AAS Meetings

2021 Virtual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society (June 24 to July 1)

In lieu of a 2021 in person meeting, we are happy to invite you to the second (and hopefully last!) all virtual annual meeting of the American Arachnological Society. General information, a schedule overview, and all you need for registration (by June 14) and abstract submission (by May 17) is available at this link. We fully encourage broad participation in this event. Registration cost is $20 for everyone (including non-AAS members) and covers access to all events. We have donor support for anyone for whom this fee is prohibitive.

Conference events will take place between Thursday, June 24 - Thursday, July 1. A Keynote address by Maydianne Andrade and the announcement of the recipient of the first Norman Platnick Award will open the meeting on the evening of the 24th. Events will include plenary talks by Mercedes Burns, Lauren Esposito, and Ivan Magalhães; oral and poster presentations; a panel discussion and workshop on actions we can take to dismantle racism and promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in arachnology; a public talk about arachnids by Jillian Cowles; a virtual bioblitz and workshops on collecting arachnids, photography, and online identification communities; two movie nights; happy hours; and a festive "banquet" like event at the end.

This year we welcome presentations from researchers at all career stages. In addition to English, talks may be in Spanish or Portuguese, and we will support pre-recorded talks with presenters present for Q&A following their talk.

We look forward to seeing all of you at this event.

Greta Binford (AAS President) and the organizing committee
Sebastian Echeverri
Catherine Scott
Sarah Stellwagen
Rich Bradley
Brian Patrick
Paula Cushing

Abstracts of Past Meetings
Travel Grants for Meetings
Student Paper Awards
"Storyfication" of Past Meetings by Nina Sandlin
List of Previous Meeting Hosts (excel spreadsheet)
Meeting Pictures
Meeting Grants
Past Meetings
2018 Meeting Host Guidelines
AAS Code of Conduct

Future Meetings

2021 Virtual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society (June 24 to June 30)

"Storyfication" of Past Meetings by Nina Sandlin

Nina Sandlin live-tweeted conferences and compiled the tweets in a "story" of the proceedings for these meetings.

Recent Past Meetings

2015 Mitchell, South Dakota - snapshots (contact jack@owicki.com about their use)

2016 Golden, Colorado - Paula Cushing

2017 Querétaro, Juriquilla, Mexico - Fernando Álvarez Padilla

2018 Ypsilanti, Michigan - Cara Shillington

2019 Lexington, Virginia - Nadia Ayoub

2020 AAS Virtual Summer Symposium - Greta Binford, Mercedes Burns, Lisa Chamberland and Jeremy McWilliams