Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions are CLOSED.
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts must be submitted by the presenting author. Therefore, it should be the presenting author who creates the IEPA Conference Account from which the submissions will be made and the account should contain the presenting author’s contact information. Do not submit an abstract for a different presenting author from your account. The presenting author (account holder) is the main contact for all communication about the submissions made from his or her account.
Abstracts must be submitted online. Abstracts submitted by e-mail, fax, post, etc. will NOT be considered.
Abstracts must be submitted in English.
Abstracts are limited to 250 words (excluding abstract title, author names and affiliations).
You will be required to select one of the following primary or secondary themes for your abstract. The themes help us group the submissions for review and presentation.
Primary Themes
Basic Neuroscience
Translational Research
Neuroimaging
Electrophysiology
Genetics
Neurocognition
Epidemiology
Neurodevelopmental
Diagnosis and Phenomenology
Psychopharmacology
Psychosocial Interventions
Substance Use
Stress Responsivity
Ethical Issues
Service System Development and Reform
Public Policy
Secondary Themes
First Episode Psychosis
Mood Disorders
Ultra High Risk / Prodromal Research
Psychosis NOS
Comorbid Conditions
Symposium Abstracts
Each symposium submission is comprised of a symposium summary describing the symposium, plus abstracts for each of the required four (4) talks. If you are chair (organizer) of a symposium, you must submit the details of the symposium from your account. This includes submitting the abstracts for each of the four talks (including authors, affiliations, and email contact for the talk’s presenting author).
Oral Abstracts
A limited number of oral presentations will be scheduled. If you submit an oral presentation and it is not accepted, you will automatically be considered for a poster presentation.
Poster Abstracts
Poster size is limited to 900 mm wide x 1200 mm high (portrait format).
Registration Requirements
If your abstract is accepted for presentation, you are required to register for the conference. You register from your account. Any co-authors that will be presenting must also register. To register, they create their own accounts. All authors must register to present their paper or poster at the conference. In the case of a symposium, this includes the symposium chair and the presenting author for each talk.
Revisions to Your Submissions
You are free to log into your account and revise, or withdraw, your submissions at any time until the submission deadline. After the submission deadline, all submissions are locked and sent to the program committee for review. Only submissions that have a status of Completed on the submission deadline date will be considered.
Submission Verification
IEPA will not send any emails verifying your submission. All submissions that have a status of Completed on the submission deadline date will be sent for review. You can verify the content of your submission by viewing the Verify Submission page of the submission process. From this page there is a link to email yourself a copy of your submission.
Confirmation of Acceptance
The program committee will review all submitted proposals in May. Notification of acceptance or non-acceptance will be emailed after all submissions have been reviewed. Only the submitting author (account holder) will receive email acknowledgment of acceptance or non-acceptance. All correspondence from IEPA will go to the email address defined in your IEPA Conference Account profile, so please keep this information up to date.
All correspondence about your submissions will be sent from submissions@iepaconference.org. We suggest that you add submissions@iepaconference.org to your “safe senders list” (aka email white list) to ensure that emails from IEPA are not blocked by your email spam filter.
Questions or Problems
If you have questions about the submission process or requirements, or are having problems with the website, please email us at submissions@iepaconference.org.