Are You Done? Essentials of a Complete Proposal

Preorganized Sessions

• Session title
• Sponsors, if any
• A long (500-word) abstract for the session as a whole, which will be sent out for blind review. Do not name any panel participants.
• A short (100-word) abstract for the session as a whole, which will appear in program materials if the proposal is accepted. Use AFS style. 
• All sessions: the name, affiliation, and email of each presenter, submitted by the presenters themselves, with permission to publish (or not) their personal information
  • Chairs will need to indicate their panelists in their session proposal, and then staff will link presenters to your session.
  • Presenters will also need to submit their own personal information and permissions to publish it (or not).
  • AFS staff will link individuals with sessions on the backend.
• For paper/media/mixed sessions: presentation information for each associated presenter, submitted by the presenter (see below)
• Optional:
  • keywords approved by the AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus that describe the content of your session as a whole. See Using Keywords in Annual Meeting Proposals before you submit your proposal.
  • Scheduling notes: if we should know of any scheduling conflicts, tell us now.
  • AV notes: Will you need speakers, a projector, internet, etc.? Request them now, if necessary.

Paper/Media Presentations

• Presentation title
• Presentation mode (virtual or in person)
• a short (100-word) abstract, which will appear in the program book if the proposal is accepted. Use AFS style. 
• a long (500-word) abstract, which will be sent out for blind review. This is required of all presentations that are submitted for individual consideration; it is not required for presentations that are part of pre-organized sessions. 
• Media proposals must include the duration and a copy or sample of the work if possible: if it is available online, put the url in the Notes to Staff field; if not, mail the medial file on DVD (NTSC format) to:
  • Media Sessions, AFS Annual Meeting
    Indiana University
    800 East Third Street
    Bloomington, IN, 47405
• Optional:
  • Keywords approved by the AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus that describe the content of your session as a whole. See Using Keywords in Annual Meeting Proposals before you register and submit your proposal.
  • Scheduling notes: if we should know of any scheduling conflicts, tell us now
  • AV notes: will you need speakers, a projector, internet, etc.? Request them now, if necessary.