New ASA Policies on Video and Photographic Recording

On October 7, 2020, the American Society for Aesthetics Board of Trustees adopted the following policies on video and photographic recording at ASA meetings, effective immediately. These policies supersede previously announced policies on visual or audio recording and still photographs.

(1) By attending any virtual ASA session, including Webinars and interactive Zoom sessions, participants and presenters understand that they are consenting to being recorded by the host for the session, both visually and sonically. The recordings will be available only to presenters and ASA personnel for research purposes. ASA will not post the recordings on any public media, including but not limited to YouTube or the ASA Web site, without obtaining additional consent. By joining any virtual sessions, all participants agree that they will not record the session in any way, whether for personal or other use.

(2) At in-person meetings, out of respect for our speakers,  no visual or audio recording devices may be used to make recordings of those speakers during their presentation without their express written approval beforehand.  At individual sessions, enforcement is the responsibility of the session chair, as directed by the speaker.

(3) At in-person meetings, the ASA reserves the right to take still photographs of events at the Annual Meeting, for possible publication on its web site, newsletter, or other official publications; by attending such events, attendees are granting permission to the ASA to be included in such photographs.