Spotlight sessions
For the Evolution conference in Cleveland in 2020 the Spotlight sessions will follow a format that is similar to symposia at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) congresses. During talk sign-up for a regular contributed talk, you will have the option of indicating whether you want to be considered for a spotlight session. Talk sign-up becomes available once you have paid your registration (via your Profile Home in the registration system). Spotlight organizers will choose among the candidate submissions to assemble a set of high quality presentations while maintaining a balance of gender and career stage. Candidate submissions that are not chosen will automatically be scheduled into the regular talk sessions.
Things to keep in mind for spotlight submissions:
Timeline for Spotlight sessions:
Things to keep in mind for spotlight submissions:
- Spotlight submissions require an abstract of 300 words or less in addition to key words.
- The deadline for spotlight submissions and for all talk submissions is May 1 or earlier if capacity is reached.
- Submit your talk early to reserve your spot - you can can edit to change your title, authors, keywords, and abstract after your initial submission (until May 1).
- Spotlight sessions may have one or two keynote speakers in addition to the talks chosen from among the candidate submissions.
- Talks will be chosen based on their fit to the spotlight topic along with consideration of a balanced representation of gender and career stage.
- Talks chosen for spotlights will be announced by May 20.
- If your talk is not chosen for a spotlight it will automatically be scheduled with the regular sessions based on the keywords that you submit. Keywords are critical for organizing sessions so choose then carefully.
Timeline for Spotlight sessions:
- During fall of the year prior to the annual conference spotlight organizers will be recruited.
- Early January - Spotlight topics will be announced.
- Early February - Registration opens.
- May 1 - Deadline for spotlight submissions and regular session submissions **OR EARLIER IF CAPACITY IS REACHED**.
- May 20 - Talks chosen for spotlights will be announced. Talks not chosen will be included in the regular session talks alongside other talks that did not indicate any interest in being considered for a spotlight.
- Early June - The program for all talks and poster sessions will be made available.