The following email was sent to ASECS members on June 18, 2025.
June 18, 2025
Dear ASECS Members and Friends,
Happy Summer!
I’m excited to share conference and membership updates with you.
1. CfP, Round 2, ASECS 56th Annual Meeting: Submit your session proposal for the 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held April 9-11, 2026, in Philadelphia! Deadline is July 28, 2025; Round 3 (abstract submissions for presenters) opens August 4, 2025. You can find more information on how to submit to the abstract platform X-CD, including screenshots, on the 2026 Submission Page. It’s a very intuitive system and the Round 1 submitters gave positive reviews on it!
2. New Membership Platform: ASECS will soon be moving to a new membership platform, X-CD – it will integrate with the conference abstracts and registration system, too! We’re in the process of transferring all membership data from our current platform at JHUP, and are setting up a new email protocol, as well. Please check your inbox for updates over the next weeks.
3. ASECS’ New Bylaws: New Bylaws will come into effect July 1, 2025. You can find a copy of them on the Governance page.
Benita Blessing, Executive Director
director@asecs.org