Plenary Sessions

The plenary sessions are the centerpiece of our annual meetings. In plenary sessions great physics and great speakers converge to deliver a high quality program to the membership. The focus is on interesting physics topics as opposed to political or social topics. The presentation is intended to be at a level that all members attending the conference can understand and appreciate most of the material. To encourage the use of multimedia, AAPT will provide the speakers with a reasonable array of audiovisual equipment.

Plenary sessions are scheduled so that they do not conflict with other scheduled sessions to make sure all participants have the opportunity to attend. The only program items that might normally be scheduled at the same time are commercial workshops and the exhibit show.

Plenary sessions are sponsored or co-sponsored by Area Committees and/or the Program Chair.

After the speakers have been identified, the Program Committee will authorize an Area Chair to contact the potential speaker to see if he or she is available and would like to give a plenary address. The Executive Office under the signature of the Program Chair will send the formal invitation once the speaker has agreed and the Area Chair has provided the contact information.

AAPT provides the following for plenary speakers:

• round-trip transportation
• hotel accommodations
• meals (at the discretion of the Program Chair)

Members of the Programs Committee are encouraged to propose future Plenary Speakers via the online form. Please check the list of past plenary speakers before submitting your proposal.

Please submit suggestions at http://www.aapt.org/Events/suggestplenary.cfm.