Guidelines for Submitting Abstracts

• Abstracts must be received by the deadline of September 15, 2025.
• Title of abstracts is limited to 15 words and main Abstracts are limited to 500 words.
• Submissions must include key learning objectives for your presentation. Please include key learning objectives in the ‘Abstract Submission.
• Submissions must include the sub-theme the abstract is contributing to, and please select the appropriate “key pathway” the abstract falls under (this is very important).
• Incomplete abstracts cannot be reviewed, and only original work must be submitted.

Your abstract should briefly explain the importance and novelty of the research or project, be accurate and succinct, and readable. Keep it short and direct (500 words):

• What (i.e. the focus): Clearly explain your idea or question your work addresses.
• Why (i.e., the purpose): Explain why your focus is important.
• How (i.e., methods): Describe how you collected data to answer your question.
• Results: Share your results–the information you collected. What does the data say?
• Conclusion: State your conclusion(s) by relating your data to your original question. Discuss the connections between your results and the problem. If your project is still ‘in progress’ and you don’t yet have solid conclusions, use this space to discuss what you know at the moment (i.e., lessons learned so far, emerging trends, etc.).

Deadlines for Submissions

• Deadline for early bird registration: September 10, 2025
• Deadline for submission of abstracts for all session types/ formats:  September 15, 2025
• Abstract Acceptance notification: October 1, 2025
• Final Papers due for Submission: October 15, 2025