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		<h1><b>Pre-registration and abstract submission are now open!</b></h1>
		<h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Submit yours here:</h2>
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		<h2 style="margin-top: 5px;">The deadline for pre-registration is Friday, July 19, 2019. For more information, please visit our page on <a href="https://outerspace.stsci.edu/display/IA2/Registration">registration</a>.</h2>
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Presentation Topics

Across the two day conference, we invite presenters to share work falling under the following two categories:

• Input to the state of the profession and demographics committee(s) for the astronomy 2020 decadal review (i.e. submitted Activity, Project or State of the Profession Consideration (APC) white papers)
  
  
• Revisiting the short, medium, and long term goals and actions recommended in Nashville on removing barriers to access, creating inclusive environments, access to leadership and policy-making, and establishing an inclusive community. We invite the community to present their work in enabling or advancing these goals, and their recommendations on all timescales. We should discuss and prioritize these as goals. 

We specifically encourage submissions of work that falls under the following categories:

• Policy recommendations:
  • Education and Training
  • Scientific Resources (specifically facility time, publications, and funding)
  • Employment
  • Leadership
• Societal discussions:
  • Gender
  • Underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities
  • LBGTQIA+
  • Ability and neurodiversity

All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Science Organizing Committee. Selected presenters will be notified in mid-AugustCheck back later for a more detailed list of the themes the conference will explore.

Abstract Submission

Any interested presenters will submit abstracts for review by the Science Organizing Committee.

The IA2 abstract deadline

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is Friday, July 19, 2019.

Check back later for a specific abstract deadline and link to the abstract submission portal (currently under construction).We invite you to submit your abstract here: https://tiny.cc/IA2PreReg 

Accessibility

It is imperative that all IA2 presenters strive to make their presentations as accessible as possible.

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