A symposium is generally a two-hour, three-hour, or four-hour session, with 30 minutes for a break if longer than two hours. The break is required to begin exactly two hours after the start of the symposium (i.e. morning symposia will begin at 8:00 am with a break from 10:00 am to 10:30 am). Individual speaker presentations are generally 30-40 minutes in length. A complete proposal must include the title and brief (800 characters) description of the symposium, the title of each individual presentation, name and affiliation of all presenters, length of each presentation, anticipated expenses (if applicable), and anticipated sponsorship revenue to help pay the expenses.

See the example of the document that symposium presenters should submit for consideration linked above.

Proposals will be reviewed by the Organizing Committee in March. Proposals will either be given final approval or rejected at that meeting. The Organizing Committee will set the symposia schedule. The chair of each symposium will be informed of the day and time so the approved speakers can be notified. Submission Deadline was Thursday, March 18, 2025 at 11:59 pm CT.

Chairs of symposia are encouraged to obtain funding from sponsors to cover all costs; fund-raising efforts should be conducted in coordination with the PSA Executive Director to minimize duplicate solicitations. These funds are to be used to cover travel and expenses for speakers who may request reimbursement of travel expenses. Please see the 2025 Policy on Symposia for complete information.

It is required that all symposium presentations be published in either Poultry Science or The Journal of Applied Poultry Research. The deadline for paper submission is January 15, 2026. Please see the 2025 Symposium Publishing Guidelines for more information.