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| Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | Proposal Submission Open |
| Friday, June 6, 2025 | Proposal Submission Deadline Director(s) COI Disclosure Deadline |
| Wednesday, July 9, 2025 | Proposal Acceptance/Rejection Notification Sent to Submitters |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2025 | Acknowledgement of Proposal Acceptance and Agenda Due |
| Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | Speaker Invitations Sent by ACNS Staff |
| Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | Speaker Invitation Response, COI Form, Bio and Photo Due |
| Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | SA-CME Questions Due from Speakers |
| Sunday, January 11, 2026 | Session Director Review of SA-CME Questions |
| Monday, January 19, 2026 | Final Slides Due from Identified Speakers for CME Review |
| Monday, February 16, 2026 | Final Slides Due for Online Speaker Ready Room and Course Handouts |
The ACNS Program and Course Committees seek proposals for scientific program sessions and specialized courses for the 2026 ACNS Annual Meeting & Courses, to be held February 19 – 22, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
This activity will be planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the sponsorship of ACNS. ACNS is accredited by ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Before submitting a session proposal, please download and review the complete Call for Proposals and Gap Analysis & Needs Assessment.
Session submitters, directors and speakers may NOT be owners/employees of any ineligible company.
ACCME’s definition of ownership includes anyone who owns self-managed stock in a privately-held ineligible company.
Complimentary Annual Meeting & Courses registration is available to all eligible Annual Meeting & Course speakers. An honorarium of $200 is available to speakers who meet all deadlines set forth above and any additional deadlines set forth in the speaking invitation.
To be eligible for the compensation package above, a speaker must be giving a pre-prepared talk of 25 minutes or more (20 minutes for SA-CME sessions) . Panel discussion participants are not eligible. Session directors not giving a qualifying talk during their session are not eligible.
Travel funding is not available to Annual Meeting & Course speakers or session directors.
Speakers and directors will be limited to a maximum of three (3) presentations at the Annual Meeting & Courses, including workshops, courses and symposia unless specifically approved by Course and Program Committee.
The ACNS International Relations and Program Committees are pleased to consider proposals for Joint International Symposia which should be developed by a clinical neurophysiology-related national society, federation or chapter, in cooperation with the ACNS International Relations Committee.
Proposals for Joint International Symposia may be submitted via the proposal website, and submitters are asked to please notify International Relations Committee staff liaison Carrie Grossman (cgrossman@acns.org) when a submission has been completed. The International Relations Committee is pleased to assist partner societies with their submissions, including pre-review and feedback.