Abstract Reviewers & Session Chairs

Knowledgeable reviewers are essential to ensure that the highest quality abstracts are accepted for presentation at the meeting. Reviews will be conducted online through an abstract submission system. 

Reviewers will receive no more than twelve abstracts to grade. All reviewers will use a scoring rubric to score abstracts. System training sessions and materials will be provided. 

Reviews are typically completed within two weeks, in the month of May. 

Reviewers who complete assignments will also be asked to score late-breaking and undergraduate abstracts. Judging of these abstracts typically completed over two weeks in the month of July.

To serve, you must be a current BMES member and either hold a faculty position, work in industry, or have obtained postdoc status. Student and non-BMES members are not eligible to act as abstract reviewers.

Certification of participation is available upon successful completion of both general and late-breaking reviews and is provided upon request.

Session chairs are essential for ensuring sessions run smoothly and facilitating questions and insightful discussions. Session chairs must be at the meeting to introduce sessions, introduce speakers, help guide discussions, and keep the session on time.

Session chairs are provided with the speaker lineup and copies of abstracts in advance of sessions to ensure they are knowledgeable about the topics and discussions. 

To serve, you must be a current BMES member and either hold a faculty position or have obtained postdoc status. Applicants must have served as an abstract reviewer during the year they are submitting an application for. Student and non-BMES members are not eligible to act as session chairs.

Session Chairs must be present at the meeting and available until the conference ends.