{"id":482,"date":"2025-07-09T20:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:25:33","slug":"important-dates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/about\/important-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined.jpg\" alt=\"A vector graphic of a 2026 calendar open to July with the dates from the twenty sixth to the thirty first circled.\" class=\"wp-image-836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined.jpg 826w, https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/july_underlined-768x753.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Join us the last week of July in Salt Lake City for the ESA Annual Meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meeting_Dates\"><\/span>Meeting Dates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 26 &#8211; 31, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-top:0\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location\"><\/span>Location<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salt Lake City, Utah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Submission_Deadlines_Important_Dates\"><\/span>Submission Deadlines &amp; Important Dates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:0;padding-bottom:0\">Please Note:<br>All Deadlines are 5:00 PM Eastern Time (2:00 PM Pacific Time)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:68px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide is-style-stripes has-medium-font-size\"><table class=\"has-background has-border-color has-accent-blue-border-color\" style=\"background-color:#2bace336;border-width:1px\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Oct. 23, 2025&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Deadline to Submit<br>Invited Session Proposals<\/strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Symposia, Organized Oral Sessions, <br>Inspire Sessions&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Dec. 4, 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Deadline to Submit<br>Non Paper Session Proposals<\/strong>:&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Career Central, Workshops, <br>Short Courses, Special Sessions, <br>Field Trips&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Feb. 19, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Deadline to Submit <br>Contributed Abstracts<\/strong>:<br>For Individually Submitted Talks\/Posters<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>April 2, 2026<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Deadline to Submit<br>Invited Paper Abstracts<\/strong>:<br>For Papers in Accepted Invited Sessions<br>Symposia, Organized Oral Sessions, <br>Inspire Sessions&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>April 16, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Deadline to Submit <br>Social Event Requests<\/strong>:<br>Mixers, Receptions, Business Meetings<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>April 23, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Deadline to Submit:<br><\/strong>Latebreaking and Project Proposed Poster Abstracts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>May 15, 2026<\/strong>\u00a0<\/td><td>Abstract Cancellation Deadline<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>June 18, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Early Bird Registration&nbsp;Deadline<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>July 7, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Hotel Block Reservation&nbsp;Deadline<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>July 9, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Regular Registration&nbsp;Deadline<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>July 16, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Registration Cancellation&nbsp;Deadline<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us the last week of July in Salt Lake City for the ESA Annual Meeting.<br \/>\nCheck here for the latest deadlines for requests for proposal.  All final submission dates vary but times are based on East Coast Time (EST).  Submission time is 5pm (1700) on that day.  Please see each proposal page for the specific day it is due. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836,"parent":298,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-482","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2803,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482\/revisions\/2803"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/saltlake2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}