2010 AAG ANNUAL MEETING
April 14-18, 2010 –
Washington, DC
Call for Papers
Abstract Deadline: November 18, 2009
The AAG Annual Meeting accepts all submitted abstracts for presentation. If you have any questions about these guidelines please direct them to Oscar Larson at meeting@aag.org.
New Presentation and Panelist Rules for AAG Meetings
The AAG Council has implemented new rules pertaining to the number of times someone may appear in the annual meeting program. As of the 2010 meeting, you may present one paper and be a panelist in one other session, or you may elect not to present a paper, and appear as a panelist twice. You may still organize multiple sessions.
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Features for Presenters and Session Organizers
Session organizers, or anyone interested in getting a look at what will be presented at the Annual Meeting, will now be able to view abstracts as soon as they have been submitted.
Those still organizing sessions are now able to post their proposed sessions for viewing on the conference website. Proposed sessions may be searched by all visitors seeking information on the Annual Meeting, including non-members. Anyone who is logged into the AAG website will be able to match their abstract with sessions currently being organized and contact organizers directly about being added to a session. Session organizers will be able to use these tools to invite presenters to their sessions, or to create entirely new sessions.
To access these search functions, please click here.
To post a proposed session, you must first register for the meeting.
Abstracts must be submitted online at www.aag.org/annualmeeting.
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Presentations
Presenters may give one, and only one, of the following presentations:
Your presentation should describe the purpose, methods, and conclusions of your research. No one may submit or take part in more than one presentation. Abstracts can only be submitted online after you have registered for the meeting.
Papers
- 20 minutes per paper (time includes presentation and discussion)
- 5 presentations per session
- Digital projector provided at no charge (please bring your laptop)
- Abstract submission deadline: November 18, 2009
Each paper is allotted 20 minutes for presentation and discussion. Paper sessions are limited to five presentations.
A digital projector will be available in each meeting room; however, participants must furnish their own computers. You may request a 35-mm carousel slide projector (not including slide trays) and an overhead projector for a $25 fee. If you require other types of audio/visual equipment, please contact Oscar Larson at meeting@aag.org.
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Illustrated Papers
- 3- to 5-minute oral presentation followed by discussion at individual posters
- 8 to 12 presentations per session
- AV consists of 4' x 8' poster boards only
- Abstract submission deadline: November 18, 2009
An illustrated paper is a short (3- to 5-minute) oral summary of problem, data, method, and findings presented in poster format, followed by a one-on-one or small group discussion with interested listeners at the poster. All oral summaries (8 to 12 per session) will be given at the beginning of each illustrated paper session before participants disperse to the poster boards around the room. Each presenter will post illustrations and other relevant materials on a 4' x 8' poster board supplied by the AAG.
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Interactive Short Papers
- 5-minute presentation
- 10-14 presentations per session
- Digital projector and computer with PowerPoint software is provided at no charge
- Abstract submission deadline: November 18, 2009
The format of the Interactive Short Paper (ISP) Session allows for ten to fourteen 5-minute paper presentations involving a maximum of 10 PowerPoint slides per presentation summarizing research or research in progress in a particular field, followed by a 30- to 45-minute interactive roundtable discussion among presenters and the audience. This type of session has become popular at other meetings as it provides the audience with rapid and intensive overview of research and also allows for more in-depth discussion among presenters and with the audience.
To facilitate the smooth transfer from one presentation to the next, ISP Sessions include a computer and a digital projector. There will be no overhead projector or slide projector available in ISP sessions.
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Poster Presentation
- Session consists of posters exhibited for informal browsing with opportunities for individual discussion with poster authors
- 15 to 30 posters per session
- AV consists of 4' x 8' poster boards only
- Abstract submission deadline: November 18, 2009
Use the poster format for your presentation when your material can easily be communicated visually. Each presentation should make a unified, coherent statement. Materials, both textual and visual, should be of professional quality and be clearly legible from a distance of 4’. Graphic materials will be displayed on a 4' x 8' poster board supplied by the AAG.
Text should be limited to brief statements. Presentations consisting mostly of text are most appropriate as paper presentations.
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Abstracts
Everyone who presents a paper, illustrated paper, or poster presentation must submit an abstract of no more than 250 words that describes the presentation's purpose, methods, and conclusions. Please be sure to include keywords (see abstract instructions). All abstracts must be submitted online after you have registered for the conference.
Your abstract will not be edited; you are responsible for any spelling, grammatical, and typographical errors. Use the active voice for your abstract and presentation. Transmit your research results clearly and concisely. Avoid jargon.
Submission of an abstract grants the AAG permission to include it in the meeting abstract compilation and to disseminate it electronically.
Abstract Instructions
Please notice and adhere to the following format instructions for the body of the abstract:
- Do not put your name and affiliation in the body of the abstract.
- Do not enter the title in the body of the abstract.
- Do not use abbreviations.
- Do not use underlining, boldface type, italics, subscripts, or superscripts.
- Do not include any codes for justification, hyphenation, line height, line centering, margins, spacing, fonts, page centering, page numbering, suppression, or tabs, in your abstract.
- Do not use bulleted lists.
- Do not include phone numbers or e-mail addresses in the body of the abstract.
- Do not use all caps.
Guide to Selecting Keywords for your Abstract
Keywords may be compound (such as “political geography”). Keywords should generally be nouns instead of adjectives or adverbs. Do not use abbreviations. In creating your keywords, try to think of how someone might want to search for your topic in the abstract volume.
If your presentation is about color cartography, an appropriate keyword might be “cartography-color.” Under no circumstance can you use a comma within a keyword.
Make certain your geography is not too specific. For example, suppose your paper is about southwestern Kentucky. A user of the abstract volume interested in Kentucky is going to search under the letter “K” instead of “S.” Therefore, use either “Kentucky” or “Kentucky-southwest” as a keyword.
In referring to a systematic sub field, do use the word “geography.” Use “economic geography” as the keyword and not “economic.” If you have a choice between the pluraland the singular form, use the plural. If your keyword could be “race” or “races,” use “races.”
SAMPLE: Keywords: cartography, atlases, United States
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Organized Sessions
Individuals, groups, and specialty groups may organize sessions at the AAG Annual Meeting. Organized Sessions are a great way to bring distant colleagues together to discuss current research and to advance your field. Please have your session participants register for the annual meeting, submit an abstract if necessary, and provide you with their program identification number, or PIN. You will use the PIN numbers to add each participant to the session. Please also feel free to use the new tools to post a session proposal, and to search the already submitted abstracts. You can reach out to new attendees and find participants to add to an incomplete session.
- Each session may list up to two organizers and one chair in the program
- Paper Sessions consist of 5 papers or 4 papers and a discussant. Each paper is expected to conform to the 20-minute time limit.
- Illustrated Paper Sessions consist of 8 to 12 illustrated papers. Refer to the illustrated paper guidelines for information on format.
- Interactive Short Paper Sessions consist of 10-14 5 minute PowerPoint presentations followed by interactive roundtable discussion. Refer to the Interactive Short Paper guidelines for more information on format.
- Panel Sessions consist of 4-6 participants. These sessions are 100-minute discussions among the panel and audience members. Formal presentations are not to be part of panel sessions.
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Program Committee Organized Sessions
If you choose not to participate in a pre-organized session, the AAG Program Committee will place your paper into the most germane session available. Every year the committee organizes over 1,000 loose abstracts into the most cohesive sessions possible. Please choose your topics and keywords carefully to help steer your paper into the best session.
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Requirements for Participation
Anyone interested in the advancement of geography may participate in our annual meeting.
You are eligible to give a presentation or participate in other capacities in the program provided you are registered for the meeting. You do not need to be an AAG member to register.
Eligible participants may present only one paper, illustrated paper, interactive short paper, or poster presentation. Participation in the program as a session chair, discussant, panelist, non-presenting co-author, session organizer, workshop organizer, or field trip organizer or leader does not affect your eligibility to present a paper, poster, interactive short paper, or illustrated paper. Anyone who participates in more than two events runs the risk of time conflicts that staff will not be able to resolve.
Fees
All participants, except non-attending co-authors, must pay the appropriate participation fee before submitting an abstract. Annual meeting registration fees may be paid online.
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Disclaimer
The Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers is an open forum for sharing the results of research and teaching in geography and related specialties. The contents of annual meeting presentations by individuals or groups at the annual meeting are theirs alone. The Association of American Geographers neither endorses nor disclaims the conclusions, interpretations or opinions expressed by speakers at its annual meeting.
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