AAPT 2015 Summer Meeting-College Park, MD (Jul 25-29, 2015)

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The 2015 AAPT Summer Meeting is scheduled for the University of Maryland, College Park, with abstract submissions open until February 25, and a post-deadline extension until May 6. Registration details will be available by April, with previous pricing indicating a $600 ticket. Participants can consider becoming AAPT members to lower registration costs, with student membership available for $40. Travel expenses are a concern for some attendees, with current flight prices to nearby airports ranging from $266 to $338. A detailed schedule is still in development, and the meeting will be followed by the Physics Education Research Conference (PERC).
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"The 2015 AAPT Summer meeting will take place on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. College Park, Maryland is also the home of the American Association of Physics Teachers."

Abstract submissions are now open... until Feb 25. (Post-deadline until May 6.)
http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/sm2015/abstractsubpage.cfm

The current list of sessions: http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/sm2015/upload/session-list.pdf

Registration details will be setup by April.
(Here are the last meeting's registration prices http://www.aapt.org/Conferences/wm2015/registrationpage.cfm .)I am putting an abstract together.
(I am a regular participant of the AAPT meetings.)
 
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ugh I wish I could go! Travel expense plus $600 ticket is just far too expensive :(
 
You could go back to college and then attend as a student member for $40. :wink:
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
ugh I wish I could go! Travel expense plus $600 ticket is just far too expensive :(
One could get a ticket for $338 at the moment (to BWI), or $266 (to DCA). One could become a member of AAPT to reduce the registration fee, and perhaps do a one day, as opposed to full, registration. Could one do a PF booth?
 
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