Choosing Your Submission Format

Abstracts:

Abstracts are proposals for individual presentations that authors perform onsite and/or virtually.

Orals are traditional, 15-minute presentations.

Posters take place within the Poster Hall during an assigned two-hour timeslot. Authors stand in front of their posters and present to/interact with interested attendees as they filter through the hall.

Rapids are 5-minute oral presentations, most often in conjunction with a corresponding poster presentation later that same afternoon.

Virtuals are prerecorded oral, Eposter, and poster PDF presentations available for on-demand viewing via the online meeting platform.

Learn how to submit Oral, Poster, Rapid, or Virtual abstracts.

Sessions:

Sessions are groups of related presentations on a particular topic or theme.

Special Sessions/Cross Divisional Symposia are high-level, invited speaker sessions that do not fit within a single division/community program. They are typically broader in scope, and the interest and subject matter crosses multiple divisions, communities, or societies.

Tours are professional field trips that occur prior to, during, or following CANVAS.

Workshops are interactive educational sessions for relatively small groups of people that emphasize the exchange of ideas and the demonstration and application of techniques, skills, etc. 

Committee Meetings are reserved gatherings available to Society committees and other organizations during CANVAS.

Receptions are catered networking events Society committees and other organizations hold during CANVAS.

Learn how to submit Special Session, Cross-Divisional Symposia, Tour, or Workshop proposals.
Learn how to submit Committee Meeting or Reception requests.