Call for Sessions

SUBMIT HERE

Submissions are now invited for proposed sessions, which must be linked to the conference theme. (There will be a call for papers in May).

Session organisers must provide a title and abstract (up to 200 words) for the proposed session and select the session format, which will run for 2 hours:

Standard Session – 6 presentations of 20 minutes each (including Q&A). Please provide an estimate of the number of standard sessions requested.
Lightning Round – 10 presentations of 10 mins each, followed by 20 minutes for Q&A or general discussion. These short papers are particularly well suited to the presentation of preliminary results, scientific analyses, heritage management projects, and sessions incorporating multiple presentations on the same overarching research project. Please provide an estimate of the number of lightning round sessions requested.
Workshop or Panel – may follow a range of formats and would be particularly suited to discussions of specific theme-related issues or methodologies. Please include principal aims in your abstract, and advise potential number of speakers, and any restrictions on numbers of participants.

Although we are not yet calling for paper abstracts and are only requesting session proposals, we remind session organisers that paper presenters may only present one oral paper during the conference, though they may be co-authors on other papers. This applies to panelists and workshop convenors. The lead session organiser and lead paper presenter must be current AAA members, and all session organisers and presenters must be registered to attend the conference by 4 September 2026. To limit the number of parallel sessions, the conference committee will combine similar themes where necessary, while striving to achieve the widest possible diversity of session topics under the umbrella of the conference theme.

Session abstracts are due by 13 April 2026.

We will announce the conference sessions that have been accepted on 30 April and issue a Call for Paper and Poster Abstracts on 18 May. Conference registrations will open on 1 May.

Presentation Protocol

AAA Code of Ethics
Session organisers, presenters and delegates are reminded of the Association’s Code of Ethics regarding protocols for the presentation of any data and/or interpretations of data that relate to Indigenous culture. These protocols require all session organisers and presenters to ensure that full prior and informed consent to collect, record, and present data and interpretations relating to Indigenous cultural materials is obtained from Indigenous collaborators and/or owners of data before any paper is accepted into a session and subsequently presented at the conference, as either a spoken paper, workshop, panel or poster. We take this opportunity to reiterate that breaches of the Association’s Code of Ethics can result in the expulsion of members under section 32 of the Constitution.

[Click here to review the Code of Ethics]

AAA Code of Conduct
Within the submission process you will be asked to agree to abide by the AAA Code of Conduct. Anyone whose behaviour does not meet the Association's Code of Conduct may be asked to leave the conference.

[Click here to review the Code of Conduct]

For enquiries, please contact Julie Jerbic at aaa@watermarkevents.com.au or 0402 189 948.