Important Dates
- Submission Deadline : June 30, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance : August 15, 2025
- Registration Deadline for Presenters : September 15, 2025
- Final Program Available Online : November 15, 2025
General
Information
- Conference registration is NOT mandatory for abstract submission.
- All abstracts must be submitted in English, the official language of the conference.
- Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the conference website only.
- Email, postal, or fax submissions will not be considered.
Presentation
Modes
- Oral Presentation
- Poster Presentation
- Oral or Poster Presentation
Abstract Topics
Abstracts are invited in any area related to the following topics:
- Artificial Intelligence, Robotics or Mixed Reality
- Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, WAVES
- Education
- Foot and Ankle
- General Orthopaedics
- Hand and Upper Limb
- Hip
- Infection
- Knee
- Leadership, Mentorship or Coaching
- Oncology
- Osteoporosis, Fragility, Frailty
- Paediatrics
- Research, Registries or Guidelines
- Spine
- Sports
- Sustainability
- Trauma
- Miscellaneous
Abstract
Guidelines
- Word Limit: 250 words (excluding title, authors, and affiliations)
- Title Format: Sentence case, brief and self-explanatory
- Blinded Review: No identifying features such as names of authors, collaborators,
hospitals, medical colleges, clinics, or places should be included in the title or text
- Author Information: All author details and affiliations should be entered separately
during online submission
Additional
Guidelines
- Avoid abbreviations in the title
- Refrain from including keywords, graphs, figures, tables, or references in the abstract
- Conflict of interest statement and declaration is mandatory
- Use generic names of drugs or active pharmacological content, avoiding commercial names
- Limit the use of abbreviations and acronyms
- Abstracts will be reproduced as submitted; authors are responsible for language, factual
accuracy, and avoiding plagiarism
Disqualification
Criteria
Abstracts will be automatically rejected if they are:
- Previously published studies
- Papers previously presented at another conference
- Plagiarized or doctored studies
- Non-adherent to any of the submission guidelines
Presentation
Information
- The APOA 2026 Organising Committee reserves the right to accept or reject the abstract.
Furthermore, the APOA 2026 Organising Committee reserves the right to select the mode of
presentation (oral / e-poster).
- Presenters unable to attend may nominate a co-author as a substitute, provided they are
registered for the conference.