The ESA Public Affairs Office provides complimentary press registration to public information officers and institutional press officers, professional journalists representing media organizations, freelance journalists, photographers, videographers, bloggers, podcasters, authors, filmmakers, institutional science communicators and student journalists, for the express purpose of gathering news and information to produce media coverage of ESA meetings.

Press registrants receive, at no charge, a badge that provides access to all scientific sessions and the press room. Some events and activities, including but not limited to invitation-only events and communications workshops, are not open to press badge holders.

Public information officers and institutional press officers who cannot attend, but would like to promote presenters from their institutions, are welcome to prearrange distribution of press releases and other author materials on the meeting website and in the on-site press room. Press officers may request copies of all abstracts related to their institution.

Please note there is no virtual registration option this year.

For registration, more information or help finding scientists in our meeting program, please contact the Public Affairs Manager,
Mayda Nathan.

Representatives of publishing houses, the business side of news media, political action committees or similar and for-profit corporations will not be accredited as press and will not be eligible for complimentary press registration. Editors of journals or other publications who do not report for or edit their outlet’s news section will also not be accredited as press and are not eligible for complimentary press registration.

Scientists who will be presenting at the meeting and who are also reporting from the meeting for a recognized media outlet may also be issued press credentials at the discretion of the ESA Public Affairs Office. Anyone who presents at the meeting must also register for the meeting and pay the appropriate fee as a presenter. These registrants should not register as a presenter until after speaking with a member of the ESA Public Affairs Office.

All press room badges are issued at the discretion of the ESA Public Affairs Office. Press room badges are non-transferable. All registrants must provide credentials regardless of whether they have received press registration for past ESA meetings.

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On-site press registration will be available.

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