Abstracts submission
We are pleased to announce that, following requests from a large number of people interested in taking part in the conference, the DEADLINE for SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS has been EXTENDED to 14 DECEMBER, 2026 (14:00 h. UTC+1).
Submitting terms and Instructions are available bellow. If you are having trouble filling out the submission form, please contact the technical secretariat at: contributions.ecology2027zgz@aeet.org. We will guide you through the registration and submission process.
Submitting an abstract
The call for abstracts is open and shall expire on Monday, 14 December, 2026 (14:00 h. UTC+1). Abstracts must be submitted solely and exclusively through the on-line application provided for this purpose. Abstracts received by email will not be accepted.
To encourage broad participation, each person may submit and present only one abstract as lead author, whether submitting an oral or poster presentation. However, a person may serve as a non-presenting co-author on other abstracts. Despite this restriction, in order to encourage a necessary dialogue on issues that are not strictly related to the subject-matters of ecological research, but are no less important, the Thematic Session TsE-4: "Education in Ecology: beyond the transfer of knowledge" has been exempted from this rule and, a second contribution, focusing on education, can be submitted to this session, either in oral or poster format.
Abstract (title, summary and keywords) must be written in English, must be informative, present novel and unpublished research and explicit conclusions or at least preliminary results. Abstracts that do not meet the minimum quality requirements will not be considered by the Scientific Committee.
Accepted abstracts will be published into the abstract compilation-book of the meeting which will be edited and published in electronic format.
Type of presentations You can apply for:
- Oral presentations: They will have a total length of 13 minutes (10 minutes for presentation + 3 minutes for questions and discussion).
- Poster presentations: Posters will be exhibited throughout the conference.
We want to highlight the value of poster presentations! We are giving posters a prominent role, with dedicated sessions that provide maximum visibility, encourage informal, in-depth conversations and offer a unique opportunity to receive feedback from other colleagues who would otherwise be difficult to access. Thus, we encourage participants, even those further along in their careers, to consider presenting their work as a poster.
Please read carefully the following instructions before submitting your abstract.
Instructions
- The presenting author must select one type-format of contribution: “oral" or "poster”.
- Session Assignment: Authors can contribute to any of the scientific sessions programmed. The presenting author must indicate preference for any particular session by selecting the corresponding theme at the drop-down menu. When choosing your session, please note that General sessions tend to be more crowded than the thematic ones. We recommend applying for a General Session (Gs) only if you do not find affinity with any of the Thematic Session (Ts) approaches.
- The presenting author must enter the following data of his/her contribution in the respective fields: the title* (sentence), the summary* (maximum total length of 250 words), and a few keywords* (separated by comma).
- The presenting author must enter data of all authors* involved in strict sequential order as they want to appear in the abstract compilation, (forename, family name, affiliation centre and e-mail are required). When entering the name and surname of authors, be sure to use the names they use (sign with) for scientific purposes. Please, make sure that everyone has been included.
- The presenting author may optionally inform about their career status by selecting the corresponding profile** at the drop-down menu. Authors that have signed up as student or in either of the two early career categories (ECR), may apply for the best contributions in oral/poster ECRs Prizes.
*Please only capitalize the first word of sentences and proper nouns or acronyms.
** Options are: 1) Pre-doctoral student (degree or master); 2) ECR Doctoral student (PhD candidate); 3) ECR Post-doctoral (lecturers, up to 8 years after the PhD defence); 4) Advanced career, in non-permanent position; 5) Permanent position; 6) Technical personnel; 7) Self-employed / free lance, and 8) Others.
After clicking on the Save button at the bottom of the form, you'll see a confirmation screenshot and receive an acknowledgment of receipt via email. Both notifications include your summary's id number. You can use this reference for any notification regarding your contribution. If you do not receive such a mail, please contact the Technical Secretariat at contributions.ecology2027zgz@aeet.org in order to confirm that your abstract was successfully received.
Once you have saved the first abstract, you can make a second submission to TsE-4 (by clicking on the Add contribution button at the bottom of the submission confirmation screenshot).
You will be able to log back in and re-edit your contribution at any time until the submission deadline (Monday, 14 December, 2026 at 14:00 h. UTC+1). After that, you will not be able to modify any element (session, type of contribution, title, abstract, keywords or sequential list of authors). Before saving the final-revised version, please, check all fields in the form to ensure that all information is correct, and be sure to click on the Save button at the bottom of the form.
Caution!! according to the "one person/one submission" limitation, the system does not allow you to upload more than one contributions from the same user (except in case you apply to TsE-4. Thus, You cannot upload someone else's abstract from your account. If you log in again from your user and re-edit any field of the already saved abstract, you will overwrite (delete) the data from the previously saved contribution.
The accuracy of the content of the abstracts is the responsibility of the authors. By submitting an abstract, the submitting/correspondence author accepts the terms and conditions established in this section and implicitly consents the publication of his/her abstract in this site or in other AEET and SIBECOL communication/dissemination media, always mentioning the author's attribution. In this sense, the organization understands that the submitting author has obtained the consent of all the authors who appear as co-signatories in his/her communication and does not accept responsibility for the veracity of the data declared by the submitting author.
Abstracts that are incomplete or received after the deadline will not be considered. Please be sure to submit the final-revised version of your contribution before 14 December, 2026 (14:00 h. UTC+1).
Note on the processing of data collected: Please be aware that participation in this call implies that the candidate agrees to transfer to the AEET and SIBECOL the right to use the data contained in your application form, which will only be used for purposes related to the evaluation of proposals and for statistical purposes, participation, evaluation and communication of resolutions and, if your proposal is accepted, for the purposes derived from the dissemination of the program (scientific and activities) of the conference and publications derived from it, all without prejudice to the provisions of the legislation on intellectual property and protection of personal data. In this sense, the Organization understands that the authors who participate in this call for papers have received express consent for the transfer of their data from each of the authors who appear as co-signatories in their proposed contribution.
Evaluation of Abstracts and acceptance notifications
Submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee of the meeting and may be selected and distributed among the scientific sessions programmed according to the respective themes.
The evaluation and selection of standard contributions will be conducted on a double-blind basis to ensure a fair assesment. Double-blind review eliminates biases and prejudices regarding the author’s reputation, institution, or country of origin, thereby guaranteeing an objective assessment of the contribution’s quality. Data fields on gender and career stage are voluntary and will be used solely to foster balanced representation and for participation statistics. Our societies are highly committed to the democratisation of knowledge and aims to promote diversity within our scientific-academic community.
Although submitters of abstracts may indicate a preference for a particular session and a particular format of presentation, due to the limited amount of time and space available for oral sessions, authors may be asked to accommodate their talks in other session or to give a poster presentation instead of an oral presentation.
Acceptation of contributions will be notified in late February, 2027, by e-mail, and will remain pending of formalization until the organization can verify that the presenter (whether the lead author or a co-author) is already registered at the meeting and that the corresponding payment has been confirmed. We remind you that each participant can only be in charge of one presentation, either in oral or poster format, unless he/she has made a second submission to TsE-4 (focused on education), in which case he/she can present two contributions. Thus, It is not allowed to present a second contribution submitted by a non-registered/non-attending colleague. Registration is a separate process that will be open in the coming months.
Presentations of accepted papers may be scheduled on any day from Monday 20 to Thursday 23 September 2027. Late cancellations and failures to give scheduled oral presentations are disruptive and leave gaps in the program. Before submitting an abstract, authors should be confident that they will attend the meeting and make the presentation.
Information about acceptable portable media formats will be further submitted to the authors.
Thank you very much for participating!!!