Symposium submission

Deadline: 15 March 2026

Submission Guidelines

Each participant will be allowed to submit only one contribution as a presenter (either a symposium talk, regular talk, or poster). Being a chair does not count toward this limit. This also does not exclude the possibility of being a non-presenting co-author on multiple submissions.

Abstracts should include the standard elements, that is, Introduction, Method, Results, and Conclusion. These sections do not need to be explicitly labelled. Please ensure that your abstract contains a clear description of your rationale and methods. In the case where work is still in progress (e.g., ongoing data collection), please make this clear when writing about your results by using appropriate language, such as by writing in the present tense or indicating that results are preliminary.

Key Information

Symposia offer the opportunity to showcase exciting research findings or advance theoretical discussions. Each symposium should focus on a common research area comprising 5 related talks (or 4 talks + discussant) that help to promote discussions, debates, and resolutions concerning that topic. Each symposium session will last for 90 minutes, with each symposium talk lasting 15 minutes with 3 minutes for questions. If you have only 4 talks, then you can use the last 18 minutes for a panel discussion.

There will be space for up to 36 symposia, with colleagues of all career stages encouraged to apply. Submissions will be reviewed for scientific quality, topic interest, geographic and gender balance. Symposia chairs and speakers do not need to be ESCOP members to submit, but in the case of high demand, priority will be given to ESCOP members. If your symposium is not accepted, your abstract will automatically be considered for a regular submission instead (i.e., you will not need to resubmit).

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Submission Requirements

The symposium chair(s) should collate all the individual contributions to submit at the same time at the submission portal link provided below. For each submission, please include:

●Title of the symposium (max 150 characters with spaces)

●Abstract of the symposium (max 1250 characters with spaces)

●Chair(s): Name, affiliation, email address

●Symposia keywords (max 5)

●Individual contributions

For each individual contribution, please include:

● Title (max 150 characters with spaces)

● Presenter and any co-author(s): Name, affiliation, and email address

● Abstract (max 1250 characters with spaces)

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Review Process

Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee. The main criteria for acceptance will be the scientific quality of the proposals/submissions, followed by the diversity of the topics (to ensure an even representation of themes in the conference) and geographic representation. For symposia, we will also consider the diversity of speakers (different universities and geographic locations) as well gender balance of the proposed panel.