Developing the AAAS Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting event lasts 5 days, but AAAS staff, the program committee, disciplinary sections, a local committee, and others work hard all year to put on the best event we can! Make sure you don’t miss a deadline—see what’s happening to develop the Annual Meeting all year round.
Major Milestones
- 2018 meeting theme announced
- Late January 2017
- 2017 Annual Meeting held in Boston
- February 16–20, 2017
- Advance Registration and housing opens
- Early September 2017
- Online program released
- Early October 2017
- Advance registration closes
- Late January 2018
- 2018 Annual Meeting held in Austin, TX
- February 15–19, 2018
Scientific Sessions and Workshop Proposals and Program Notifications
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[Infographic]- Submission website for
scientific session proposals opens - January 31, 2017
- Deadline for submitting scientific session proposals
- April 20, 2017
- Deadline for submitting Career
Development Workshop proposals - April 27, 2017
- Notification to organizers of scientific sessions proposal acceptance
- July 7, 2017
- Notification to coordinators of career workshop acceptance
- July 18, 2017
Poster Session Abstracts and Program Notification
- Poster submission website opens:
General Poster Session and
Student Poster Competition - July 13, 2017
- Deadline for poster submission
- October 19, 2017
- Notification of poster session acceptance
- Early November 2017
Family Science Days
- Exhibitor, stage show, and
Meet a Scientist applications open - July 2017
- Attendee pre-registration opens
- Early September 2017
- Exhibitor, stage show, and Meet a Scientist applications close
- Early September 2017
- Notifications to selected exhibitors,
stage shows, and Meet a Scientist - Mid-September 2017