A Conflict of Interest Declaration slide is required (see instructions on the Conflict of Interest Declaration form). Additional slides may be provided and/or instructed as the meeting approaches.

No, you may use your own template, however, your template cannot be branded with a product and/or service (see Policy on Promotion from the Podium form).

In limited instances, our Committee on Conferences & Meetings reserves the right to review presentations in advance to ensure adherence to Speaker Agreements and/or Conflict of Interest Declarations.

No less than two hours in advance of your scheduled session start time in the Speaker Ready Room at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

Yes, however, please be mindful and courteous to other speakers and limit these to minor revisions.

Definitely and we highly encourage it! A practice mode will be integrated into presentation upload kiosks. These kiosks will be available in the Speaker Ready Room at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on a first-come, first-served basis.

Unless otherwise indicated in your speaker agreement, checks for US speakers will be available for pickup onsite in the Speaker Ready Room at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Canadian and International speakers must submit an AAO expense report accompanied by itemized receipts no later than May 31, 2024.

In the event that your assigned session room exceeds the maximum seating capacity, an Overflow Room may be available and additional physical attendees may watch your presentation from that room. See the Program Grid HERE for session room assignments.

Possibly. The video camera is used for live picture-in-picture audio + video feeds to Overflow Rooms or a livestream feed from select session rooms to the virtual audience. Helpful Hint: See a video camera? Stick to the stage!

It is a 42” LCD monitor positioned on the floor in front of the podium which will display the current slide of your presentation reflected on the projection screen. Presentation notes are not displayed on this monitor; notes can be viewed from the presentation laptop positioned on the podium.

Individual speaker presentations are not available for sale or complimentary distribution; however, you will be able to purchase the compilation of meeting recordings at a discounted speaker rate via registration. If you elect to participate, your presentation audio and/or slides will be included in this compilation. Preview a past recorded presentation HERE.

Concurrent sessions are attended in an a la carte fashion; they are not ticketed sessions. Please refer to the Program Grid HERE for the estimated seating capacity in your assigned session room.

Yes, however, they may not attend other CE sessions and will not be eligible for CE.

• Exhibits – Elizabeth Cordes at ecordes@aaortho.org
• Sponsorships – Holly Kiel at hkiel@aaortho.org