Participation Update

Please keep in mind that MESA's robust program and the importance of keeping the MESA Secretariat updated on any changes to participation. If your participation has changed in anyway, please complete this form to notify the MESA Secretariat. This includes withdrawals or updates to your name, affiliation, or title. 

Chairs/Discussants

Pre-organized sessions: Panel organizers wanting to add a chair or discussant should email meeting@mesana.org to arrange for this. 
Put-together panels: MESA seeks volunteers for put-together panels. For more information, go here

Final Papers

In order to facilitate high-quality panels, all presenters are asked to share their papers with their panel chair and/or discussant. Papers do not need to be complete with footnotes and bibliography; only a working paper is required. Chairs and discussants cannot do their job adequately if they hear the paper for the first time during the actual presentation; it is vital to the integrity of the panel that the paper be distributed on time. Roundtable participants do not prepare papers and therefore are not subject to this requirement. Any uploaded papers are available only to co-panelists. MESA does not publish any shared papers or make them available to the broader public in any way.

Presentation Guidelines 

Participants should not read their papers, but rather should present them in summary only. Generally, 15-20 minutes will be allowed for each presentation (depending on the number of papers on the panel). The chair is responsible for strict adherence to this rule. The remainder of the time should be devoted to discussion among the panelists and audience.

No-Show Policy
Program participants must notify the MESA Secretariat if they are not able to attend the meeting in advance of their scheduled presentation or they will not be eligible to participate on next year's meeting program. A no-show is an individual who does not attend their sessions without giving prior notice to the Secretariat and to their fellow participants.

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