AAPT Virtual 2020 Summer Meeting

[robphy]

https://www.aapt.org/Conferences/SM2020/index.cfm

I wasn't originally planning to attend the meeting in Grand Rapids.
But when it went virtual, I submitted an abstract before the original abstract deadline in March.
They extended the deadline for abstract submission to June 3. Unfortunately, it's not free like the recent APS virtual meeting wasFrom an email I just got (I can't find it online yet),

Register before the early bird-deadline of June 24th and receive the following discounted rates:

Member: $119
Student Member: $29
Emeritus: $69
Non-Member: $299 (includes a one year membership to AAPT)
Please note, the member rate will be $149 after early bird and emeritus will be $99 after early bird.

 

[robphy]

I just registered for this APS webinar. It's free.
https://info.aps.org/delta-phy-webinar

Wednesday, June 24, 2:00 - 4:00 PM EDT

This webinar will feature a panel of physicists who have been actively involved with increasing diversity in physics and improving its culture. The panel will discuss why everyone from students to teachers to professors to administrators has an important role in building a diverse next generation of physicists. The panel will share ideas and concrete actions on what each of these groups can do to work toward this goal.

Sponsored by

• American Physical Society
• American Association of Physics Teachers
• National Society of Black Physicists
• American Institute of Physics
• African American Women in Physics
• BSM PANDEMIC Seminar Series

Host

• Dr. Kate Kirby (CEO, APS)

Moderator

• Prof. Lisa Randall (Harvard University)

Panelists

• Prof. S. James Gates, Jr. (Brown University & APS President-Elect)
• Arlene Modeste Knowles (AIP, TEAM-UP Project Manager)
• Prof. Philip W. Phillips (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
• Prof. Mel Sabella (Chicago State University & AAPT Past President)
• Farrah Simpson (Brown University, NSBP Board Student Representative & Graduate Student)

Facilitators

• Prof. Stephon Alexander (Brown University & NSBP President)
• Prof. Lisa Randall (Harvard University)
  

 

[martane]

Hey there, thanks for sharing your experience with the AAPT meeting in Grand Rapids. It's great to hear that you were able to submit an abstract before the original deadline and that the virtual format allowed for an extended submission period. It's a shame that the meeting isn't free like the recent APS virtual meeting, but it's understandable that there are costs involved in organizing and hosting these events. Thanks for also sharing the discounted rates for registration - it's always helpful to have that information available. Are you planning on attending the meeting virtually?