AAN Annual Meeting Press Registration Policies

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The American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the world’s leading association of over 40,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, welcomes press participation at its 2024 AAN Annual Meeting in Boston, April 13-18. The AAN Annual Meeting Media and Public Relations team serves print, broadcast, and online journalists from around the world during the AAN Annual Meeting. The following policies are in effect to help facilitate news coverage of scientific abstracts to be presented by researchers.

Who can register as PRESS for the AAN ANNUAL MEETING?

Press registration is available only to working journalists and writers who must show the appropriate credentials and prove their attendance will result in news coverage of the AAN Annual Meeting. This includes any reporter, writer, producer, or editor with required credentials from a print, online, or broadcast news organization, including freelance journalists. Registered press will be given access to the science being presented, both in person and live online, as well as to the facilities, materials, and space in the AAN Press Room in Denver.

Who cannot register as press for the AAN ANNUAL MEETING?

  • Industry representatives, members of public relations firms, financial analyst firms, data analytics firms and advertising agency representatives may not register as press.
  • Writers attending the AAN Annual Meeting for the sole purpose of packaging content for profit and/or continuing medical education (CME) opportunities, research studies, and textbooks will not be registered as press.
  • Exhibitors may not register for the AAN Annual Meeting Press Room.

How do PRESS register?

All press must register in advance of the AAN Annual Meeting by completing the online form and providing the appropriate credentials requested within that form.

  • For the login page: 
    • Previous press registrants, please enter your email address to log into your non-member account. You may need to update your password.
      • Once logged in, you will be able to access the online form.
      • If your email address has changed, please send an email to media@aan.com and we will update your account.
    • New press registrants, please create a non-member account to access the online form.

The press registration deadline is 3:00 p.m. ET, Friday, April 5, 2024.

  • This deadline is for press who wish to attend either the in-person meeting in Denver or the meeting live online.
  • Registration by this date is required to ensure access to the science on the AAN Conferences app as soon as the meeting begins.
  • Any press who requests to register after that date will not be guaranteed access.

What are the appropriate credentials?

Journalists must include the following credentials for review by AAN staff:

  • Business card or a link to a staff bio page on a publication's website clearly showing press affiliation (a print, online, or broadcast news organization) and position (editor, writer, producer, reporter, videographer). If a business card is used to register, an additional form of identification may be requested. 
  • Letter of assignment on official company letterhead from an editor of a recognized news organization or a producer of a broadcast program certifying that you are covering the conference for the respective news organization.
  • At least two published bylined samples of editorial and/or news work, specifically articles relating to brain health.
  • Published bylined samples of coverage from previous year’s AAN Annual Meeting (if applicable).
  • Press badges are available only to working journalists who can show evidence that their attendance will result in coverage of the AAN Annual Meeting.

Can I register during the meeting?

Pre-registration is required by 3:00 p.m. ET, Friday, April 5, 2024. This deadline is to ensure access to the science on AAN Conferences app as soon as the meeting begins.

Press who attempt to register on-site for the AAN Press Room will be directed to AAN Annual Meeting Registration to pay to attend the AAN Annual Meeting at a non-member rate without press credentials. 

What is required for international PRESS registration?

Pre-registration is required for US and non-US press who wish to attend the meeting in person or online by 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday, April 5, 2024. This ensures access to the science on the AAN Conferences app as soon as the meeting begins. 

Press who attempt to register on-site for the AAN Press Room will be directed to AAN Annual Meeting Registration to pay to attend the Annual Meeting at a nonmember rate without press credentials. 

How many PRESS can register?

The AAN reserves the right to limit the number of press registrations per organization. The initial parameters are:

  • A maximum of two (2) writers and/or reporters and one (1) photographer from any newspaper, magazine, newsletter, or other regularly issued general interest or health/science publication.
  • A maximum of four (4) persons from a television network.