Thank you for your interest in submitting a proposal for a plenary symposium at Plant Biology 2025. Please review the information below to prepare your submission. Included below are a few frequently asked questions—if you have additional questions, please contact: pbabstracts@aspb.org.

Information needed to submit a proposal

Submission Title

Enter the title as you would want it to appear on a final program. Note, the title cannot be changed once entered on the submission platform. If selected, you will have an opportunity to update the proposed plenary title.

Speaker agreement

Click here to view the Plant Biology 2025 Speaker Agreement.

Plenary Description

Please provide a 250-word or less description of the proposed plenary. If selected, this description will appear in promotional material and on the event website.

Statement

Please explain how this plenary session proposal embraces diversity (background and point of view), equity (impartial, fair, equal outcomes), and inclusion (sense of belonging).

Proposed Speaker information

The individual submitting the abstract is responsible for providing the following information for each proposed speaker: Proposed speakers will also receive an email asking them to provide additional information—see INVITING SPEAKERS section below.

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email address
  • Speaker Role (Plenary Chair and/or Speaker)
  • City of residence or institution city
  • State/Providence (residence or institution)
  • Country (residence or institution)
  • Affiliation Name (company, university, agency, etc.)
  • Department name
  • Career stage (Undergraduate, Graduate, Postdoc, Staff Scientist, K12 or Community College Educator, Professional Academic, Corporate, Retired, or Other). If ‘other’ is selected, you will be asked to describe career stage.
  • If the speaker provides any of the following service to ASPB (ASPB Ambassador, Committee, or Does not provide any service to ASPB)
Click here for a ‘How To’ guide

Open

13 Aug 2024

Deadline

19 Sep 2024
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FAQs

The program committee is currently working to develop plenary symposia covering: Biomechanics, Seed Biology and the President’s Plenary Symposium is titled: How to Understand Plants
Plenary topics should be of broad interest to ASPB members and the plant science community and aid in creating an interesting, impactful and well-balanced program.

Each plenary will have four (4) speakers, with 30-minutes each for talk and question and answers. Proposed speakers must be available to present live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 26 to 30, 2025.

Unfortunately, no. Speakers from 2024 and 2025 would be eligible to speak in 2026 and 2027, respectively.
ASPB always records for archival purposes, not necessarily to replay. ASPB is currently evaluating the plan for 2025. The current speaker agreement provides ASPB the ability to record and replay the plenary sessions. If selected, ASPB will communicate the virtual plan.
The program committee is developing the 2025 virtual event plan now. Please submit your proposal and add a note that this is for virtual consideration only as part of your description.