Speakers

What Speakers Need to Know

Detailed requirements and helpful guidelines for all speakers can be found in the:

• GSA Speaker Procedures
• Paper Chairs: Podium Instructions 
• Before you Depart - Speaker Instructions

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) welcomes your participation in the 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting. Sessions and events will take place November 2-6.

GSA Branded PowerPoint Slide & Poster Templates

Use GSA’s official template for presentations at the 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting:

• Paper/symposium speakers: The GSA 2022 PowerPoint slide template is not required, but inclusion of a disclosure slide is required. 
• Poster speakers: The GSA 2022 Poster PowerPoint template helps facilitate findings to attendees with less text and is easier for people with visual impairments to view.  
• GSA 2022 Poster Presentation Template format details. The poster should be smaller than the poster board which is approximately 4 feet in height and 8 feet wide.

Registration

All speakers are required to register to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting.

Abstract Book

Accepted abstracts will be published in a supplement issue of Innovation in Aging, under the title: Program Abstracts from the GSA 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting. The Abstract Book will be available electronically only. 

The abstract information published in the Abstract Book will appear exactly as provided in the abstract submission and confirmed via Speaker Tasks by the lead author (i.e., author information: names, institution/organization, city, state, country; abstract title; abstract text). 

Important Dates

• May 31 – Abstract Acceptance/Non-Acceptance Email Notifications to Submitters 
• July 7 – Abstract Schedule and Session Information Email Notifications 
• Mid July – Speaker Access Key and Speaker Task Email Notifications 
• Late September—Late Breaking Abstract Email Notifications 
• November 2 – 6 – 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana

Contact Us

For any speaker-related questions and/or comments, email abstracts@geron.org.

For registration or general inquiries, email membership@geron.org.