Presentation Submissions
Abstracts are no longer being accepted for the Summer Meeting.
AAPT invites physics educators to exchange their teaching ideas with a welcoming and interested community. If you want to share innovative ideas about how to teach physics more effectively, please take this opportunity to interact with fellow educators by submitting a presentation for the 2023 AAPT Summer Meeting in Sacramento.
Directions for Submitting an Unsolicited (or "Contributed") Presentation:
1. Sign In: Sign-in with your AAPT member ID or create an account if you are not a member.
2. Select a Presentation Category: Select “Contributed Only” and then select a topic from the dropdown. Please do not select the “Invited” selection unless you have received a personal invitation from AAPT and/or the session organizer to submit a presentation.
3. Select a Format: The three choices are listed below. The AAPT program committee will do their best to accommodate your preference, but it is not guaranteed. Before the meeting, you will be notified which format was selected for your presentation.
- Contributed Talk: Contributed talks consist of a 12-minute time slot (including Q&A). A projector will be available for the presenter to display slides. Speakers should bring their own laptop.
- Poster*: Posters can be proposed in either of the following two formats
- Traditional Poster: A session occurring in a 2-hour block in the common/exhibit hall area, accessible by all meeting attendees.
- Roundtable Poster: A focused 50-minute roundtable discussion in a dedicated meeting room, featuring approximately 10 posters grouped by synergistic topic types, with discussions at 5 tables at a time and rotation after 20 minutes.
* Note that the roundtable poster sessions will occur only if enough submitters are interested in this type of session. Otherwise, all posters will be scheduled for a traditional poster session.
- Interactive: An interactive session will be scheduled for 50-minutes and can have multiple formats, such as a panel, roundtable discussion, or a hands-on activity.
4. PER Talk: Once you enter your presentation title and body, you will be asked if your submission is PER related.
5. Presentation Title and Body: Add your abstract title (please use capital letters ) and enter the body of your abstract (200 words or less)
6. Co-authors/Footnotes/Comments/
7. Save: You can hit "Save" and go back in and make changes, however you must hit "Save and Finalize" in order for AAPT to accept your presentation. After it has been finalized, changes are not possible.
Directions for Submitting an Invited Presentation
1. Sign In: Sign-in with your AAPT member ID or create an account if you are not a member.
2. Select a Presentation Category: Select "Invited Only" from the dropdown and then choose the appropriate session topic.
3. Presentation Title and Body: Add your abstract title (please use capital letters ) and enter the body of your abstract (200 words or less).
4. Co-authors/Footnotes/Comments/
5. Save: You can hit "Save" and go back in and make changes, however you must hit "Save and Finalize" in order for AAPT to accept your presentation. After it has been finalized changes are not possible.
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