How does APPAM determine how many sessions to schedule for each topic area in the Fall Research Conference?
The APPAM president-elect makes the final determination of how many sessions there will be in each area based on recommendations from the Program Committee. Quality of the sessions always is the first and foremost criterion. That said, on the low side APPAM prefers that each area have a minimum number of sessions (approximately five to six) each year. Otherwise, the conference will not offer a worthwhile professional meeting to persons interested in those topics. On the high side, APPAM prefers that any area with more sessions than there are unique time slots (current 11 total across three days) have sufficiently diverse panels to allow two be scheduled opposite each other at one time without diluting their audience. The Program Committee often seeks to combine similar panels into a single session given the time constraints and high demand for participation.
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