Webinar series

Applications for Webinar Series are assessed twice a year by the Scientific Conferences Committee. Deadlines for submitting proposals are 01 March and 01 September each year. 

Acceptance by the Scientific Conferences Committee of a Webinar Series proposal means that the submitter (Webinar Series Organisers) is responsible for the content of the webinar series.  The Physiological Society Events Team is responsible for the logistics, operations and management of The Society’s Zoom platform. Webinar Series Organisers are expected to liaise very closely with the Events Team to ensure the success of the event. The Society provides full secretariat support once the proposal is accepted. 

It is expected that the Webinar Series Organisers will chair the Zoom meeting for the duration. The Events Team will be the Zoom hosts with the webinar chair(s) having co-host status.  

There is no funding associated with this scheme and webinars will be free to attend for all whether they are members of The Society or not.  

This scheme is available to individuals who may also partner with other cognate societies and/or commercial organisations. For commercial partners, a sponsor fee will apply to ensure that the involvement and participation is open and transparent.  

These are Society-owned and marketed events. Other sponsors will be termed as “in association with” or “supported by” and will only have influence over the programme with prior approval of the Events Team and/or Webinar Series organisers.  

All applications will be reviewed and selected on a competitive basis by members of the Scientific Conferences Committee and/or selected external reviewers. If awarded, the series will be agreed in principle, and formal acceptance will be agreed following a meeting with The Society Events Team where the roles and responsibilities will be discussed. 

Our journals may invite special issue proposals or reviews at their discretion. 

The Society is committed to increasing equality and diversity in the physiological sciences. Our work in this area permeates throughout all of our activities, organisers will be asked to commit to an aspirational target of 50% female representation of speakers, with a compulsory minimum of 33%. We will continue to work towards fair geographical balance as well as fair representation of both junior and senior research scientists. 

1. Webinar Series title – Please provide the working title for the Webinar Series. 

2. Number of sessions and title of each session (a minimum of two and a maximum of six).  

3. Proposed speakers for the series (not more than 12). 

4. Relevant Theme – Please indicate which Theme your proposal is relevant to:

a. Cardiac & Vascular Physiology 
b. Education & Teaching 
c. Endocrinology 
d. Epithelia & Membrane Transport 
e. Human, Environmental & Exercise Physiology 
f. Metabolic Physiology 
g. Neuroscience 

5.Webinar Series Organisers – Please provide full contact details. Please note that at least one of the Webinar Series Organisers should be a member of The Physiological Society, and have been for more than a year. The number of organisers should not be more than three. 

6. Rationale for the programme – State the case for the programme (300 words maximum) in terms of:  

a. Importance 
b. Timeliness 
c. Topicality 

7. Keywords to help with promotion – Please include some keywords that will assist with targeting the conference for marketing and promotion.  Please see below for The Society’s keywords for abstract tagging:  

a. Autonomic Function and Neuroscience 
b. Blood Brain Barrier 
c. Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Autonomic Control 
d. Cellular Neurophysiology 
e. Cellular Signalling 
f. Comparative & Invertebrate Neuroscience 
g. Comparative Physiology 
h. Neural Development & Plasticity 
i. Health & Wellbeing Physiology 
j. Epithelia & Membrane Transport 
k. GI Tract 
l. Heart and Cardiac Muscle 
m. Human Physiology 
n. Ion Channels 
o. Locomotion 
p. Microvascular & Endothelial Physiology 
q. Muscle Contraction 
r. Molecular Physiology 
s. Neuroendocrinology/Endocrinology 
t. Placental & Perinatal Physiology 
u. Renal Physiology 
v. Respiratory Physiology 
w. Sensorimotor Control 
x. Sensory Functions 
y. Smooth Muscle 
z. Somatosensory Physiology 
aa. Teaching 

8. Competing and/or recent meetings on the topic – Give information, if known, about any competing meetings and the last known meeting on the topic in UK/rest of the world. 

9. Is this Webinar Series a complement to a recently held in-person meeting which may or may not previously have been supported by The Physiological Society? – If yes, please highlight why this series is timely now given the date this meeting was last organised, how the speaker panel differs from the meeting previously, and any areas of ‘hot’ topics within this field 

10. Diversity guidelines statement – The Society is committed to increasing equality and diversity in the physiological sciences. Our work in this area permeates throughout all of our activities, organisers will be asked to commit to an aspirational target of 50% female representation of speakers, with a compulsory minimum of 33%. We will continue to work towards fair geographical balance as well as fair representation of both junior and senior research scientists. 

The Society will: 

• Work with the Webinar Series Organisers to select the dates and times of the webinars. 
• Market and promote the event to the membership. 
• Provide online registration services. 
• Formally invite the speakers. 
• Liaise with invited speakers. 
• Provide on the day logistical, Zoom platform and event management. 

The Webinar Series Organisers will: 

• Compile the draft programme. 
• Assist with marketing and promotion. 
• Provide a final written report of event outcomes for Physiology News.