Key Dates
| DeadLine | Task Information |
|---|---|
| December 5, 2025 | Review the presentation schedules, consider your availability and interests. Select three topics for each seminar slots (Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon and Monday morning) you would prefer to moderate. The Professional Education Seminar Chairs will do their best to accommodate your selection but it is not guaranteed that your assignment(s) will match your selection(s). |
| December 19, 2025 | Deadline to confirm your assignments and your in-person participation at the conference. |
| January 16, 2026 | Log in instructions and credentials for the Review Portal will be sent to you by this date. As soon as you receive this information log in to the Review Portal and familiarize yourself with the seminar topics. |
As a Seminar Session Chair, in addition to some minor housekeeping tasks, your responsibilities will include: welcoming the audience, introducing the presenters, help to keep the seminar on schedule and in rare cases moderate the discussion by controlling questions and one-on-one interactions between presenter(s) and attendees.
Seminar Session Chair Portal
Login credentials for the Session Chair Portal will be emailed to you by January 16, 2026.
Registration
Professional Education Seminar Session Chairs are required to register for APEC 2026 at either the Full Conference Registration or Professional Education Seminar Session rate.
Conference registration is scheduled to open on October 27, 2025. Early Bird Registration ends on January 26, 2026.