President’s Message
SER is the most member-focused and member-driven organization that I have encountered in my career. As we move to the end of September, our members have just wrapped up submitting their proposals for symposia, lunch sessions, and workshops. Soon, we will be setting the agenda for the annual meeting in Austin next June. I know of no other organization where the membership has so much input into the structure and content of their annual meeting. It’s much more common for a few committee members to determine what’s important and set the agenda and invite speakers. But we do it differently—in a remarkable and inspiring way. Our members, you, propose the content and speakers, and then the entire board works its magic to create the SER program. So, for those of you who have submitted proposals this year—thank you…and if you are unsuccessful, please try again next year. And for those of you who didn’t submit a proposal this year, it’s not too early to be thinking about SER in 2025. Remember that if you think the annual meeting doesn’t have enough content in a particular area, the solution is to submit a symposium proposal that addresses that gap! I’m excited […]