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We invite proposals for sessions and tutorial talks that span the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected ecosystem. For Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020, we particularly encourage ideas with strong interdisciplinary themes that address new and emerging areas of research. With 2021 launching the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, we welcome sessions on the related Sustainable Development Goals.
We invite session and tutorial talk proposals for the Ocean Sciences Meeting. The deadline for submissions is 22 May.
We invite session proposals for the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020.
Deadline for submissions: 22 May
We strongly encourage you to review all session and tutorial proposal guidelines to improve the quality of your submission. We would like to especially call out items of particular value.
Before submitting your proposal, please take the time to carefully examine the list of session proposals already submitted to the meeting to ensure your proposed session does not significantly overlap with other sessions.
Please review the list of session formats as well. In addition to the traditional oral and poster formats, session chairs will also have the option to request panel sessions or the new eLightning session format. See the "Session formats" section for more information.
Please review the information below or download the call for sessions and tutorials PDF to aid in your submission process.
Follow the guidelines outlined in the categories to the right. Your proposal will be reviewed by the Program Committee based on these standards.
Session proposals must include an informative title (20-180 characters), accompanied by a concise definition of the scientific topic and a description of why the topic is relevant and timely (limit 200 words).
Sessions should be designed to have a broad, interdisciplinary appeal and to engage international audiences. The Program Committee will not approve sessions that are too narrowly focused.
Each proposal must identify a primary chair to serve as the point of contact, and at least one additional co-chair. Proposals are limited to four total chairs. All chairs listed on session proposals must consent to being named as part of the proposal at the time of submission. Individuals may serve as a primary chair on only one session proposal. In addition, primary chairs can only be listed as a co-chair on two additional session proposals.
Session chairs must select a primary topic area, and up to two other topic areas relevant to the submission. Topic areas organize session proposal submissions for the Program Committee and help attendees plan their meeting. Session chairs should select descriptive keywords that best describe the session from a pre-defined list of index terms. These terms help authors search for relevant sessions during the abstract submission process. They are equally helpful to attendees when the online program is published.
During the session proposal submission process, chairs should indicate their preference for poster, oral, panel, or the new eLightning hybrid session format.
We strongly encourage poster-only sessions proposals as much as possible, due to the large number of abstract submissions expected.
Sessions that are celebratory or honorary will not be considered. Sessions cannot be in tribute of a specific person or contain the name of a scientist in the session title or description. Proposals deemed to be primarily advertisements of commercial products and services or that contain the name of a specific experiment in the title or description will not be considered.
Session proposals will be publicly available throughout the submission period. Potential chairs should carefully examine the list of submitted session proposals to ensure their proposed session does not significantly overlap with other sessions.
Session chairs should incorporate diverse ethnic and gender voices among their cadre of co-chairs and session presenters whenever possible. Additionally, to foster and strengthen the next generation of scientists, we encourage session chairs to include early-career scientists among their co-chairs and session moderators.
There will be four session formats at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020: poster, oral, panel, and a new hybrid format called eLightning. We strongly encourage poster-only sessions proposals as much as possible, due to the large number of abstract submissions expected.
eLightning presentations create an engaging experience for both presenters and attendees as they offer both oral and interactive poster components. These sessions can include video and audio recordings and show complex data sets. Each presenter delivers a brief oral presentation followed by a poster presentation on a touchscreen. Session chairs will decide the length of the eLightning presentations based on the number of abstracts per session. While the sessions are scheduled for a two-hour time slot, the touchscreen poster presentations will be viewable for the duration of the meeting.
11 September 2019: Abstract submissions close. In late September through early October, we may need to get in touch with session chairs about scheduling. We ask that at least one session chair be available.
18 September 2019: Deadline to submit a town hall, workshop, committee meeting or social event, and the deadline to submit a travel grant application
Early November 2019: Abstract acceptance letters are sent and the final scientific program is available online.
8 January 2020: Early registration deadline.
24 January 2020: Housing deadline.
There will be no invited oral presentations. In order to encourage poster presentations, session chairs may designate one invited poster presentation per session and invite the author to submit via the online invitation tool. Invited authors are permitted to submit a contributed abstract (if they so wish) in addition to the invited abstract, in accordance with the First Author Policy. Session chairs must agree to be responsible for coordinating the evaluation of all student presentations (oral and poster) in their session. One session co-chair must be identified during the scheduling process to serve as the point of contact and must coordinate the evaluation process. Additional information will be distributed as the meeting approaches. Chairs have access to the online invitation management system. After logging into the invitation management session, chairs can click on "My Account," then on the name of their session to access the Session Proposal Control Panel. Open the panel, conveners should click the Invited Author Management button to access the invitation tool. Conveners can enter the names of up to two individuals they wish to invite to submit an invited poster presentation to their session.
The Program Committee will review all session proposals during May and June 2019. The evaluation process will include decisions to merge proposals to avoid duplicate or similar subjects within or across topic areas. The Program Committee will notify session chairs when sessions need to be merged and/or descriptions revised. Session chairs will receive an email with the final status of their proposal in early July 2019.
During the abstract submission period, 10 July – 11 September 2019, session chairs should promote their session to potential authors and use the online tool to monitor the abstracts submitted to their session. Session chairs should alert AGU staff if there are abstracts in a session that are not topically relevant. After the scheduling phase in early October, abstracts will no longer be available to view until the program is finalized by the Program Committee in early November.
In late September, the Program Committee will inform session chairs of their session type. Session chairs will have approximately one week, 24 September 2019 to 2 October 2019, to review and schedule the abstracts within the sessions they have been allocated. Detailed instructions will be provided.
We invite tutorial talk proposals for Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020.
Tutorial talks must include an informative title (20-180 characters) and brief description of the session topic (limit 200 words).
Tutorial talks consist of a 25-minute presentation with time for questions and changeover of speakers. The Program Committee will group tutorial talks into 30-minute concurrent sessions.
Acceptance notifications for tutorial talks are distributed in early July 2019. Tutorial talks do not count against the one-abstract limit for presenters. There is no submission fee for tutorial talks, however, presenters must still register for the meeting and pay the registration fee.
Marjy Friedrichs, VIMSAGU Co-Chair Alessandra Conversi, Consiglio Nazionale delle RichercheASLO Co-Chair Kristen Buck, University of South FloridaTOS Co-Chair Allison Penko, U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryAGU Vice Chair Bob Chen, University of Massachusetts BostonASLO Vice Chair Grace Chang, Integral Consulting, Inc.TOS Vice Chair Christopher Hayes, University of Southern MississippiAGU Early Career Rep Nichole Price, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesASLO Early Career Rep Alice Marzocchi, National Oceanography CentreTOS Early Career Rep Hadley McIntosh, University of MarylandAGU Student Rep Ngozi Oguguah, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine ResearchASLO Student Rep Camille Pagniello, University of California, San DiegoTOS Student Rep
Jim EdsonWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ruoying HeNorth Carolina State University
Kristen BuckUniversity of South Florida Chris HayesUniversity of Southern Mississippi
Allison PenkoU.S. Naval Research Laboratory Grace ChangIntegral Consulting Nina StarkVirginia Tech Hadley McIntosh University of Maryland
Bob ChenUniversity of Massachusetts Ngozi Oguguah Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research
Camille Pagniello University of California San Diego Ngozi Oguguah Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research
Alice MarzocchiNational Oceanography Centre Hadley McIntoshUniversity of Maryland Jim EdsonWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bob ChenUniversity of Massachusetts Grace ChangIntegral Consulting Camille PagnielloUniversity of California San Diego
Nicole PriceBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Camille PagnielloUniversity of California San Diego Colleen MouwUniversity of Rhode Island
Nina StarkVirginia Tech Allison PenkoU.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Ann BucklinUniversity of Connecticut Kay BidleRutgers University
Kristen BuckUniversity of South Florida Nichole PriceBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Colleen MouwUniversity of Rhode Island Ann BucklinUniversity of Connecticut Kristen BuckUniversity of South Florida Marjy FriedrichsVirginia Institute of Marine Sciences
Marjy FriedrichsVirginia Institute of Marine Sciences Chris HayesUniversity of Southern Mississippi
Dick CroutU.S. Naval Research Laboratory Nina StarkVirginia Tech
Ruoying HeNorth Carolina State University Allison PenkoU.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Chris HayesUniversity of Southern Mississippi Alessandra ConversiConsiglio Nazionale delle Richerche Istituto di Scienze Marine Alice MarzocchiNational Oceanography Centre
Kay BidleRutgers University Marjy FriedrichsVirginia Institute of Marine Sciences
Mete UzNational Science Foundation Dick CroutU.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Dick CroutU.S. Naval Research Laboratory Mete UzNational Science Foundation
Alessandra ConversiConsiglio Nazionale delle Richerche Istituto di Scienze Marine Ngozi OguguahNigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research
As a chair, please promote your session to your colleagues. We created some social graphics below for you to use to promote abstract submissions. Please use the title of your session in the body of your post with the hashtag #OSM20. To download the full-size version, click each graphic and then right click to save the image.