In addition to the traditional President’s Symposium and Students’ Symposium, the meeting will highlight special symposia.

Members can organize additional special symposia on a topic of interest by choosing a topic and inviting speakers to be part of the symposium well in advance of abstract deadline. The symposium organizer must notify the Scientific Program Officers of the intent to organize a symposium by the 1 February, 2025 deadline. The symposium organizer further is responsible for (1) contacting symposium participants confirming participation in the symposium, (2) making sure each committed speaker submits an abstract by the 15 April, 2025 deadline, and (3) sending the Scientific Program Officers a list of speakers, their abstract Submission ID numbers, the order of the presentations, and names of the individuals chairing the Symposium, within four (4) weeks following the abstract deadline. The number of potential sessions in the current program format is limited, so member-organized symposia requests will be considered on a first come, first serve basis.