Program > Participation Guidelines
Limits on Presentations
The Committee on Meetings, with members drawn from all of the cosponsoring societies, has put into place some guidelines to help encourage a wide and diverse set of presenters. These guidelines are as follows:
Each participant may do up to one (1) activity from each of categories A–I:
A. Deliver a main presentation (one of the following):
· Present an invited paper;
· Serve on an invited panel;
· Present a regular or topic contributed paper;
· Present a regular or topic contributed poster;
· Serve as a discussant, panelist, or other presenter in a topic contributed
session.
B. Chair a session.
C. Present an invited poster.
D. Present an Introductory Overview Lecture.
E. Teach a short course or workshop for the Continuing Education Program.
F. Lead a roundtable luncheon or speak at a speaker luncheon.
G. Present in a first-time invited memorial session (first time a memorial
session has been submitted and designated for a particular deceased person).
H. Present in a Late-Breaking session.
I. Serve as a discussant in an invited session.
The participation rules do not preclude individuals from being co-authors of as many papers as they wish or from organizing multiple sessions. Only the JSM Program Chair, with ample justification, can grant any exceptions to the above rules.