Skill Building sessions should offer practical experience to help participants increase their understanding and skills in a particular area of current interest in the field of sexuality. Activities and discussions should be woven into the session plan to help attendees truly apply learnings to their work. Session topics might include (but are not limited to) demonstrations of various methodologies, interviews, therapeutic, assessment, or other techniques, statistical or scientific approaches.

Symposia are focused sessions in which multiple speakers present information related to a unifying topic that is viewed to be a significant common theme, issue, or question. The presentations generally include a review of data but may also include discussions of contrasting viewpoints or other innovative strategies for engaging the audience. The Symposia session format should include an introduction to the topic by an expert, someone who can set context and offer background for why the session topic is important. Speakers then give their presentations, which are followed by an exchange of ideas and discussion between the audience and speaker

Critical Conversations (formerly called Discussions) are designed to support informed conversations between presenters and audience members. These sessions should begin with one or more brief presentations designed to provide the information needed for the audience to effectively participate in the discussion. The chair should act as a moderator to ensure that the bulk of the time in the discussion portion is spent in conversation with the audience.

Data blitz sessions feature up to six fast-paced brief reports on hot topics, with individuals presenting for no more than five minutes each on various research areas. Data blitzes should provide an interactive experience for the audience, and organizers should allocate time (e.g., 10 minutes for every three presentations) to support audience engagement. Interactive experiences could include posing questions that require audience participation or organizing the data blitz around a particular theme that offers an opportunity for audience and speaker integration and discussion.

Speaker will present a case study that incorporates different areas of sexuality and that involveworking or collaborating with different sexual health professionals. A discussant will conceptualize and discuss the case. Audience members will then have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the case.