You will need to work collaboratively with the SEB to organise your session, as outlined below.
Please ensure you read all the information in this section carefully before completing the form, there have been several important updates.
Things to expect when organising a session:
*Excluding social events
As the Scientific Organiser of the session, you will be responsible for developing the scientific programme, including:
The SEB will take care of the event and session logistics, including:
To ensure appropriate the proper use of SEB funds for conferences and events, organisers agree to adhere to the following funding expenditure regulations:
SEB will oversee funding expenditure in collaboration with the scientific session organiser.
SEB funds must be used exclusively to cover the travel expenses of keynote speakers..
Each invited speaker will be required to pay 50% of the standard conference registration fee.
Registered invited speakers will have access to all conference sessions, as well as refreshments and lunch.
Up to 2 months after the event takes place, you will need to provide us with the following:
Please include details of possible speakers. The SEB ethos is to include students and early career scientists, and you will be expected to select some of your talks from post-graduate/ early career researcher submissions.
The Society for Experimental Biology is committed to increasing bioscience equality and diversity. Our work in this area permeates through all our activities, and we would like to ask you to be mindful of this commitment when proposing speakers. In particular, for SEB events, there is an expectation that 33% of speakers will be female, with a minimum of 25%. There should also be a fair career stage and geographical representation.
Please provide details of other sponsorship the conference is expecting to receive.
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