On behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Urban Agriculture Summit (MUAS) planning committee, we would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the oral session during our inaugural regional summit to be held virtually from October 12-14, 2021. The main theme of the summit is: ‘Creating Healthy Communities through Urban Agriculture’, and abstracts that address urban agriculture related to the three sub-themes: 1.) Urban Agriculture and Food Security; 2.) Innovations in Urban Agriculture: Business, Technology and Policy; 3.) Urban Community Gardening will be given priority. The oral program will be in concurrent sessions with each presentation lasting a total of 20 minutes (15 for the presentation and 5 for Q&A).
The abstract will consist of a brief (maximum 250 words) statement summarizing the content of your work.
Important Deadlines:
• Abstract Submissions: September 15, 2021
• Notification of Decision on Abstract: September 22, 2021
• Submission of the final Oral Abstract and PowerPoint®️ slides: October 1, 2021
Notes:
• The body of the abstract must be preceded by a concise title, author name(s) and affiliation(s), and contact details including phone number and email address. The presenting author should be identified by an asterisk.
• If submissions for the oral session exceed time allocated, some oral abstracts may be assigned to the poster session. Oral submissions may also be grouped into panels.
• A maximum of two oral abstracts will be accepted from the same presenting author.
• If your abstract is accepted for the oral session, you may be invited to submit a full manuscript of your work for peer-review and possible publication in a conference proceeding to be released after the Summit.
We look forward to meeting you virtually!