Call for Trainee Abstracts for the 2025 SPARTAN Annual Meeting
The SPARTAN Annual Meeting organizing committee invites trainees to submit an abstract to the annual meeting taking place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from May 8 – May 10, 2025.
Application deadline: February 28, 2025
Call for Nominations for SPARTAN Research Career Achievement and Distinguished Service Awards
The SPARTAN Board of Directors is inviting nominations for the SPARTAN Research Career Achievement Award and the inaugural SPARTAN Distinguished Service Award. These awards recognize individuals with outstanding contributions to the field of spondyloarthritis and/or the development of the SPARTAN organization.
Nominations deadline: February 10, 2025
2024 SPARTAN Member Forum at ACR Convergence
Location: Marriott Marquis Washington, DC—Georgetown University Room | 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
Date and time: Saturday, November 16, 2024 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Annual Meeting Full Agenda
Spondyloarthritis Review Agenda
Call for 2025 Trainee Abstracts
Wednesday, May 7
Eastern Daylight Time
| 6:00 PM | SPARTAN Board of Directors Meeting |
Thursday, May 8
Eastern Daylight Time
| 7:30 AM | Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:00 AM | Spondyloarthritis Review Course |
| 11:30 AM | LUNCH (for Spondyloarthritis Review Course and MRI Workshop attendees only) |
| 12:15 PM | SpA Physical Exam Workshop |
| 2:00 PM | MRI Workshop |
| 5:30 PM | Annual Meeting Welcome Reception and Poster Session |
Friday, May 9
Eastern Daylight Time
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast for Annual Meeting attendees REFRESH Breakfast for interested early career investigators, trainees, or spondy newbies |
| 8:00 AM | Welcome |
| 8:10 AM | SPARTAN Award Presentations |
| 8:20 AM | SESSION I: Year in Review |
| 9:50 AM | BREAK |
| 10:10 AM | SESSION II: T cells |
| 12:00 PM | LUNCH |
| 12:45 PM | Keynote Address |
| 1:45 PM | SPARTAN Projects Part I |
| CLASSIC | |
| 3:15 PM | BREAK AND POSTER TOUR |
| 4:15 PM | Breakout Sessions |
| 5:15 PM | BREAK |
| 5:30 PM | Breakout Session Report |
| 7:00 PM | Annual Reception and Presentations at Hockey Hall of Fame |
Saturday, May 10
Eastern Daylight Time
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM | SPARTAN Projects Part II |
| 9:00 AM | SESSION III: Diagnosis and Classification of axSpA: WIN |
| 10:00 AM | BREAK |
| 10:15 AM | Abstracts and Grants |
| 11:30 AM | The Great Debate |
| 12:15 PM | Closing Comments |
| 12:30 PM | LUNCH |
