15 Mar Call for Symposia & Debate Sessions by March 31st
AAS 2026 Call for Symposia and Debate Sessions: Don’t forget to submit your proposals by March 31st!
We are seeking proposals for meeting symposia and debate sessions. The AAS Annual Meeting is a unique opportunity for updating and maintaining scientific knowledge through accredited education opportunities while also providing an ideal forum for networking and research advancement among the many interested clinical and basic scientists who wish to communicate across disciplinary lines. If you have an idea(s) for a symposia topic and speakers, we want to hear your proposal. Symposia are typically 75 minutes featuring 3-4 experts in a specific area of autonomic medicine. Debate sessions can be 30 or 60 minutes and focus on controversial aspects of autonomic medicine.
Symposia and debate proposals are due by March 31, 2026 (send to info@americanautonomicsociety.org).
AMERICAN AUTONOMIC SOCIETY (AAS) SYMPOSIUM SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
General guidelines/topic of interest: The AAS brings together individuals from diverse disciplines who share an interest in the structure and function of the autonomic nervous system and the pathology, treatment, and prevention of its disorders. For the 2026 meeting, we welcome all submissions related to autonomic science and medicine. Topics of special interest for 2026 include the gut-brain axis, and the autonomic immune system interactions. We seek submissions for symposia with interactive and innovative approaches to learning. Symposia combining basic science, translational research, and clinical autonomic medicine are encouraged.
All Speakers are expected to present in person at the meeting.
Fee: There is no fee for submitting a Symposium for the AAS Annual Meeting.
Registration: Registration fee for the meeting will be covered for speakers who are not regular attendees of the AAS meeting.
Submission Deadline: Symposium submissions must be received electronically by March 31, 2026, at midnight. Faxed or mailed submissions will not be accepted.
Designing Your Symposium:
Symposium sessions will be 75 minutes in duration, including Q&A. You must identify the symposium title, presenters and two confirmed (by you) co-chairs in the online submission system. The AAS suggests pairing a more senior chair with junior faculty or trainee co-chair. The individual submitting the symposium can be a Speaker, Chair, or co-Chair. Submission of a symposium constitutes a commitment by the symposium faculty to present in person at the AAS meeting.
There is no limit to the number of presenters. However, the panel of presenters should be limited to what is appropriate for the format and duration of that session
(3-4 is optimal): too many presenters could make the program objectives more difficult to achieve.
Those involved in planning a symposium should embrace the “3G” principles by considering diversity in Gender, Generation, and Geography as well as Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) best practices.
Learning Objectives: Learning objectives are derived from the needs assessment data collected by the Overall Meeting Evaluation. They allow participants to decide whether a specific session meets their learning needs.
Provide three learning objectives that are clear, measurable, and achievable. Learning objectives must address the learning needs of your target audience and will be included in promotional material as part of the session description. Be sure to submit content exactly how it should appear in program and marketing materials.
Strong learning objectives should: Complete the sentence “After this session, participants will be able to”; Clearly outline the focus of the content, and the expected outcomes for all parties involved; Be linked to the identified needs; Be learner-centered; Describe through action verbs the specific knowledge, behavior, skill, attitude, or learning outcomes that participants can anticipate from attending educational events.
Symposia submissions will be peer-reviewed by members of the AAS Scientific Review Committee, which will score your symposium on the following criteria:
- Innovation
- Scientific merit
- Timeliness
- Diversity in gender, generation, and geography
References: 3 to 4 recent references related to the topic of the symposium must be included in the proposal.
Please refer to the template for submission.
Please email proposals to info@americanautonomicsociety.org.