EPA Conference update, February 9

As we announced previously, you must register for the meeting (joining EPA or renewing your EPA membership) by February 25 to be guaranteed access to all features of the virtual app.  Since you will login to the meeting using your email address, as it is stored in the EPA membership database, it is important for you to check that your profile in our system has your correct email address.   We will not check it for you.  Simply login to the EPA website, click on profile, and make any changes that are necessary.  It is not sufficient that your name is on a poster or oral presentation – you must be an EPA member or associate to attend the meeting. 

On February 25, we will send you an email with a link to the meeting app along with instructions for using the app.  That link will also be published on the website.  You will then be able to login to the meeting starting on Feb 25 and continuing through March 5 and 6.  

EPA Conference Updates, February 2

Materials submission deadline:  February 5.  As announced previously (see below), all materials (poster pdfs, video links) are due to Dr. Lamoureux by Feb 5 (lamourje@bc.edu).

Registration deadline:  Feb 25.  To ensure admission to the March 5-6 conference and full access to all features of the virtual app, please register by renewing your EPA membership, or joining EPA for the first time by Feb 25.  

Login instructions and meeting orientation will be sent to all members by email and will appear in this space as well in the coming weeks.  

Program:  A copy of the printed program will be sent to EPA Fellows, 125^th Anniversary Members and to all members/associates who ordered one.  Please check your mailing address in our database to ensure proper and timely delivery. 

Previous Meeting Updates

Acceptance notices were sent out by email in mid-December.  If you did not receive notification, please contact Paul Schnur at epaexecofficer@gmail.com.  The March 5-6 EPA program and calendar are now available here.  If you are presenting a poster, paper or symposium, you can find your name in the index, your assigned session and your presentation time in the program.  This is also your first opportunity to view the entire program and begin to plan your virtual visit.  Further information about the virtual conference app will be available in the coming weeks.  In the meantime, please note the following important information:

The next deadline that you must observe is February 5.  If you fail to meet this deadline, your submission will be cancelled.  By this date, you must submit, one or more of the following: 
1]  If you are presenting a poster, a pdf copy of your poster is required.  Your poster should include an introduction, methods, results and discussion.  Figure and tables may be included.  References are not required.  The poster should fit on one page.  Sample posters are available for viewing here:  Lamoureux et al., Cuevas et al., Weiss-Rice et al., Hancock et al.    A video (live or prerecorded) is optional but recommended.  A video of you describing your research, whether paper or poster, is an engaging way to help your audience understand your research.  Our virtual conference platform does not host videos, so a prerecorded video must be saved on some other video-hosting platform (e.g., youtube, vimeo, etc).  You may alternatively (or additionally) schedule a live video session to discuss your proposal and answer questions from attendees. Whether you prerecord or present live, you will need to submit the URL(s) to those video features by the Feb 5 deadline.  Please send all materials for poster presentations (i.e., poster PDF, and optional video links) to:  lamourje@bc.edu. 

2] If you are presenting a paper or symposium: We plan to hold oral paper and symposium sessions as live video meetings (Zoom, Webex, Teams, etc), hosted by the chair of the individual session. Your session chair will contact you and discuss the manner in which your session will be run. We envision that most sessions will simply involve the chair allowing each speaker, in turn, to share their screen to present the slides for their presentation.  If you are not able to attend the live session, you could instead pre-record your presentation and upload it to a video-hosting site (e.g., youtube, vimeo, etc). In that case, you would need to submit the URL of the recording by the Feb 5 deadline.  All such links to prerecorded content should be sent to:  lamourje@bc.edu. 

If you are unable to present at any time between 8AM Friday, Mar 5 and 4PM Saturday, Mar 6, we need to know that immediately.  The program is posted above for you to check your exact time of presentation.  You will also receive a link to the virtual meeting prior to the meeting.  The meeting will be hosted on the Certain/Touchpoint platform, which is accessible on either PC, tablet or smart phone.  The meeting dashboard will contain links to all live sessions and pre-recorded content.  You will be able to personalize your own profile on the app and use it to chat via text with presenters, friends, and other conference attendees.

Please adhere to the Feb 5 deadline. With many institutions delaying the start of their spring semesters, we understand that it may be challenging to finalize presentation materials by that date, but we need to adhere to that timeline in order to upload all meeting content to the virtual conference platform. If you can get your materials to us before that date, that would be helpful and we would appreciate it.  We will be contacting you again in the coming weeks with demos and samples that may be helpful to you in finalizing your presentation materials.

EPA 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association will be held virtually on March 5-6, 2021.  The call for submissions was sent to members, fellows and associates on September 5, 2020.   If you are not a current member of EPA but would like to submit for the upcoming meeting, you may join EPA by following the links on this website.  Since the meeting is virtual, we hope to hear from our US and international colleagues who otherwise might be unable to attend an EPA meeting.  Instructions for submitting your proposal can be found elsewhere on this website.  Please watch this space for updates and further information about the meeting. 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association will be held virtually on March 5-6, 2021.  The call for submissions was sent to members, fellows and associates on September 5, 2020.   If you are not a current member of EPA but would like to submit for the upcoming meeting, you may join EPA by following the links on this website.  Since the meeting is virtual, we hope to hear from our US and international colleagues who otherwise might be unable to attend an EPA meeting.  Instructions for submitting your proposal can be found elsewhere on this website.  Please watch this space for updates and further information about the meeting. 

Please remember that only Members, Fellows, and Associates with an expiration date of May 31, 2021, may submit proposals for the meeting. The submission deadline is November 15, 2020.  If you are planning to submit a proposal, please do not wait until the last moment to pay dues, as payments may take up to 48 hours to process. All associates must have a faculty sponsor who, at the time of the submission, is a current EPA Member with dues paid for the current year (exp. 5/31/2021).

As in recent years, another call for proposals for a special undergraduate poster session will be issued later, with a December 1, 2020 deadline.

Anniversary Society:  To acknowledge and celebrate EPA’s 125th anniversary (2020), the EPA Board of Directors established a new category of membership, the Anniversary Society.  This level of membership is available to all members and fellows.  Membership in the Anniversary Society signifies a special commitment to EPA’s mission and carries a number of additional external benefits:  a designation in the program as a “125th year member,” a hardcopy of the 2021 program, recognition at the meeting, and additional EPA merchandise.  The cost of joining EPA as an Anniversary Society member is $125.  

Dues:  EPA dues/meeting registration is $75 for Members and Fellows, and $30 for Associates. There are no additional registration fees.  Since the EPA fiscal year begins on June 1 and ends on May 31, pay your dues now and know that you are paid up through the meeting and until May 31 of next year.  To pay dues, click on Join EPA or on Renew Your Membership. You will then be given the option to renew as an Anniversary Society member.  Use your credit card to pay your dues.

Program book:  A bound, printed copy of the program is available for $7 (includes domestic mailing), which you may pay along with your dues. To see this option, click on the Renew and Update information link after you’ve chosen Renew Your Membership.  (Note: A gratis copy of the hardcopy is provided to EPA Fellows and Anniversary Society members who request one). 

The 2021 virtual meeting will continue EPA's tradition of offering cutting edge developments in psychological science, application and teaching in the form of exciting lectures, symposia and posters.