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ToggleRegistration and Speaker Resource Center
- Log in
Go to AAA Community Hub and log in with the email and password tied to your AAA membership. - Find your registration
In the left navigation, click My Registrations. Under Upcoming Registrations, locate your Annual Meeting registration and click Edit. - Select workshops
On the registration and workshop fees page, keep your paid registration as is. Scroll down, check the box for each workshop or event you want to add, then click Next. - Proceed to checkout
Review your badge information, then click Checkout. - Pay and confirm
The checkout page will show your existing registration plus the newly added workshops. Only the workshop fees will appear as the balance due. Enter payment information and click Submit to complete.
Log in here: Follow the prompts to complete the steps including RSVP and (optionally) add your photo and bio. Then you will have access to the rest of the speaker resource center tasks.
No. The system does not allow changes to the listed organizer. However, you may add a co-organizer.
If the session organizer cannot attend, they must either:
- Designate another participant from the session to take over their responsibilities, or
- Cancel the session.
If the session is not canceled, it is the organizer’s responsibility to ensure someone else steps into the role.
No. ‘Co-author’ is not an official, participatory role in the annual meeting. The purpose of adding co-authors is so that everyone who worked on a paper can be recognized, regardless of whether or not they can attend the meeting. So, co-authors do not have to attend to be on the program. Note: a co-author who does not attend the meeting cannot receive a certificate of participation.
No, one participant dropping out will not result in the entire session being cancelled. That person will be removed from the program, and the session will be listed and take place without them. The organizer of the session can rearrange the timing so that it is most successful. Note: We cannot replace a dropped out participant with another person after peer review is complete.
The AAA offers several financial assistance programs, which your participants can apply for. Information about these programs will be published on this site once it is updated for the 2025 meeting.
Participating in the Annual Meeting is a benefit of being a member of the AAA. Anyone who is a session participant and has any of the following roles: organizer, chair, discussant, or presenter, must be a member of the AAA and register for the conference in order to participate.
There are very few and specific exceptions to this. Please email aaameetings@americananthro.org if you have questions and think you might qualify for an exception. Also please note that becoming a member and registering is less costly than registering as a non-member.
No. Making a submission to one of the calls for papers does not automatically make you a member of the AAA and does not register you for the meeting. You will need to become a member of the AAA and then register for the annual meeting by the deadline in order to participate in the annual meeting. Participation in the annual meeting is a member privilege.
Note: if you submitted a group session, then you are responsible for all of the group organizer responsibilities listed here.
Yes, all participants accepted onto the program must become AAA members and register for the meeting no later than Friday, September 26th, 2025, in order to remain on the program. Anyone who does not become a member and register for the annual meeting by this deadline will be removed from the official program and cannot be added back, because the program data is exported after the deadline and can no longer be edited.
If you are removed and then register after the deadline and participate at the meeting, we cannot add you back to the program but we can issue you a certificate of participation after the meeting.
Note: Participation in the annual meeting is a member benefit of the AAA. It is required that each participant becomes a member and register for the meeting. Registration is also discounted for active members. If you only wish to attend the meeting and are not participating in any session in an official role, then you are welcome to attend as a non-member.
If your poster is accepted, you will be assigned a time slot and a board number. The poster sessions will be held in the back of the exhibit hall, behind the booths. You will be provided with a 4’x6′ cork board on a stand and pushpins where you can attach your poster or visual aid. You do not have to fill the entire space with one poster- feel free to be creative with your visual aid within the 2D space provided. You should arrive 10 minutes early to your poster session with your poster or visual aid printed and ready to be hung up for display.
Travel
Please fill out this form with all information, and then we will email you your visa letter.
No, the AAA cannot intervene on your behalf with the Embassy or U.S. Consulate via fax, phone, surface mail, or email. The U.S. State Department provides information on traveling to the United States regarding passports, international travel, and visas.
