SAS 2025 Call for Abstracts

1. All submissions must report work that is unpublished or in press at the time of submission
2. Each presenting author can submit a maximum of TWO abstracts in total, across all tracks – Poster: New Idea, Poster: New Results, Flash Talk, or Symposium (i.e., presenting authors are allotted only two speaking roles during the conference). Note: Innovation Forums do not count toward the presentation limit. There is no limitation for non-presenting authors.
3. All submissions must be written in English (US spelling).
4. Select FOUR keywords: TWO relating to content and TWO relating to methods associated with the submission. Select keywords carefully, as they will be used to match your submission with reviewers. Keywords are not required for Innovation Forum submissions.
5. Proofread your submission! All accepted submission summaries will be posted, as-is, on the SAS website. The SAS Program Committee reserves the right to make editorial corrections to the submitted abstract if necessary. SAS is not responsible for author errors.
6. All correspondence about submissions will be sent to the presenting author ONLY. Please provide the e-mail address where the presenting author can be contacted post-submission and for the duration of the conference. If the contact details entered at submission change, please contact SAS at sas@podiumconferences.com. 
7. Please consider submitting well in advance of the deadline! Reminder: There will be no extensions to the submission deadline.

Poster: New Idea submissions MUST include:

• Title (ENTERED IN ALL CAPS)
• Author names and affiliations – entered only in the author section of the form – do not include in the abstract for review or the summary
• Summary: 400-character summary for the conference program (not submitted for review)
• Abstract for review (1600 characters, including spaces) containing the following information:
  • Background
  • Aims framing the research question or problem
  • Methods planned (including taregt sample size)*
  • Analyses planned*
  • Predicted findings*
  • Conclusions including how the work will make a novel theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution to affective science
  • OPTIONAL: authors can choose to upload one figure in PDF format (1 page)

*Not required for abstracts presenting theoretical contributions or reflecting disciplines that diverge from these reporting standards.

Symposium

Symposia are a set of talks providing an in-depth perspective on individual research areas/topics within affective science. Symposia sessions may be comprised of 3 talks with a discussant or 4 talks (no discussant). All symposia must be chaired by the submitting author.

Symposium submissions MUST include:

• • Information for the symposium as a whole
    • Title (ENTERED IN ALL CAPS)
    • Chair (must complete abstract submission, but does not need to be one of the presenting authors.)
    • Discussant (only relevant for symposia with 3 talks)
    • Summary: 400-character summary for the conference program (not submitted for review)
    • Abstract for review (1600 characters, including spaces) containing the following information:
    • Describe how the symposium makes a novel theoretical, methodological, and/or empirical contribution to affective science.
  • Information/abstract for each talk (3 talks with a discussant, or 4 talks without a discussant)
    • Title for each talk
    • Presenting author name and affiliation entered only in the author section of the form – do not include in the abstract for review or the summary
    • Abstract: (1600 characters, including spaces, containing the following information)
      • Background
      • Aims framing the research question or problem
      • Methods (including sample size)*
      • Results (including at least one statistic)*
      • Conclusions including how the work makes a novel theoretical, methodological, and/or empirical contribution to affective science
    • Please note: upon acceptance, a 400-character summary for the conference program will be required from each talk along with the full author information. The individual talk summaries will be due in late January 2025.

*Not required for abstracts presenting theoretical contributions or reflecting disciplines that diverge from these reporting standards.

Innovation Forum

Innovation Forum submissions MUST include:

1. • Title (ENTERED IN ALL CAPS)
   • Chair name and affiliation (will moderate and participate in the discussion)
   • Panelists’ names and affiliations (2-3 in addition to the chair) entered only in the author section of the form – do not include in the summary
   • Summary: 400-character summary for the conference program (not submitted for review)
   • Overview (1600 characters, including spaces):
     • Description of the intended topic for discussion
     • Key questions that are going to be addressed during the discussion
     • Description of the discussion’s relevance to the SAS community
     • Panelists’ (including the chair’s) qualifications to speak on this topic
     • How the combination of panelists will result in an engaging conversation (e.g., do they come from different methodological or theoretical perspectives?).