Louisiana Academy of Sciences

    Annual Meeting

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LAS⚜95
95^th Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Science.
⚜The Centennial Decade⚜

The 95^th Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences will be held VIRTUALLY on Friday March 12, and Saturday March 13, 2021. This meeting will be hosted by Louisiana Tech University.

Changing to an online format has allowed us to make a few changes and additions to the meeting as outlined below.

This year’s meeting will still have the familiar graduate and undergraduate student posters and oral presentations of their research. Students choosing to will be able to compete for awards within their division. In addition, this year we are allowing students to present research proposals in either the oral or poster format. While the presentation of research proposals will not be eligible for the awards competition, this will give students a chance to receive feedback on their plans. We’d also like to encourage faculty and professional scientists to give overview talks of the research being conducted by their research group. We hope to use this to foster collaboration and community amongst our membership.

Abstracts are due January 29th February 5th with the extended abstracts for competition due February 5th February 12th.

In addition, we will be expanding the meeting to begin Friday evening with some special interest sessions. Be sure to let us know which of these you are interested in on your registration so that we can plan the most suitable timing. The sessions will include:

• a networking/virtual cocktail party,
• a moderated roundtable on diversity, equity and inclusivity, and
• graduate student-led roundtables on what to expect when applying and entering graduate school, and
• how to approach peer mentoring.

We may also be kicking of the meeting with a Friday evening key-note speaker. For this meeting all presenters will pre-record their talks in case they experience technical difficulties the day of the meeting, but question/answer periods and presentations the day of the meeting will be live.

Finally, due to the low cost of providing for a virtual meeting we are offering registration for the meeting with membership. The cost of membership is $30 for faculty/regular membership and $10 for students.

Register for 95 ^th LAS
(Early Registration Deadline: Friday, February 20, 2021)

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, February 5, 2021 [CLOSED]
Extended Abstract Submission deadline: Friday, February 12, 2021 [CLOSED]

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    Membership

Membership is open to in-dividuals, organizations, and institutions that are engaged in the advancement of science or the goals of the Academy. More Information

    Publications

The Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences: A peer review research journal. More Information

Louisiana Scientist:  Bulletin of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences. More Information

    Grants

The Louisiana Academy of Sciences provides small grants to individuals or organizations to further the purpose of the Academy. More Information

    SIGs

Academy-hosted Special Interest Groups. More Information

    Governance

The Academy is governed by the Executive Council, in accordance with the Academy’s Constitution and Bylaws.

    Contact

Please direct general corres- pondence to the President.