ACSM Announces Initial Plans for 2020 Annual Meeting Content, Alternate Delivery Following Cancellation
Posted: May 15, 2020 in Suppliers
American College of Sports Medicine
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – In response to the cancellation of this year’s ACSM Annual Meeting and World Congresses, the Program Committee released new information regarding the delivery of content planned for this year’s meeting. ACSM remains committed to providing value to members and attendees by meeting their educational needs despite the need to cancel.
The committee introduced the ACSM 2020 Virtual Experience, which will be available in early summer. The Virtual Experience will deliver select content featuring the excellent presenters annual meeting attendees have come to expect.
Select Accepted Sessions
The virtual format will provide convenient access to some of the best new research available. All topical areas will be represented by the available sessions, which will be accessed via ACSM’s Learning Management System. The sessions will be available either for free with no CE credits or with CE attached for a nominal cost.
Accepted Posters
All accepted abstracts and clinical cases will still be published in the June supplement issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (MSSE) and will have the opportunity to present their research as e-posters.
World Congresses, other sessions moving to 2021 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
The Program Committee also announced that the following sessions and events will be moved to the 2021 meeting
- Basic Science World Congress on Regenerative Medicine;
- Select sessions from the World Congress on Exercise is Medicine;
- Wolffe and Dill Lectures (in addition to 2021 lectures);
- All named lectures;
- Presidents lectures;
- All Highlighted Symposia;
- All Exchange Lectures;
- Integrative Plenary Lecture;
- Honor and Citation Award recognition.
ACSM wishes health and safety to all as we make our way through this challenging time.
