Instructions for submitting proposals for invited symposia for the March 2010 APS meeting

The DEADLINE for submitting nominations is July 8, 2009.  Please submit your proposals to Ali Dhinojwala, Program Chair at ali4@uakron.edu. In making proposals, please keep in mind the following guidelines:

1. no individual may receive an invitation two years in a row (except winners of a Prize in the second year);
2. a single invited session is not permitted to have two speakers from the same institution. A chair and a speaker from the same institution is acceptable;
3. suggestions which will also appeal to other attendees of the March Meeting (e.g. DCMP, DMP, DBP) are most likely to be selected by the Program Committee;
4. please consider suggesting symposia which are cosponsored by other units (e.g. DCMP, DBP, DMP).

Please provide detail information about the proposed topic of the session and the proposed invited speakers.  All proposals are useful, even if they are incomplete. If you want to maximize the success of your proposal, please consider some of the following suggestions:

1. Include five speakers. The program committee attempts to accept proposals in their entirety, so "orphaned" talks rarely make it into the program.
2. Choose an appropriate title and provide a clear justification.
3. Choose titles of individual talks carefully, and provide an informative abstract for each talk. These are just to give the committee a rough idea -- speakers who are invited will be asked to submit their own title and abstract later.
4. If possible, provide references to published work in refereed journals.
5. If possible, please obtain an informal conformation that the speakers are likely to attend the APS meeting in 2010*. If possible, please include an alternate speaker in the abstract to provide a substitute in the event the first choice is unavailable.
6. Nominate a session chair. As with the invited speakers, if possible please confirm that they are available*.

*Please note that if you are contacting potential speakers or session chairs for your symposia, you have to emphasize that the final decision of selecting the invited symposia and nominating the chair and symposia speakers will be made by the DPOLY Program Committee. APS has the final authority to approve the list of speakers.