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GSA CONNECTS 2021
Call for Papers

Abstracts deadline: 20 July ORAL PRESENTERS
The normal length of an oral presentation is 12 minutes plus
SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT three minutes for questions and answers. You must visit the
Abstracts form opens: 1 June Speaker Ready Room at least 24 hours before your scheduled
Submission deadline: Tues., 20 July presentation. All technical session rooms will be equipped with
• Abstract non-refundable submission fee: a PC Windows 10/MS Office 2016. Presentations should be pre-
GSA MEMBERS: professionals: US$60; students: US$25; pared using a 16:9 screen ratio.
NON-MEMBERS: professionals: US$80; students: US$50;
• To begin your submission, go to https://community.geosociety HYBRID EVENTS
.org/gsa2021/program/technical; This year, GSA is offering an online component where we will
• For detailed guidelines on preparing your submission, please go to be streaming live from 10 session rooms, in addition to the GSA
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2021AM/categorypreparation.cgi. Presidential Address, Pardee Keynote Symposia, and the GSA
Noontime Lectures.
TWO-ABSTRACT RULE
• You may submit two volunteered abstracts, as long as one of the
abstracts is for a poster presentation;
• Each submitted abstract must be different in content; and ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS: EXPECTED
• If you are invited to submit an abstract in a Pardee Keynote BEHAVIOR
Symposium or a topical session, the invited abstracts do not The submission of an abstract implies a sincere intent to pres-
count against the two-abstract rule. ent the submitted research during the meeting. Authors and pre-
senters are expected to display integrity in disseminating their
POSTER PRESENTERS research; adhere to the content and conclusions of abstracts, as
• You will be provided with one horizontal, free-standing 8-ft- submitted and reviewed; remain gracious by offering collabora-
wide by 4-ft-high display board and Velcro for hanging your tors the opportunity for recognition as co-authors; make sure that
display at no charge. listed co-authors have made a bona fide contribution to the proj-
• Each poster booth will share a 6-ft-long by 30-inch-wide table. ect, are aware of their inclusion, and have accepted that recogni-
• Electricity is available for a fee. tion; and be diligent in preparing a polished product that conveys
• Morning Session: Posters will be displayed 9 a.m.–1 p.m., high-quality scholarship. GSA strives to promote diversity
with presenters present 11 a.m.–1 p.m. among conveners and presenters when organizing panels, key-
• Afternoon Session: Posters will be displayed 2:30–6:30 p.m., notes, and other invitational sessions.
with presenters present 4–6 p.m.

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