees. These include:
- The daily conference schedule is designed to allow attendance during daytime and evening hours for participants from a broad range of time zones.
- We are pleased to offer free meeting registration to 200 society members from 139 countries and territories around the world. Applicants must be members of ASN, SSB, or SSE. If you have joined SSE through the Global Membership Assistance Program, you are eligible for free registration. Learn more and apply here.
- For the faux-live and on-demand talks, you will have the option of presenting in either English or Spanish. All pre-recorded talks will be captioned in both languages.
- Live-streamed talks will be presented and captioned in English. After the scheduled presentation, all of the live and pre-recorded presentations can be viewed with English, Spanish, or no captions.
- During registration, attendees who are not native English speakers can request a bilingual mentor to help them prepare their abstract, talk presentation slides, and their recording.
- Bilingual attendees will be asked to volunteer to be mentors during registration.
- An International Social plus a variety of other coffee/mixer events are scheduled during the conference. See the Workshops and Networking Events page for a complete schedule.