Annual Meeting - General Information

Annual Meeting - General Information

Ask your favorite personality assessor what the biggest personality assessment conference is, and he/she will tell you it's the Society for Personality Assessment. Ask him/her what the best personality assessment conference is and he/she will tell you it's the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, held every March in a different city.

2012 SPA Annual Meeting
March 14-18, 2012
The Westin Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL
VIEW 2012 BROCHURE
View Draft 2012 Annual Meeting Program Book

Travel Grants
Early career Travel Awards: given annually to encourage and promote the training and education of early career psychologists in personality assessment, as well as participation in and consumption of personality assessment research and scholarly activity at the Annual Meeting. Each year, 10 awards in the amount of $500 will be given to support travel to the Annual Meeting. Applicants do not need to be a presenter at the Annual Meeting or a member of SPA to receive this award. On the Application Form, applicants will need to identify how they hope the SPA Annual Meeting will benefit their career development as an assessment psychologist. First time attendees of the SPA Annual Meeting are especially encouraged to apply.

Student Travel Grants: The Board of Trustees has established the Student Travel Grants to help students attend the SPA Annual Meetings to present their work. The SPA Board considers this to be a very important activity in a student’s development. A copy of the Student Travel Grant Guidelines and Student Travel Grant Application can be found here.

Registration
A promotional brochure with details about the 2012 workshops and the Annual Meeting will be sent to the SPA membership the first week of December 2011. It will also be available on the web page the first week of December. Participant conference registration includes all conference materials; refreshment breaks; the President’s Welcoming Reception on Thursday evening, a reception on Friday evening, as well as the Closing Reception on Saturday evening; entry to the scientific sessions, the master lectures, poster sessions, and the award presentations; and a collegial atmosphere to meet and interact with colleagues from around the world who are interested in personality assessment research and practice. View the brochure here the first week of December.

Conference registration can be completed by accessing the online registration form after the first week of December 2011. For those people who wish to send a check for payment, click here for the downloadable form. To ensure your participation, please register early and take advantage of the advance registration fee.

Hotel Reservations
The Westin Michigan Avenue: The Westin Michigan Avenue is located on Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile, steps from Lake Michigan, award-winning restaurants and premier shopping. Plus, the hotel is within walking distance to the Midwest's most popular tourist and leisure destination, Navy Pier. Get immersed in the unique culture of Chicago and let The Westin Michigan Avenue transcend your next visit to the Windy City. For more details on the hotel, visit: http://thewestinmichiganavenue.com.

Westin Michigan Avenue
909 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312-943-7200
Reservation deadline to receive the conference rate: February 27, 2012
Accommodations: $179 single/double; additional person $20
Online Reservations: http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/spa2012

Dining
From fine contemporary cuisine to coffee and a croissant (at Café a la Carte), food is a highlight at The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago, particularly at The Grill on the Alley named among the Top 20 steakhouses in Chicago by Chicago Magazine in 2008 and to the Fine Dining Hall of Fame by Nation’s Restaurant News. The Grill is known for American favorites: prime steaks, fresh seafood, plus casual dining such as chicken pot pie, an exceptional tuna melt and homemade desserts. Lighter fair includes seared tuna sashimi, seafood bisque and creative salads.

Footnotes from the March 9-13, 2011, SPA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA:
Future Dates:
March 20-24, 2013, San Diego, CA
March 19-23, 2014, Arlington, VA

Important Links

Please visit the following pages for important information related to our cause and efforts.


SPA Blog

Click here to read SPA's blog written by Bruce L Smith, PhD, SPA's Public Affairs Director

 

Newsletters

Click here to find past and present newsletters from SPA

Applications and Forms

Become an SPA member now! Fill out the online form here.

A membership application, a Fellow application and a status change form can be downloaded in PDF form. See below...