2021 Annual meeting: Theme, abstract submissions

Annual Meeting Theme: ‘A Creative Economy for Sustainable Development’

The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. This theme ties to research, education, outreach, and food production undertaken by the members of our three professional Societies. This work has empowered a proliferation of new tools, data, and innovations that can increase the amount of safe, nutritious food grown while increasing numerous positive impacts on soils and the environment. These tools will allow production increases without further damage to natural ecosystems while providing both large and smallholder farmers with new options to reduce the problematic manual labor associated with farming, making farming a more flexible, stable enterprise.

This theme encourages new ideas for food, feed, fuel, and fiber production as well as natural resources protection. We particularly encourage radical ideas and proposed paradigm changes that may make leaps in our progress towards a sustainable world agriculture economy. The theme will prompt out-of-the-box solutions to the agriculture sector’s problems as we continue to provide sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to a growing global population while faced with mounting environmental and resource constraints.

Submissions: Open to Everyone, Most Are Accepted

By submitting an abstract to this year’s ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Annual Meeting, you’ll gain professional recognition and presentation experience—all while expanding your C.V., sharing information for all to succeed, and fostering collaborations with your peers.

Don’t have the detail you need to submit an abstract? No problem! Abstracts at this point are simply “holding slots” that reserve your spot in the desired session. Submit now and update later!

Visit acsmeetings.org/submit for more information.