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Symposium Submissions

Overview

FIT’NG will be accepting submissions for symposium proposals from the FIT’NG community for symposia sessions at the 2026 conference.

Symposium Submissions open January 13, 2026

The deadline to submit your abstract is February 25, 2026

Symposia Information

Submissions must focus on fetal, neonate, infant, toddler, or perinatal longitudinal scientific content on topics relevant to the FIT’NG community (empirical content, theory, or a mix of the two are welcome). Sessions should bring together speakers with diverse perspectives (e.g. from multiple institutions, a variety of career stages or backgrounds, multiple methodologies, etc.) to address an interesting question in a novel way.

The symposium will be a 75-minute time slot and must have 4 speakers, each delivering a 15-minute presentation, with a 15-minute audience question period at the end.

Each symposium must have one appointed Session Chair (who may also serve as a speaker). The Session Chair is responsible for the following:

      • Make sure speakers receive all necessary information and updates (timing, format, expectations) and communicate any changes or questions back to organizers.
      • Open session and introduce individual speakers.
      • Keep the session on schedule, transition between talks, and ensure presentations and Q&A stay within allotted time.
      • Close session and read any announcements from the organizors. 

Proposals will be evaluated by the 2026 Program Committee. Reviews will be based on the quality of the proposal and appropriateness for the FIT’NG community.

Submission Guidelines

Special Note: Abstracts submitted as part of a symposium session may also be submitted individually to the general submissions call (see below).

To submit a proposal, please read and adhere to the submission guidelines below:

General Information

  • Prepare to enter the contact name, affiliation/institution name, and email address for each of the symposia presenters. Please note, the chair/organizer must be a FIT’NG member in good standing.
  • Prepare a symposium title (max 255-character limit, including spaces)
  • General abstract to include the following (max 5000 characters):
    • Background/Significance
    • Explanation of how the symposium addresses the FIT’NG 2026 selection priorities
    • A description of how each of the presentation will make a unique contribution to the symposium
  • A short description/summary (max 900 characters) of the symposium to include in the program/website should it be successful.
  • Provide the name, affiliation and full abstract title for each presenter.
  • Provide the name of the Session Chair (may be the organizer submitting the symposium or another person)
  • Individual symposium presenters are highly encouraged to also submit their abstract to the general submission call. Should the symposium submission not be accepted, the individual submission will be considered for oral, flash talk, and/or poster presentation. Abstracts that are not submitted through general submissions will not be considered for an individual presentation format.

 

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