Call for Papers 2025

Submission for proposals for symposia and instructional courses closed on Monday, 7 October 2024, 23:59 UTC.

Submitters will be notified of acceptance by email by Wednesday, 6 November 2024.

Please note that the submitter of accepted proposals will be appointed as the chair of the session.

Please see the guidelines for symposium and instructional course proposals for your information below.

  Guidelines for symposium and instructional course proposals (PDF, 168 kB)

Submission for free paper and poster abstracts closed on Monday, 11 November 2024, 23:59 UTC.

Submitters will be notified of acceptance by email by Wednesday, 20 January 2025.

Prior feedback (abstract triage)*was available upon request.

Please see the guidelines for free paper and poster abstracts for your information below.

  Guidelines for free paper and poster abstracts (PDF, 178 kB)

* Feedback opportunity: Abstract triage
Responding to recommendations from the 2023 World Congress Scientific Committee, a pre-submission abstract feedback option was trialled for the I.S.P.O. 20th World Congress. The intention of the offer of prior feedback relates primarily to the formatting, composition and structure of the abstract.
Authors were able to consider the reviewer feedback and revise their abstract before formally submitting it to the usual peer review process. Requests had to be sent by Monday, 14 October 2024 to receive feedback by the end of October to info@ispo-congress.com .
Abstract triage is primarily aimed at authors: a) who are new to the field of science, b) do not have mentors available to give critical feedback, c) whose native language is not English and / or d) whose submissions have been rejected previously.

The 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Interested students registered in an undergraduate, masters or PhD programme are invited to submit abstracts to this competition. One 75-minute time slot parallel to other symposia, instructional courses and free paper sessions is reserved for the 3MT student competition.

Applicants were able to submit their abstract to be considered for the 3MT student competition as well as the free paper and poster sessions given the latter enables a more fulsome overview of their work. Mentoring opportunities* are available.

• Submission deadline: Monday, 11 November 2024, 23:59 UTC
• Submitter notified of acceptance by email: Monday, 20 January 2025

Please review the guidelines for the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) student competition for your information.

  Guidelines for 3MT student competition (PDF, 153 kB)

* Mentoring
ISPO wants to support the students to bring their best 3MT. Mentoring is offered to support students with writing their abstracts and / or preparing their presentations. Students were able to request mentorship for abstract writing until Monday, 14 October 2024 to receive feedback by the end of October. Mentorship for preparing presentations can be requested by end of April 2025. Please request support by emailing to info@ispo-congress.com .

Submission for proposals for technical track presentations closed on Monday, 7 October 2024, 23:59 UTC.

Submitters will be notified of acceptance by email in the week of 18 November 2024.

The technical track has the aim to promote the fabrication arts through demonstration and the use of hands-on fabrication instruction. During technical track sessions, techniques and generic materials will be discussed and demonstrated, not products.

Please see the guidelines for technical track proposals for your information below.

  Guidelines for the technical track (PDF, 164 kB)