Annual Meeting

Important Annual Meeting Information

• Annual Meeting Policies

  Please do not organize any activities (e.g. satellite sessions, scientific board meetings, or social functions) that conflict with scientific sessions of the ACNP Annual Meeting.  If you are invited to attend any such meetings, please inform the meeting organizer that this is in violation of ACNP policy.

  The ACNP name, logo, or the name of the Annual Meeting may not be used in association with any CME activity without the approval of the College. To obtain permission to use the College name for such purposes, please contact the Executive Office (acnp@acnp.org) who will have your request reviewed by the appropriate committee and/or Council. 

• Guest Policy

  ACNP members may only invite a guest to the meeting if the member is also attending the meeting. When we receive information regarding an invited guest, the member must attest that he/she will attend the meeting before we will process the guest invitation. An invited guest will be allowed to present a poster if he/she chooses to do so.

  ACNP has a new process for requesting guest invitations, which started in 2020. Requests for guest and bank invitations will be made through the online portal in lieu of emailing the executive office. To request a guest invitation, please login to the Annual Meeting Submission Site . Once you login, please choose the “Access My Dashboard” option on the Submissions page, which should open for you once you are logged in. On your dashboard, please choose the option to “Submit ACNP Invitation Request.” You will receive an email to confirm that your request has been submitted.

  Members will receive a copy of the invitation when it is sent to guests.

  Guest invitations may also be requested through registration.

• Photography Policy

  Photographing, screenshotting, or recording material presented in a panel, mini-panel, study group or poster session is not allowed. Photographing or screenshotting a speaker before, during or after a session is not allowed. Unauthorized photography, screenshotting, or recording is unfair to the presenters and will have the effect of discouraging our members from presenting their most recent unpublished work.

• Social Media Policy

  ACNP encourages the use of social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+ and blogging sites to engage our community in the Annual Meeting.  We encourage you to post or tweet highlights about the meeting, discuss your favorite speakers, panels and posters and offer recommendations on which panels and posters to attend.

  When sharing information, we request you refrain from –

  • Photographing, screenshotting, or recording the material presented in panel, mini-panel, study group or poster session. This is unfair to the presenter and will have the effect of discouraging our members from presenting their most recent unpublished work.
  • Using social media to share detailed content of lectures, posters etc., especially when the organizer or speaker has explicitly requested that some or all of the information presented is not to be captured or shared.
  • Photographing or screenshotting speakers before or after a session without their permission.
• Code of Conduct

  Please read and review our Code of Conduct here.

• Continuing Education

  Attendees will be eligible to receive the credit hours for attending the 62nd ACNP Annual Meeting, December 3 – 6, 2023.

  There will be a $40.00 charge for scientific registrants to obtain CME credits. CME instructions will be available on the ACNP website (www.acnp.org) in December. Upon completion of the post-conference CME evaluation and attestation, your CME certificate will be emailed to you. The deadline to submit your CME credits was January 12, 2023 for the 2022 ACNP Annual Meeting.

  Physicians
  Satisfactory Completion
  Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen sessions must be attended in their entirety.  Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.

  Joint Accreditation Statement
  In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP).  Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation

  Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 32.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  Amedco LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 130.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  *You should not claim both live and enduring hours for the same content.

  Sessions are presented live and also recorded for later viewing; however, you can only claim credit for any given session once.

  Please direct any questions to acnp@acnp.org.

  Learner Notification

• Invitation Banks

  The General Invitation Bank is fixed with 100 invitations that any member, attending the meeting, may request for someone who is within 10 years of their last training or someone with a first time R award or K award.  Members may use one invitation. Guests from this bank may present a poster.

  The Diversity Invitation Bank allows members to offer invitations to scientists from an underrepresented minority group. These groups include an individual who identifies as African American, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander, LGBTQ+ or a scientist with a disability. Members who request the invitation should vouch for the minority status of the scientist they are inviting. Guests from this bank may present a poster.

  *Associate Members may use an invitation from each invitation bank.
  *Only members attending the meeting may request an invitation from the invitation banks.
  *Requests for invitation bank invitations should be submitted through the Invitation Request system in the Annual Meeting Submission Site. 

• Media Embargo Policy and Abstract Submission Copyright
  • No members of the press are allowed to attend the Annual Meeting unless they attend as an invited guest of a member.
  • ACNP will issue a limited number of sanctioned press releases and will ask the investigators to be available for comment by phone.  If the investigator is unwilling to be available there will be no press release using the investigator’s name.
  • Selected chairs/first authors will be asked about their interest in an ACNP-issued press release on their panel, talk, or poster.  If the chair/first author is interested in ACNP issuing a press release, they will be referred to the ACNP Public Information Committee/Media relations firm.
  • Any press release issued by a presenter, the presenter’s employer, or any other outside person or entity about a presentation scheduled for the Annual Meeting must be embargoed until the time and date of the presentation and should be clear that it is not sanctioned by ACNP.  This includes any detail of the abstract and the title.
  • All materials submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting will be published in Neuropsychopharmacology and should be original and not previously published. Following publication authors may reuse their work with the sole requirements of full citation and link to the original publication online.
• Event Request Information

  To obtain approval and request space for a small meeting, please submit to the Small Meeting Request Form. All requests will be reviewed by the ACNP Executive Office. It is the policy of ACNP to not allow meetings to happen during scientific sessions.  Groups are not allowed to host events except during these available time slots.  Your adherence to these time frames as to not distract participants from the ACNP scientific program is appreciated.  Any meetings must occur at the following times* or prior to the start of the meeting:

  (All times are in Eastern Standard Time)

  *Sunday, December 3rd: prior to 8:00 a.m. or after 7:30 p.m.
  *Monday, December 4th: prior to 8:30 a.m., from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., or after 7:30 p.m.
  *Tuesday, December 5th: prior to 8:30 a.m., from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., or after 7:30 p.m.
  *Wednesday, December 6th: prior to 8:30 a.m., from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., or after 7:30 p.m.

  If you have any additional questions, please email the Executive Office at acnp@acnp.org. Approved meetings can be listed in the ACNP program, if desired.

• Conflict of Interest Disclosure

  Conflict of interest disclosures is taken from all meeting presenters and Program Committee members. Please view the conflict of interest disclosure form.