Call for Symposia

The call closed on April 1.
Notices of acceptance and regret will be sent in mid-May.

A statement on how the make-up of your proposed symposium is consistent with the above diversity statement will be required.

Submission Requirements
Proposals must include:

• A title for the overall symposium.
• A summary for the overall symposium.
• Symposium Format (not to exceed two hours).
  • The typical symposium at the Annual Meeting is organized with multiple 15-minute individual presentations, each followed by 5 minutes for a Q&A.
  • Organizers may vary this format and include an optional discussant or an extended Q&A session, etc. as long as it doesn't exceed two hours.
  • The symposium format must include a schedule indicating the times for an introduction (if used), each individual presentation, Q&A, and discussion periods.
• All the following details for each of the individual presentations in the proposal (up to a maximum of 6 presentations):
  • Presenter’s name, affiliation, country, and email address.
  • Presenter’s Psychonomic Society membership status.
    • Note: Membership is not required for presenters at the time of the submission, but it is highly encouraged. Click here to join. Regardless of member status, all presenters must register to attend the meeting.
  • Acknowledgement that each presenter on the proposal has agreed to participate at the time of the submission.
  • Presenter’s permission to have their presentation recorded, potentially live streamed, and/or posted to a Psychonomic Society website as part of 2025 Annual Meeting.
  • A statement on how the make-up of your proposed symposium is consistent with the above diversity statement. 
  • The title and abstract for each individual presentation.
  • Abstracts should be 1,250 characters or less (including spaces), which equals a maximum of approximately 200 words. Abstracts longer than 1,250 characters will automatically be truncated by the submission database.
  • Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on April 1, 2025.

Proposal Submission
No email or “hard copy” submissions will be accepted. If you have any difficulties accessing or using the online submission system, please contact us (information below) and we will be happy to assist you.

• When your symposium proposal is finished, be sure to click the “Submit” button. If you do not click “Submit,” your proposal may not be reviewed. You will not be able to save your submission and come back to finish it later; the full submission must be completed in one sitting.
  
  

Please Note: To be considered complete, the proposal must include all required information at the time of the submission. The submitter’s 2025 membership must also be paid at the time of submission. Incomplete proposals and non-member submissions will not be considered. 

Conflict of Interest
Conflicts of interest arise in science when financial incentives, personal relationships, or other such considerations undermine a scientist’s objectivity. For example, if a scientist is a shareholder in a company that sells a treatment for a condition, that scientist would have a conflict of interest (COI) about research on that and closely related conditions and treatments. Having a COI does not preclude presenting your research, but COIs must be declared so that the scientific content of the presentation can be reviewed considering the COI(s). If you have a COI, please indicate this when asked in the online submission program.

 Additional Notes

• Participating in a symposium does not preclude submission of an abstract for a talk or a poster.
• Symposium proposals that are not accepted for presentation as symposia must be submitted later during the regular abstract submission process, for consideration to be grouped in a spoken session. In order to be considered in this way, all submitted abstracts must use exactly the same first and second Session Topics.
• Current members of the Governing Board may participate in a symposium but may not propose a symposium during their time of service. If a Governing Board member is on a symposium proposal as a speaker, they will not participate in the selection of the symposia.

Contact Us
Symposium Content or Format: Marianne Lloyd  PS Secretary
Technical Support Regarding Your Submission: Bill Stoeffler, Director of Membership & Technology   
Membership & General Questions: Contact Member Services here.