Dr. Peter Rosen Memorial Keynote

SAEM25 Keynote Submissions

Held on the official opening day of SAEM25, the Dr. Peter Rosen Memorial Keynote is the largest gathering of our Annual Meeting, which in 2024 drew more than 3,900 attendees.

For SAEM25 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Dr. Peter Rosen Memorial Keynote will be a 30-minute presentation immediately preceding the plenary session on the morning of Wednesday, May 13, 2025.

Speaker Benefits

• Round-trip airfare
• Hotel accommodations with VIP in room amenities
• Full, complimentary SAEM25 registration
• Recognition in the digital program
• Onsite interviews and promotion

Topics

A successful keynote presentation will ideally accomplish some of the following: 

• Acknowledge the diversity of scholarly activity in academic emergency medicine (not just education or just research, but both)
• Be inspiring and of broad interest to our diverse membership at various stages of their careers
• Cover topics of current interest to academic emergency physicians (autobiographical narratives are not ideal, but may be considered if they meet other criteria)
• Include historical aspects of academic emergency medicine, but point to future opportunities and/or challenges
• Describe ways our scholarly activities impact patient care – through knowledge creation and translation

Keynote Selection

The SAEM25 Program Committee will evaluate all submissions for the Dr. Peter Rosen Memorial Keynote and make a final selection by early December 2024.

Candidate qualities that will be considered by the Program Committee:

• Highly-regarded oratory and presentation skills
• Content expertise
• Ability to engage an audience
• Creativity and innovation
• Strong use of visuals or audio aids
• Openness for discussion and sharing personal experiences

Guidelines

All keynote submissions should include:

• Title of proposed keynote address
• Summary (200–300 words) of the proposed keynote address
• Outline of the proposed keynote address
• Current CV, including all previous speaking engagements/presentations
• List of any anticipated audio and visual aid requirements
• Video example of prior speaking engagement (file or link to speech)

To submit a proposal please complete the Call for Keynote Proposal Form. The deadline for submission is November 6, 2024.  The SAEM25 Program Committee's decision will be announced at the beginning of December.

Questions?

Reach out to the SAEM Education Department with your questions about the Dr. Peter Rosen Memorial Keynote submissions.

Dr. Peter Rosen, a founding father of emergency medicine, passed away in 2019 and is widely recognized for his many contributions to academic emergency medicine. The Dr. Peter Rosen Memorial Keynote Address is intended to memorialize Dr. Rosen’s life and legacy in perpetuity and gratitude for helping craft the emergency medicine specialty into what it is today.