Call for Abstracts
Conference Theme
Evidence to Action: Health & Performance in Para Sport
The conference is multidisciplinary and will bring together clinicians, researchers, practitioners, experts, athletes, and athlete support personnel, from across the global Para sport community to share the latest evidence, research and innovation supporting high-performance Para sport.
With Para athlete health and performance at the heart of the Conference, submissions may address a broad range of topics within sports medicine and sport science, including injury and illness prevention, rehabilitation and return to sport, wellbeing and mental health, safeguarding, heat and thermal regulation, performance, technology and innovation, classification and social and environmental factors that influence performance and participation, including access barriers within Para sport.
The Conference will also highlight how research and evidence can be translated into practice and applied in real-world Para sport settings, including by coaches, clinicians and athlete support personnel.
Authors are invited to submit original research, emerging evidence and innovative approaches for oral and poster presentations.
Abstract Submissions
| Abstract submissions open: | 30 October 2026. |
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| Abstract submission deadline: | 15 January 2027, 23:59 JST |
Please note that the abstract submission deadline is final. We cannot accept any updates to your submission after this deadline.
| Electronic notification of acceptance/rejection: | 19 March 2027. |
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| Author registration deadline: | 30 June 2027. |
Abstracts will only be accepted in English
Submission instructions
- Abstracts are to be written in English and must be submitted electronically through the official abstract submission link.
- The abstract title is limited to 20 words.
- The abstract text is limited to 400 words, including references.
- Authors will be asked to select the topic area that best reflects their submission.
- Abstracts must be relevant to the scope of the conference and submitted in accordance with the required format.
Review
Each abstract will be reviewed for its scientific merit and/or relevance to the Conference topics by members of the Scientific and Medical Research Advisory Group. Abstracts that do not follow the structured format and/or are not submitted electronically will be automatically rejected.
While authors are asked to express their preference for oral and poster formats, please note that due to considerations around presentation availaibility, you may be accepted for a different format than the one you expressed a preference for.