Special Sessions

Special sessions, including current issues presentations, are meant to supplement the annual meeting program. They should be of interest to people in all disciplines and should be set apart from the rest of the program by their compelling and unique nature. Organizers are strongly cautioned not to submit for special session status proposals that would more appropriately be regular panels, nor should organizers look upon the special session option as a way to circumvent the deadline and policies that apply to proposals for panels. If a session looks and sounds like a regular panel, it should be submitted as such.

Special session proposals should be made in the form of a letter addressed to MESA's Board of Directors, sent to the MESA Secretariat, and should include:

1. Session title
2. Session description
3. List of participants, affiliations, and titles of presentations (if revelvant)
4. List of sponsors and/or funding sources, if any
5. A statement on why the session should be accorded special status on the program

Special sessions are reviewed by the program chair and MESA's President, and others as deemed appropriate. Only a very limited number of sessions will be placed on the program.

For the 2008 DC meeting, special session proposals must reach the MESA Secretariat by April 1. Current issues presentations are not subject to the April 1 deadline since they are developed only as issues arise.

Questions? Contact Mark Lowder at mlowder@u.arizona.edu or 520-626-6290