The official days of the 2004 Annual Meeting are Saturday-Tuesday, August 14-17, 2004. The presentation language of the Annual Meeting is English. Program sessions are scheduled on all four days. There will also be some pre-meeting workshops and activities held on Friday, August 13.

Sessions are scheduled in 16 time slots beginning on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and concluding on Tuesday by 4:30 p.m. Participants are expected to be available for any of the 16 time slots. If your schedule is limited by a teaching or travel constraint, inform the session organizer upon your acceptance as a participant or no later than March 15, 2004. Organizers are responsible for coordinating scheduling requests from their session participants and mediating any conflicting requests before contacting ASA Meeting Services with a special scheduling request.

Most program sessions are 1 hour and 40 minutes in length, followed by a 20-minute break. Exceptions will be clearly noted in the program schedule. The daily session turnover schedule on Saturday-Tuesday is:

8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
12:30 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
2:30 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 6:10 p.m.

The 6:30-8:15 p.m. time slot is normally allocated for Section receptions and member-sponsored activities. The second night of the meeting is traditionally “Other Groups” Night, and those activities and meetings will be scheduled in the 8:00-10:00 p.m. time slot on Sunday, August 15. All sessions end by 4:30 p.m. on the fourth day.