Organizing a Special Session or Panel Discussion
Special sessions and panel discussions are a valuable contribution to SEDAAG and a way to build professional networks as well as cast light on cutting-edge themes, theories, and methods. Organizers of special sessions or panels should adhere to the following additional guidelines:
Special session and panel plans (see next paragraph) should be submitted by Friday, August 22, 2025, and the abstracts to be submitted online by authors by Friday, August 22, 2025. This earlier date will give the program committee adequate time to read special session and panel plans and address any questions.
Time and space constraints dictate that a special paper session should have a minimum of four papers, but ideally five papers.
Special Session or Panel Plan
Organizers of special session or panels need to provide a draft special-session or panel plan. Please submit your organized session plan here (this is a separate form and process from the regular abstract submission form): https://forms.gle/VThZ9gCuo53dWEXL9
In the form, please include:
- Session or Panel Title
- Session/Panel Chair Name, Affiliation, and Email Address
- For Special Paper Sessions: Intended paper titles for the special session, with all authors’ names, affiliations, email addresses, and titles of their papers
- For Panel Discussion Sessions: All panelists’ names, affiliations, and email addresses
- The order in which you want the papers presented (if applicable).
Participants in special sessions should also make sure to submit their individual paper abstracts by the Friday, August 22, 2025, deadline. Please make sure that all your participants put the same name in the “Special Session or Panel Title and Description” when they are submitting.
Please contact the 2025 Annual Meeting Program Chair, Dr. Paul McDaniel (paul.mcdaniel@kennesaw.edu) with any questions.