SAS 2025 Call for Abstracts
The Society for Affective Science (SAS) is delighted to announce its call for abstracts to be considered for the 2025 Annual Conference. The conference will be held in person from March 20-22, 2025 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Overview
Submissions from authors at all career stages are encouraged.
There is no fee to submit an abstract. All presenters must register and are expected to attend the meeting in person in Portland. Registration fees will be announced shortly.
Submission Deadline
Abstracts must be submitted by Friday, November 8th, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Baker Island Time (BIT; UTC-12 — last time zone on earth) to be considered for inclusion in the program. There will be no extension of the submission deadline.
Submission Review Process
Abstracts will be evaluated based on scholarly merit with a double-blind peer review process by our Abstract Review Board. The presenting author will be notified via e-mail of acceptance or rejection in January 2025.
SUBMISSION PORTAL OPENS EARLY SEPTEMBER 2024!
Abstract Submissions
Presenting author: The author who plans to present the work in person during the conference. Presenting authors must be the first author on the submitted abstract.
Non-presenting author: Additional authors contributing to the presented work, who would not be the ones presenting it during the conference.
Five submission tracks:
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NEW! Innovation Forum
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Flash Talk
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Poster: New Results
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Poster: New Idea
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Symposium
Abstract submission limit: Each presenting author may submit a maximum of TWO abstracts in total, across all tracks (Poster: New Idea, Poster: New Results, Flash Talk, or Symposium; Innovation Forums are not counted toward this limit). Abstracts submitted by the same presenting author must reflect different research projects. There is no abstract limit for non-presenting authors.
Advancing interdisciplinary science: Submissions are welcomed from all domains of affective science, including anthropology, business, computer science, cultural studies, economics, education, geography, history, integrative medicine, law, linguistics, literature, neuroscience, philosophy, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public health, sociology, theater, and more.
Submission Instructions
Abstracts must be submitted by Friday, November 8th, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Baker Island Time (BIT; UTC-12 — last time zone on earth) to be considered for inclusion in the program.
- All submissions must report work that is unpublished or in press at the time of submission
- 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.
- All submissions must be written in English (US spelling).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Please consider submitting well in advance of the deadline! Reminder: There will be no extensions to the submission deadline.
Individual (Poster & Flash Talk)
Poster: New Results and Flash Talk 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 (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: authors can choose to upload one figure in PDF format (1 page)
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:
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- 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.
- Information for the symposium as a whole
*Not required for abstracts presenting theoretical contributions or reflecting disciplines that diverge from these reporting standards.
Innovation Forum
Innovation Forum submissions MUST include:
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- 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?).
Questions?
Contact Sharon Zwack of Podium Conferences at sas@podiumconferences.com
On behalf of the entire Program Committee, we are looking forward to seeing you in Portland!
Jonas Everaert and Yael Millgram (Program Co-Chairs)
Katie Hoemann (Abstract Committee Chair)
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