Schedule at a Glance
AAPOR has worked to make the Annual Conference schedule easy to participate across multiple time zones. All major activities, with the exception of evening receptions, will take place between the following times:
9 A.M. – 5 P.M. Eastern Time
8 A.M. – 4 P.M. Central Time
7 A.M. – 3 P.M. Mountain Time
6 A.M. – 2 P.M. Pacific Time
2 P.M. – 10 P.M. Greenwich Mean Time
3 P.M. – 11 P.M. Central European Standard Time
All times below are in U.S. Eastern Time.
May 3 – May 7, 2021
Monday, May 3, 2021 | Short Course Week
10:00 AM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Course 1: Doing Reproducible Research: Best Practices and Practical Tools for the Social Sciences
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10:00 AM – 4:30 PM Eastern
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Committee and Affinity Group Meetings
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| 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern |
Course 2: Designing Survey Experiments when Treatment Effects are Heterogeneous
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | Short Course Week
10:00 AM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Course 3: Transitioning from Interviewer-Administered Surveys to "Push to Web" with a Focus on Questionnaire Design and Mode Effects
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10:00 AM – 4:30 PM Eastern
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Committee and Affinity Group Meetings
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| 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern |
Course 4: Biosocial Data Collection and Analysis
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | Short Course Week
10:00 AM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Course 5: Deepening and Enriching Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis with Creative Methods
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10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Eastern
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Executive Council Meetings |
| 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern |
Course 6: Identifying and Correcting Errors in Big Data
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Thursday, May 6, 2021 | Short Course Week
10:00 AM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Course 7: Using (Non-)Probability Sample Surveys for Public Opinion Research
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10:00 AM – 4:30 PM Eastern
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Committee and Affinity Group Meetings |
| 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern |
Course 8: Tidy Survey Analysis in R using the srvyr Package
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May 10 – May 14, 2021
Monday, May 10, 2021 | Day 0 of Conference
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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AAPOR Conference Information Session: How to Get the Most Out of the Conference
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6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Eastern
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New(er) AAPOR Member Happy Hour
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021 | Day 1 of Conference
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern
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Polling the Electorate During a Pandemic: Opening Plenary Session #1 and Conference Welcome*
Jennifer Agiesta, CNN
Jen De Pinto, CBS
Lydia Saad, Gallup
Emily Swanson, AP
Courtney Kennedy, Pew Research Center (Moderator)
The 2020 election cycle was unlike any in modern history. This plenary session will examine what we learned about the electorate, voting, election night, and polling in general from the 2020 election season.
*This session will not be recorded.
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11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern
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Coffee Break and Explore the Virtual Exhibit Hall!
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11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session A: Prerecorded Sessions
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1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Live Q&A for Concurrent Session A: Prerecorded Sessions
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12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session A: Live Sessions
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1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern
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Coffee Break and Explore the Virtual Exhibit Hall!
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2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern
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Round Tables and Speed Networking
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2:30 PM – 4:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session B: Prerecorded Sessions
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4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Eastern
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Live Q&A for Concurrent Session B: Prerecorded Sessions
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3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session B: Live Sessions
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4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern
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Coffee Break and Explore the Virtual Exhibit Hall!
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6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Eastern
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All-Chapter Virtual Mixer
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021 | Day 2 of Conference
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Eastern
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Round Tables and Speed Networking
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10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session C: Prerecorded Sessions
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12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern
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Live Q&A for Concurrent Session C: Prerecorded Sessions
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11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session C: Live Sessions
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12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern
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Coffee Break & Explore the Virtual Exhibit Hall!
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1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern
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Presidential Address by 2020-2021 President Daniel Merkle
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2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern
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Coffee Break & Explore the Virtual Exhibit Hall!
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2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session D: Prerecorded Sessions
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3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern
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Live Q&A for Concurrent Session D: Prerecorded Sessions
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2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session D: Live Sessions
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4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern
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Round Tables & Speed Networking
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Thursday, May 13, 2021 | Day 3 of Conference
Friday, May 14, 2021 | Day 4 of Conference
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern
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AAPOR Award Winners Keynote Closing Plenary
Celebrate the accomplishments of the recipients of the 2020 and 2021 AAPOR Awards through the inaugural AAPOR Award Winners Keynote Session. The speakers and themes of their talks will be announced at the May 13 Award Ceremony.
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11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern
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Coffee Break & Explore the Virtual Exhibit Hall!
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11:30 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session H: Prerecorded Sessions
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1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Live Q&A for Concurrent Session H: Prerecorded Sessions
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12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session H: Live Sessions
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1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern
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Coffee Break & Explore the Virtual Exhibit Hall!
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1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session I: Prerecorded Sessions
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3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern
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Live Q&A for Concurrent Session I: Prerecorded Sessions
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2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern
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Concurrent Session I: Live Sessions
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3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern
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Annual Business Meeting
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