INFORMATION FOR SPEAKERS AND AUTHORS

Presentation Formats

All accepted abstract submissions have been allocated one of the following formats. Please consult your abstract notification email for further information, or contact abstract@ishaconference.com.

i. Standard Free Paper Presentation - oral podium presentation - 5 minutes presentation with panel discussion / Q&A

ii. Rapid Fire Campfire Free Paper Presentation - short oral podium presentation - 3 minutes presentation, 1 minute for questions

iii. EPoster - made available to view on screens in the Exhibition Hall, via links in the mobile app and via the ISHA Conference Website

iv. Trainee Award Presentation - the top scoring submissions where presenting authors are identified as medical students, residents or fellows have been entered for this year's two Trainee Awards, the winners of which receive a USD$1,200 award. Trainee Award presentations have been scheduled within the main programme. Successful finalists will see the presentation type “Trainee Award Presentation” showing for the relevant paper in their abstract notification status email. Any presenters allocated a Trainee Award presentation are asked to plan to remain until the end of the award presentations, which will conclude at 13:40 on Saturday 4 October.

Please note that there is a "3 oral presentations per speaker" maximum, to ensure variety in the Scientific Programme. EPosters do not count towards this number. Please inform the Programme Office of any presenting author changes by 24 August 2025.

Please be reminded that all invited faculty, session chairs, free paper and ePoster presenters must register for the conference.

Oral Free Paper Presentation Instructions

IMPORTANT: Contrary to in previous years, all Oral Free Paper Presenters are being asked to submit their slides ahead of the Meeting. Failure to do so will result in presenters being removed from the programme.

For Standard Free Papers: Please email your slide deck to abstract@ishaconference.com no later than 7 September 2025.

For Rapid Fire Free Papers: Please upload your slide deck to the EPoster software using the link and token provided no later than 7 September 2025. You are invited to additionally upload a one-page EPoster to the same portal, if desired.

If you are having difficulty meeting the deadline, please email the Programme Office at abstract@ishaconference.com for assistance.

EPoster Instructions

In week commencing 23 June 2025 all EPoster presenters will receive from ISHA's partner Documedias instructions for upload, submission deadlines and templates for preparation. If you have not received these, please contact abstract@ishaconference.com. The deadline for uploading your completed ePoster is 7 September 2025.

It is possible to upload the ePoster along with video (max. 5 minutes) and audio (max. 3 minutes) files if desired.

If you are having any technical difficulties, please email Documedias at isha.abstracts@abstractserver.com.

Invited Faculty

Confirmation of your final schedules, including presentation and moderating activities, will be sent to you in September 2025. Chairs of paper sessions will receive books of the relevant abstracts.

Presenters for invited sessions are asked to upload their slide decks to the presentation server on site in Fukuoka via the Speaker Preview Room, which will be open from the afternoon of Wednesday 1 October.

Please be reminded that all invited faculty, session chairs, free paper and ePoster presenters must register for the conference.

Submission Information

We ask that all presenters submit a photograph and a 100-word biography for inclusion in conference materials. Please also complete the below copyright consent and disclosure forms and submit by 7 September 2025 at the latest, thank you.

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