2023 Secret Sessions: Call for Proposals

It’s not a secret anymore: ISMRM 2023 will be accompanied again by Secret Sessions.

We encourage you to propose session topics of relevance to the community. Take action and organize a secret session on a topic you want in this engaging format!

Organizing a Secret Session is a great opportunity to get involved with your society and to shape the annual meeting. We’re looking for motivated members and trainee members to plan content, lead a session or work in the background to make them happen. Secret Sessions often have 2+ organizers per session, but if you have a good idea and no one to work with, propose it anyway! We are happy to work with you to make your vision come to life and connect you with others who have similar ideas!

Interactive formats are highly encouraged! Each session will last approximately one hour.

As a source of inspiration, the programs from 2022 are available online here: www.ismrm.org/secret-2022/

We are always looking for new and fresh topics and formats, but also highly relevant “classics” are welcome, especially if they are given some novelty in some way. Secret sessions topic may include but are not limited to the following examples:

• Networking and CVs (e.g. BYO CV and get feedback)
• Balancing clinical and academic careers
• Work / life balance
• How to get involved with ISMRM (e.g. with ISMRM leadership panel)
• Inclusion and diversity
• Environmentally sustainable science (e.g. conference organization and travel)
• Gaining independence in academic careers
• Reproducible and open science
• How the ISMRM meeting functions: Abstracts, Program Assembly, Schedule

NOTE: Secret Sessions covering topics of diversity and inclusion are highly encouraged.

The call for proposals is NOW OPEN!

We invite you to submit a proposal (maximum 1 page) including the following details:

• Title for the proposed session
• Short bio for each organizer
• Session type (e.g. panel discussion, Q&A, talk)
• Session format: on-site or virtual session
• Target audience
• Main objective or goals
• Proposed schedule
• Diversity statement
• If applicable: speakers and/or panel members (please note that, generally, the invited speakers or panel members for a session shouldn’t be organizers).

Please indicate in the proposal if the planned session has any requirements regarding the infrastructure beyond what is usually available at a conference site.

The call for proposals is now closed.

Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions – we look forward to hearing from you.

Grace and Thekla

Organizers of the Secret Sessions 2023 Secret Sessions:

Grace McIlvain, gmcilva@emory.edu (Emory University, United States)

Thekla Oechtering, oechtering@wisc.edu (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States)