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6 January 2020
2020 HPS Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts

65th Annual Meeting of the HPS

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Deadline: 24 January 2020

The 65th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society (HPS) will be held in National Harbor, Maryland, 5–9 July 2020. National Harbor is located on the banks of the Potomac River just minutes from the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. It is known for its great shopping, trendy restaurants, waterfront resort space, and the iconic Capital Wheel, making it a destination like no other. The annual meeting will be another great one and you can be a part of what makes it that way. We are putting out the call for papers in the full spectrum of radiation protection specialties. Everyone is welcome to come and share their work, their research, and their experiences, which is what makes the meeting worthwhile every year.

Please submit your abstract (including special session abstracts) through the HPS website. In addition, we still have openings for a few more special sessions. If there is a special topic that you want to get in front of the health physics community, a special session is a great way to introduce it and initiate scientific dialog with your peers. For more information, please contact Zach Tribbett, the 2020 Program Committee representative for special session coordination.

The Program Committee will meet 20–22 February to plan the 2020 HPS Annual Meeting. We will meet face to face to place submitted papers into the appropriate sessions, organize the various sessions into rooms and time slots, and coordinate with the AV people on layout and room size, etc. BEFORE we can do this, the Program Committee must REVIEW all abstracts, so please submit your abstracts by 24 January 2020 to give us ample time to review them in preparation for our planning meeting.

Special Announcement—Early Submissions Rewards Program: This year we are trying a new approach to encourage meeting presenters to submit by the deadline (24 January 2020). The Program Committee will award five $100 registration discounts for abstracts submitted by the 24 January deadline. To be eligible, the following criteria must be met:

  • Abstract must be accepted by the Program Committee at the planning meeting.
  • ONLY abstracts submitted for the general sessions will be eligible (special sessions are not eligible).
  • Posters are not eligible.

The Program Committee will hold a drawing at the end of the planning meeting and the five winners will be announced in Health Physics News following the planning meeting.

For more information and to submit your abstract online go to the abstract website. Only abstracts submitted via this portal will be accepted.