Pre-registration and abstract submission are now open!
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Submit Pre-Registration and Abstract
The deadline for pre-registration is Friday, July 19, 2019. For more information, please visit our page on registration.
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-August.
Abstract Submission
Any interested presenters will submit abstracts for review by the Science Organizing Committee.
The IA2 abstract deadline is Friday, July 19, 2019.
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.
Please consult the following resources regarding accessibility, in presentations and beyond:
- "Incorporating Universal Design Principles into Astronomy Education and Research" - from panel with Alicia Aarnio, Jackie Monkiewicz, Sharron Rush, and Sarah Tuttle: https://wgad.aas.org/sites/wgad.aas.org/files/WiA_universalDesign.pdf
- Paul Tol's guide to accessible color schemes: https://personal.sron.nl/~pault/
- Color Oracle: free color blindness simulator: https://colororacle.org/
If you know of any helpful resources that we have not shared here, please let us know and we will be happy to include them!
