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ABA Annual Meeting Onsite Faculty Guide

ABA Annual Meeting Onsite Faculty Guide

Owned by Shana Berezin
Last updated: Mar 21, 2025
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Course Directors: two to four individuals who agree to plan a course after the proposal

Speakers: Presenters at ABA Annual Conference education forums or correlative sessions

Poster Presenters: Individuals who present scientific abstract posters at the ABA Annual Meeting.

Correlative Moderators: Individuals who moderate correlative sessions at the ABA Annual Meeting. Responsible for announcing the speakers, keeping discussion questions relevant to the abstract. Keeping the speakers and overall session on time. Correlative moderators should be familiar with the abstracts being presented at the session.

Sunrise Symposia Moderators: Individuals who plan the sunrise symposia session. Responsible for keeping discussion questions relevant to the topic, encouraging attendees to participate in their group discussions. Walking around the room to help with discussion as needed.

Sunrise Symposia Moderator Important Information Sunrise Symposia Moderators

Correlative Session Moderator Important Information Correlative Session Moderators

Education Forum Course Director Important Information Suggestions for Running an Effective Education Forum

Education Forum Presenters Important Information

Uploading Your Slides

You will receive an email with instructions to upload your slides prior to the conference. If you are unable to upload early, you can visit the Speaker Ready Room. Click here for more details: Speaker Ready Room

 Disclosures

  • If your slides were peer-reviewed, no changes can be made once the slides have been updated and approved.

  • Every presentation should have a disclosure slide as the first slide. See attached disclosure slides.

  • You need to verbally disclose to the audience prior to your presentation.

 Preparing Your Presentation With Purpose Preparing Your In-Person Presentation With Purpose

Presenters and Session Moderators

  • Arrive to the room approximately 15 minutes prior to the session.

  • Check to make sure the PowerPoint presentation(s) have been downloaded onto the computer in the room. If a presentation is missing, notify the AV technician.

  • If you are part of a panel discussion, please make sure to use the microphones on the table so the audience can hear you. 

  • Keep the presentations on time to be respectful of others.

  • Correlative podium presenters have 10 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for follow up questions.

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