• Proposals will be evaluated on its novel and topical content.

• The same proposals should not be submitted multiple times.

• Submissions promoting specific product brands or companies will not be considered.

• Incomplete proposals will not be considered.

• You do not have to be a Georgia Bio member company to submit a session proposal.

• The session organizer will serve as the primary point of contact for Summit staff and is responsible for assisting the track chairpersons with coordinating with all speakers involved in a session.

• All speakers listed on the proposal must be aware that they are being considered, eligible, and willing to participate as a speaker if the program is selected.

• Sessions may be scheduled at any time during the program. Speakers must be available to present.

• We do not provide a speaker honoraria.

• Presentations may have a visual component that may be projected for all session attendees to view (ex. PowerPoint presentation, graphs, charts, video, etc.). This is not required.

• CGHI is committed to diversity in all our events and we firmly believe that the diversity of our society and industry must be reflected in our speakers and audience. Rather than attributing a lack of speaker diversity to a pipeline issue, we challenge you to disrupt your speaker recruitment and selection processes, and implement new processes to facilitate equal representation on stage. All sessions with 3 or more speakers should include diversity in 1) gender; 2) ethnicity; 3) location and employment; 4) thought and opinion.

• CGHI reserves the right to edit any submitted materials for promotional purposes.

• CGHI reserves the right to cancel a session at any time.

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