Registration fees cover attendance at all scientific events over the four days (June 19-23) including concurrent sessions, symposia, spotlight sessions, plenary addresses, and three evening poster sessions with light food and a cash bar for wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages (drink tickets are not provided). They also include early morning (i.e. pre-plenary) coffee/tea, morning and afternoon coffee breaks (June 19-23) and the opening reception on Friday evening, June 19. Lunch is not provided (except as part of some optional events that have an extra fee and require registration). There is a small additional charge for the conference-ending Super Social at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Tuesday evening, June 23 (which includes dinner and one drink ticket).
Join/renew your society membership prior to registering for the conference (see below).
Join/renew your society membership prior to registering for the conference (see below).
Talk & poster submission
Once you have completed the Attendee Registration process, a link to your 'Profile home' will appear in the registration system. Follow it to sign up for a talk and/or poster. There is no selection process for regular concurrent talks: all talk submissions are accepted UNTIL AVAILABLE SLOTS ARE FILLED or until 10 PM Eastern Daylight Time on Apr. 15, whichever is earlier. All posters submissions are accepted until 10 PM EST on June 1; Poster submissions after June 1 are discouraged although may be possible, space permitting; these will be grouped during the poster sessions into a "Last minute submissions" section (and denoted as such in the program).
When you first register you will create a login name and password that will allow you to return to the site to modify the information provided. You can change your talk/poster details (i.e. title, authors, keywords, optional abstract) at any time (i.e. up to and even during the conference), and these changes will be immediately reflected in the online scheduler and mobile app. However, the talk schedule will be built from the talk database as it exists on Apr 15. Therefore, if you make substantial changes to your title and/or keywords after Apr. 15 it may mean that your talk is no longer grouped in the correct session (i.e. it will be with other talks according to the previous information you provided). Only title & authors are required to submit a talk/poster; Abstracts are optional (unless you are applying for the Mayr or Hamilton award, or you are submitting a candidate talk for a Spotlight session), but if provided your abstract will be available to attendees via the online scheduler and mobile app.
Please note that due to the complexity involved in scheduling hundreds of talks and posters, we unfortunately cannot accommodate individual requests to present on a specific date or at a specific time. Thank you for your understanding.
When you first register you will create a login name and password that will allow you to return to the site to modify the information provided. You can change your talk/poster details (i.e. title, authors, keywords, optional abstract) at any time (i.e. up to and even during the conference), and these changes will be immediately reflected in the online scheduler and mobile app. However, the talk schedule will be built from the talk database as it exists on Apr 15. Therefore, if you make substantial changes to your title and/or keywords after Apr. 15 it may mean that your talk is no longer grouped in the correct session (i.e. it will be with other talks according to the previous information you provided). Only title & authors are required to submit a talk/poster; Abstracts are optional (unless you are applying for the Mayr or Hamilton award, or you are submitting a candidate talk for a Spotlight session), but if provided your abstract will be available to attendees via the online scheduler and mobile app.
Please note that due to the complexity involved in scheduling hundreds of talks and posters, we unfortunately cannot accommodate individual requests to present on a specific date or at a specific time. Thank you for your understanding.
Registration rates and society membership
Category* |
Early (by Apr. 15)^ |
Regular (by Jun. 15)^ |
On-site (after Jun. 15) |
Faculty/professional Member |
$500 |
$600 |
$650 |
Faculty/professional Non-member |
$600 |
$700 |
$750 |
Postdoc Member |
$415 |
$515 |
$565 |
Postdoc Non-member |
$515 |
$615 |
$665 |
Student Member |
$330 |
$430 |
$480 |
Student Non-member |
$430 |
$530 |
$580 |
Guest** |
$175 |
$275 |
$325 |
*Rates refer to your status at the time you register. If you have recently graduated but not yet become a post doc, you can register as a student. If your post doc has ended but you have not started as a faculty, you can register as a postdoc.
** A guest is a person accompanying someone with a standard (i.e. non-guest) registration and who wishes to attend the social functions only (i.e. opening reception, coffee breaks, evening poster sessions). Anyone wanting to attend talks, symposia, Spotlight sessions, or other academic events must independently register as a regular attendee.
^The early registration discounts apply until 10 PM Eastern Daylight time on Apr. 15, 2020. After this date, online registration at the regular rate is possible until 10 PM Eastern daylight time on June 15, 2020. After that time, late registration is possible at the 'on-site rate', although it may need to be done in-person at the conference if online registration is not accessible. Registration to give a talk and/or poster and for some workshops, as well as applications for some awards and travel funds, all close at earlier dates.
Become a society member!
Members of one or more of the participating societies enjoy a significant savings in registration fees that more than offset the cost of membership. In addition, some workshops, symposia, and other special events, along with volunteer opportunities and travel grants, are only accessible during registration to MEMBERS of one or more of the societies. You should therefore become a member or renew your membership before beginning your registration.
Check your current membership status here:
American Society of Naturalists
Society for the Study of Evolution (if you cannot login your membership has lapsed)
Society of Systematic Biologists
Join/renew your membership:
American Society of Naturalists
Society of Systematic Biologists
Society for the Study of Evolution
** A guest is a person accompanying someone with a standard (i.e. non-guest) registration and who wishes to attend the social functions only (i.e. opening reception, coffee breaks, evening poster sessions). Anyone wanting to attend talks, symposia, Spotlight sessions, or other academic events must independently register as a regular attendee.
^The early registration discounts apply until 10 PM Eastern Daylight time on Apr. 15, 2020. After this date, online registration at the regular rate is possible until 10 PM Eastern daylight time on June 15, 2020. After that time, late registration is possible at the 'on-site rate', although it may need to be done in-person at the conference if online registration is not accessible. Registration to give a talk and/or poster and for some workshops, as well as applications for some awards and travel funds, all close at earlier dates.
Become a society member!
Members of one or more of the participating societies enjoy a significant savings in registration fees that more than offset the cost of membership. In addition, some workshops, symposia, and other special events, along with volunteer opportunities and travel grants, are only accessible during registration to MEMBERS of one or more of the societies. You should therefore become a member or renew your membership before beginning your registration.
Check your current membership status here:
American Society of Naturalists
Society for the Study of Evolution (if you cannot login your membership has lapsed)
Society of Systematic Biologists
Join/renew your membership:
American Society of Naturalists
Society of Systematic Biologists
Society for the Study of Evolution