Welcome to all Presenters of the 2021 AAST Annual Meeting of Clinical Congress & Acute Care Surgery! 

General Guidelines 

• Please see AAST's guidelines here 
• Please use this year's annual meeting PowerPoint slide for your presentation 

Poster Presenters

• Please reference the poster guidelines here
• Please reference the instructions to upload your poster here
• Feel free to use AAST's poster template

Important notes:

• The poster sessions will be held on Wednesday, September 29th from 6:00-7:00 PM EST and Thursday, September 30th 12:10-1:10 PM EST. The assignment to which day/time and group the posters will be placed in will be given to all presenters soon
• There will be an online competent where presenters will be required to upload an audio file associated with their poster for those who attend the meeting virtually - the link to the online platform will be sent shortly 
• The upload of your poster/audio recording is due by 11:59 PM CST on Friday, September 17th

Oral Presenters

Important Notes:

• Please remember to upload your manuscript to the Cadmium Website (link to come soon) and to the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (JTACS: https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/pages/default.aspx) by Monday, August 23rd
• Please note: the above are two separate submissions and you must complete both. This date is non-negotiable and failure to upload by this date will make you and your institution ineligible to present for two years (2022 and 2023). A letter will also be sent to your chairman. Please make sure you mark them in your calendar.
• Please note: AAST has an early manuscript submission process for those who want their paper published in January, February, or March of 2022 (which are considered “AAST Annual Meeting Issues”). To receive expedited review and publication (if accepted) in the first quarter of 2022, the manuscript must be submitted to JTACS (https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/pages/default.aspx) by Sunday, August 1, 2021
• Please reference the four below documents for the visual abstracts (due to rsass@aast.org by Monday, July 27th)
  • Visual Abstract Form
  • Visual Abstract Article
  • Visual Abstract Examples
  • Visual Abstract Background Suggestion