Call for Titles of Presentations

The 102nd Annual Meeting of the Academy will be held May 16-17, 2024 at the University of Mary Washington, in Fredericksburg, VA.  VAS Vice President Chris Osgood serves as the Program Chair for the 2024 Annual Meeting.

For most VAS Sections, oral presentations will be scheduled at 15 minute intervals.  Therefore, presenters should prepare for a 10 minute talk (about their research) and allow the remaining time for questions.  Some Section Sessions may also include one or more longer presentations by Invited Speakers.

Section Presentations and the Poster session will be held on Thursday, May 16.

The Submission date for Titles, along with additional information, for ALL PRESENTATIONS to be given at the 2024 Annual Meeting.

Please note that the same presentation CANNOT BE SUBMITTED to multiple sections.  Students submitting a title for presentation must obtain approval from their mentors for the planned presentation prior to submitting the title.

At least one author of each presentation (oral or poster) must be a “member in good standing” of the Academy (i.e., must have paid dues by April 1 of the current year).

.  Please use the Individual Membership Form (use Membership link above) to join VAS or to renew your membership.  Complete the online form, select the appropriate payment option, and follow the instructions for submitting VAS membership dues payment.

Deadlines

  • Title submission, opens 1/31/24, closes 3/1/24
  • Abstract submission, opens 1/31/24, closes 4/15/24

In order to submit a presentation title along with other needed information, please use the following link.

Click here to go to Online Submission of Presentations

Please note that abstracts for all oral and poster presentations will be collected electronically in the spring prior to the Annual Meeting.  Detailed information about preparation and submission of abstracts will be provided electronically to all presenting authors at a later date (April). Only abstracts of oral presentations and posters actually presented at the Annual Meeting (at least one author must have paid VAS membership dues for 2024) will be published in the 2024 Proceedings issue of Virginia Journal of Science.

NOTE:  All authors of each presentation (oral or poster) who plan to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting must register for the meeting.  Registration information, and the link to the online registration site, will be made available on the VAS website in the spring.

For more information contact Chris Osgood at cosgood@odu.edu or Phil Sheridan at PSheridan at psheridan@vacadsci.org