complementary events

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complementary events come in many formats
SICB offers four main types of time slots, listed from shortest to longest:
1. within-session event: typically 30 minutes - the last 30 minutes of a session: 9:30 to 10 am, 11:30 to noon, or 3 to 3:30pm
2. lunch event: 1.5 hours from noon to 1:30 pm
3. evening event: 1 to 3 hours after 6 pm
4. pre-meeting event: on the first meeting day, often 3 to 4 hours, typically on January 3 between 1 and 8 pm, but may start earlier

what is a complementary event?

SICB symposia are often accompanied by complementary events.

Complementary events can be workshops, round tables, panel discussions, outreach events, expert booths, socials, or any other type of events that complements yous symposium.

SICB encourages symposium organizers to host events that create synergy between symposium speakers, the symposium audience, the SICB community, and the local community hosting our annual meeting.

Complementary events can take place off site or virtually, and they can have components that take place during or outside the annual meeting.

Complementary events may focus on science, new approaches, new ideas, pedagogy, outreach, community engagement, integrate social or humanities aspects; your imagination is the limit.

Some events require considerable personnel, financial, or logistical support. Please discuss your ideas with the SICB program officer.

If you plan to hold an event on the site of the SICB annual meeting, please submit a workshop proposal. Example workshop proposals are available through this site:

Example 1: science communication workshop as submitted through the SICB submission survey

Example 2: planning document for an educational workshop

Plan your complementary event

If you need a room at the SICB annual meeting, please reach out to the SICB program officer and submit a workshop proposal (deadline typically in late summer). Rooms are allocated at the SICB planning meeting, which occurs typically in mid fall.

Example 1: science communication workshop as submitted through the SICB submission survey

Example 2: planning document for an educational workshop