Future Annual Meetings

In March 2021, the ASA Council decided to appoint an Annual Meeting Redesign Committee (AMRC) with the charge to reimagine the Annual Meeting with respect to meeting delivery and distribution of time and space, with deep consideration of environmental impact, accessibility, and affordability. This charge reflects the recognition that our organization faces three intersecting challenges: a long-term decline in membership for disciplinary associations, as recognized by the 2019 ASA Taskforce on Membership; increasing barriers to attendance caused by reduced university budgets, especially at public institutions; and the increasing realization of the impacts of large conferences on the environment, especially climate change. To access the full report of the Annual Meeting Redesign Committee, click here.

Selecting a Meeting Site

The Annual Meeting will alternate between virtual and in-person meetings, initially with a one virtual/two in-person pattern beginning with a virtual Annual Meeting in 2028.  To achieve a lower carbon impact, the rotation of sites will follow a Central, East, Central, West, Central, East, Central, West, with virtual Annual Meetings inserted according to the in-person/virtual pattern. Sites in Canada are considered as appropriate within the rotation. 

Meeting sites are usually selected five to seven years in advance. Proposals are solicited, reviewed, and then presented to the ASA Council. Factors which weigh heavily in the Council decision include:

• Attractiveness of city and facility packages, especially room rates
• City location and facilities’ sustainability initiatives and environmental impact
• Air access/service and local transportation services
• Restaurant proximity and diversity
• Geographical rotation. Cities that have been visited previously are not automatically excluded from future searches.
• Sites where attendees are afforded legal protection from discrimination on the basis of age, gender, race, socioeconomic status and socioeconomic origins, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, health conditions, political affiliation, marital status, domestic status, parental status.
• Meeting space flow – flexibility, accessibility, and compact as possible
• Extent of unionization and fair labor practices at facilities to be used for meeting space and guest rooms
• Preferred meeting dates

Annual Meeting Planning Calendar and Newsletter Archive

For your future planning, the Annual Meeting Planning Calendar outlines key milestones over the 18-month Annual Meeting planning cycle. You will also find an archive of past issues of the Annual Meeting Bulletin for reference.

Upcoming Annual Meetings

Dates and locations of future ASA Annual Meetings are listed below.