We are excited to welcome you to the conference at the lovely Inn and Conference Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. We've taken care of the details, so you can focus on connecting and learning. The conference fee includes lunches, dinners, and plenty of snacks and beverages to keep you energized throughout both days.

For those traveling to attend, accommodations are available right on-site, which makes for a convenient and social conference experience. Most rooms feature two cozy double beds, perfect for sharing with a colleague or friend. And to start your day off right, a full, hearty breakfast is included in your lodging fee.

Because we want to ensure everyone has a smooth experience, we're handling the Thursday and Friday night bookings directly. Please reach out to Marilyn Charles to secure your room. For any additional nights you'd like to stay, you can book directly with the conference center.

Here are the lodging rates, which include breakfast:

• Single occupancy: $140/night

• Double occupancy: $90/night

• Triple occupancy: $75/night

We truly hope you'll feel right at home with us! We're looking forward to seeing you there.

Each presenter is required to register an account with Conftool, our online submission system. https://www.conftool.net/apcs2025/

Individual paper submissions should give a title and 300 word abstract. Symposia should include both a title and overview of up to 300 words and individual presentations titles and abstracts up to 300 words each. Although individual titles and abstracts are not required for roundtables or conversation hours, a working title is recommended to invite potential attendees to join. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and will be published on Conftool.

Review criteria will include relevance to the APCS mission and program theme, and appropriate theoretical grounding. Web-based submission process will open February 25 and end at midnight on April 30, 2025. Submissions are due by April 30, 2025.

Students who would like to participate in student roundtables should contact Marilyn Charles before the submission deadline to be included on one of our student roundtables.

APCS is pleased to announce a low-fee rate for students and also a reduced fee for those earning under $50,000 (US) in 2024. We are also pleased to announce that we will be offering up to 6 Scholarships that offer free registration to individuals for whom the low fee is a hardship.  Applications can be obtained from emailing Stephanie Swales.

We are in need of volunteers to help to manage the hybrid function on the panels. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact our Volunteer Committee (Rubén Benavides Crespo, Marilyn Charles, María Mirόn and Claudia Quintero) to be included in the volunteer group.

Students receive free registration and early career individuals receive a reduced fee for their efforts.

APCS encourages all participants to reflect on the social importance of their contribution and to articulate that value in their presentation.  It is our view that the psychoanalytic investigation of culture and society constitutes a unique and indispensable means of understanding AND intervening in our most serious social problems, and we encourage proposals that work to further this project.

We welcome submissions from a broad range of disciplines and psychoanalytic schools of thought. The conference will be of interest to psychoanalytically informed scholars in the social and political sciences, media, cultural and literary studies, and to clinicians and practitioners concerned to explore themes related to the psychic, the social and social justice.