APA & PAS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs)
APA SIGS
Informal sessions sponsored by the Academic Pediatric Association (APA), SIGs are organized around specific academic and community pediatrician interest areas. All SIGs will be 90 minutes except for combined APA SIGs.
PAS SIGS
Informal sessions sponsored by the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS), SIGs are organized around specific academic and community pediatrician interest areas. All SIGs will be 90 minutes except for combined PAS SIGs.
SUBMITTING A SIG
SESSION SUBMITTERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A SESSION SUBMISSION UNTIL ALL REQUIRED TASKS ARE COMPLETED.
The three required tasks to be completed by the submitter of the session and each speaker in the session are:
- Profile Participation Information
- Conflict of Interest – Important COI Information
- Acknowledgment
- All submitters are expected to give proactive attention to DEI as sessions are planned. See the PAS Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for full details.
- ALL PAS and APA SIG organizers MUST provide PAS a full agenda with speaker names and presentation titles during the submission window or they will not be allowed to participate.
PAS ABSTRACTS IN A SIG:
To help streamline PAS operations, we’ve added a new question to the SIG submission site. Submitters/Chairs can now indicate whether they’d like to use abstracts accepted for poster presentations at PAS in their SIG sessions. PAS will then send opted-in accepted posters to the Chairs. Chairs are responsible for contacting presenting authors and confirming their participation before submitting their final agenda to PAS. After the final agenda is submitted to PAS, Chairs will receive an official notice that their agenda has been added to the PAS program guide.
This process will take place between mid-January and March 15, 2026.
Need help with creating an account or submitting a SIG? Watch our video tutorials for a quick how-to!
- Create a Submitter Account
- SIG Submission Tutorial