SAS 2027 Call for Abstracts

SAS uses an electronic process for abstract submissions. Carefully follow the instructions below during abstract preparation:

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 All submissions must report work that is unpublished or in press at the time of submission.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. For symposium submissions, although each author is eligible to submit two abstracts, in line with SAS’ goal to increase diversity of themes and authors, priority will be given to symposia that collectively represent different authors and symposia chairs.
3. Innovation Forum submissions MUST include:
   1. Title
   2. Chair name and affiliation (will moderate and participate in the discussion)
   3. Panelists’ names and affiliations (2-3 in addition to the chair)
   4. Summary: 400-character summary for the conference program (not submitted for review)
   5. Overview (1600 characters, including spaces):
      1. Description of the intended topic for discussion
      2. Key questions that are going to be addressed during the discussion
      3. Description of the discussion’s relevance to the SAS community
      4. Panelists’ (including the chair’s) qualifications to speak on this topic
      5. How the combination of panelists will result in an engaging conversation (e.g., do they come from different methodological or theoretical perspectives?).
4. Poster: New Results and Flash Talk submissions MUST include:
   • • Title
     • Author names and affiliations (redacted for blind review)
     • Summary: 400-character summary for the conference program (not submitted for review)
     • Abstract: (1600 characters, including spaces, containing the following information)
       • • Background
         • Aims framing the research question or problem
         • Methods (including sample size for each study)*
         • Results (including at least one statistic)*
         • Conclusions including how the work makes a novel theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution to affective science
         • OPTIONAL: Acknowledgements (redacted for review)
         • OPTIONAL: References
         • OPTIONAL: One figure in PDF format (1 page)
       • OPTIONAL: Diversity contribution (NEW for 2027; 500 characters): This year we would like to feature abstracts that help advance SAS’s goal of elevating diversity in affective science by adding diversity flags to highlight these presentations in the SAS program. These are like pictorial badges in the program that help interested attendees find diversity-related content. If you would like to be considered for a diversity flag, briefly describe how your work elevates diversity science in meaningful ways. For example, you may describe how your work features historically understudied or historically marginalized populations, or how it centers identity/culture-related factors.
       • *Not required for abstracts presenting theoretical contributions or reflecting disciplines that diverge from these reporting standards.
5. Poster: New Idea submissions MUST include:
   • • Title
     • Author names and affiliations (redacted for review)
     • Summary: 400-character summary for the conference program (not submitted for review)
     • Abstract: (1600 characters, including spaces, containing the following information)
       • Background
       • Aims framing the research question or problem
       • Methods planned (including target sample size)*
       • Analyses planned*
       • Predicted findings*
       • Conclusions including how the work will make a novel theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution to affective science
       • OPTIONAL: Acknowledgements (redacted for review)
       • OPTIONAL: References
       • OPTIONAL: One figure in PDF format (1 page)
     • OPTIONAL: Diversity contribution (NEW for 2027; 500 characters): This year we would like to feature abstracts that help advance SAS’s goal of elevating diversity in affective science by adding diversity flags to highlight these presentations in the SAS program. These are like pictorial badges in the program that help interested attendees find diversity-related content. If you would like to be considered for a diversity flag, briefly describe how your work elevates diversity science in meaningful ways. For example, you may describe how your work features historically understudied or historically marginalized populations, or how it centers identity/culture-related factors.
     • *Not required for abstracts presenting theoretical contributions or reflecting disciplines that diverge from these reporting standards.
6. Symposium submissions MUST include:
   • • Information for the symposium as a whole
       • Title
       • Chair (need not be a presenting author, but must complete abstract submission)
       • Discussant (only relevant for symposia with 3 talks)
       • Summary: 400-character summary for the conference program (not submitted for review)
       • Overview (1600 characters, including spaces): Describe how the symposium makes a novel theoretical, methodological, and/or empirical contribution to affective science.
     • OPTIONAL: Diversity contribution (NEW for 2027; 500 characters): This year we would like to feature abstracts that help advance SAS’s goal of elevating diversity in affective science by adding diversity flags to highlight these presentations in the SAS program. These are like pictorial badges in the program that help interested attendees find diversity-related content. If you would like to be considered for a diversity flag, briefly describe how your work elevates diversity science in meaningful ways. For example, you may describe how your work features historically understudied or historically marginalized populations, or how it centers identity/culture-related factors.
     • Information for each talk (3 talks with a discussant, or 4 talks without a discussant)
       • Title
       • Author names and affiliations (redacted for blind review)
       • 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
     • *Not required for abstracts presenting theoretical contributions or reflecting disciplines that diverge from these reporting standards.
     • Please note: upon acceptance, a 400-character summary for the conference program will be required along with the full author information.
7. All submissions must be written in English (US spelling).
8. How submissions are scored: Innovation Forum submissions will be scored based on relevance to the SAS community, panelist qualifications, and potential for an engaging conversation. Symposium and Fash Talk & Poster submissions will be scored based on novelty of research or theory, quality of methods, innovation of methods, and breath of impact. Acceptance decisions will consider the quality of submissions while balancing diversity of topics, methods, and presenters.
9. Select FOUR keywords: TWO relating to Theme 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.
10. Proofread your submission! All accepted submission summaries will be posted, as-is, on the secure 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.
11. 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
12. Please consider submitting your abstract well in advance of the deadline! There will be no extension of the submission deadline.