Annual Meeting Schedule
The official days of the 2008 Annual Meeting are Friday-Monday, August 1-4, 2008. The presentation language of the Annual Meeting is English. Program sessions are scheduled on all four days. There will also be some pre-meeting courses and activities held on Thursday, July 31.
Sessions are scheduled in 16 time slots beginning on Friday at 8:30 a.m. and concluding on Monday by 5:00 p.m. Participants are expected to be available for any of the 16 time slots. If your schedule is limited by a teaching or travel constraint, inform the session organizer upon your acceptance as a participant and no later than March 14, 2008.
Organizers are responsible for coordinating scheduling requests from their session participants and mediating any conflicting requests before contacting ASA Meeting Services with a special scheduling request.
Most program sessions are 1 hour and 40 minutes in length, followed by a 20-minute break. Exceptions will be clearly noted in the program schedule. The daily session turnover schedule on Friday-Monday is:
8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
12:30 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 6:10 p.m.
The 6:30-8:15 p.m. time slot is normally allocated for Section receptions and member-sponsored activities. The second night of the meeting is traditionally “Other Groups” Night, and those activities and meetings will be scheduled in the 8:00-10:00 p.m. time slot on Saturday,August 2. |
