Virtual Attendance

Yes, you may change your registration from in-person to virtual and vice versa. There is no fee to change your registration. To make this change, please notify gsaconferences@genetics-gsa.org. Let us know about changes to registration type by January 3, 2024. 

Yes, you may cancel your registration at any time. Cancellation requests received by January 3, 2024 are fully refundable and will not incur a cancellation fee. All cancellations received between January 4, 2024 and February 1, 2024, will incur a $50 cancellation fee. Cancellations received on February 2, 2024 or later will not be eligible for a refund. 

You will be able to submit your question in real time through Zoom for plenary sessions. It is up to the session chair to select questions to ask the presenter, so yours may not be included in the limited amount of time available for live Q&A. For all other oral presentations, you can submit a question to the presenter through the Conference App to be answered later. The presenter will be notified of the question and may answer it as he/she/they are available (Please note that we cannot guarantee that a presenter will answer your question). Recordings will also include questions that were asked during the live session.

Poster presenters will be asked to upload a PDF of their posters and record an audio overview, which will be available in the Conference App. You will be able to ask a question of the poster presenters in the App.

Workshops held online will be open to all registrants. Select workshops will be recorded and made available through the Conference App. Workshops held during the meeting will be available to in-person attendees only. Please check the schedule for more information.

No, your log-in information is not transferable. Those who cannot attend in person but would like to participate virtually or watch recordings may do so by registering as a virtual attendee.

One advantage of attending any in-person meeting is the ability to spontaneously connect with others, including those who are job hunting, hiring, looking for collaborations in your same field of research, etc.

Abstracts will be evaluated solely based on their scientific content and relevance to this meeting and the associated topics, not the author’s registration type. If the presenting author is unable to attend in person, they may assign a co-author to present, or sending in a recorded talk may be possible.

No, live poster sessions will not be held virtually. However, in-person and virtual attendees will be able to view your poster PDF and audio overview and ask questions through the Conference App.

Live poster presentations will only be available in person; however, all poster presenters will be able to upload a PDF of their poster and record an audio overview to accompany it, which will be available to all registered attendees through the Conference App.