Introduction
The theme for our 2026 national conference is "Evolving practice: curiosity, context and connection".
Things you will need to complete your abstract submission:
- To have read the abstract guidelines
- To have completed and saved the correct abstract template (refer here)
- To have contact details for all speakers
- To know if a speaker is a student
- To know if a speaker wishes to nominate for the early career award (I.E. within the eight [8] year period since graduation)
All abstracts must be prepared using the relevant template. Incomplete or incorrect submissions will be returned for resubmission in the correct format.
Presentation types available:
Presentation types available:
A Clinical Roundtable Presentation is a focused session for multiple panellists, centred on a fictionalised case vignette to highlight issues in clinical practice and approaches from different perspectives.
A Clinical Roundtable session will run for up to 45 minutes.
A Clinical Roundtable session will run for up to 45 minutes.
A Symposium is a focused session in which speakers present on empirical results of studies that are linked by a common theme, issue, or question.
A Symposium session will run for up to 60 minutes.
Individual Oral Presentations must present the empirical results of a research project. Results of meta-analyses should typically be submitted as a Rapid Presentation, unless there are compelling reasons why it is particularly novel and significant. Abstracts presenting the results of theoretically informed original research projects are preferred.
Each Individual Oral Presentation will be of up to 15-minutes in duration (including and questions and answers).
Poster Presentations are a static visual display of research projects, which will be on display throughout the conference, with the opportunity to discuss your presentation with delegates during informal poster sessions.
There may be some posters selected for duplication as a Rapid Presentation, which will be 5 minutes in total duration, and may be distributed throughout the scientific program schedule (see below).
Rapid Presentations will typically present the empirical results of a shorter pilot or feasibility project or might take the form of a meta-analysis or critical or systematic review of extant literature.
Each Rapid Presentation will consist of a short presentation. Speakers will be limited to a maximum of two (2) PowerPoint slides, so it is crucial to convey the key, clinically-relevant takeaway message(s) of the project.
Refer to the Abstract information page for complete details.
Abstracts are scheduled to close on Sunday 10 May 2026.
A Symposium session will run for up to 60 minutes.
Individual Oral Presentations must present the empirical results of a research project. Results of meta-analyses should typically be submitted as a Rapid Presentation, unless there are compelling reasons why it is particularly novel and significant. Abstracts presenting the results of theoretically informed original research projects are preferred.
Each Individual Oral Presentation will be of up to 15-minutes in duration (including and questions and answers).
Poster Presentations are a static visual display of research projects, which will be on display throughout the conference, with the opportunity to discuss your presentation with delegates during informal poster sessions.
There may be some posters selected for duplication as a Rapid Presentation, which will be 5 minutes in total duration, and may be distributed throughout the scientific program schedule (see below).
Rapid Presentations will typically present the empirical results of a shorter pilot or feasibility project or might take the form of a meta-analysis or critical or systematic review of extant literature.
Each Rapid Presentation will consist of a short presentation. Speakers will be limited to a maximum of two (2) PowerPoint slides, so it is crucial to convey the key, clinically-relevant takeaway message(s) of the project.
Refer to the Abstract information page for complete details.
Abstracts are scheduled to close on Sunday 10 May 2026.