ILTS 2026 Abstract Submission Guidelines
You are invited to submit abstracts for poster and/or oral presentation at the ILTS 2026 Congress to be held on May 6-9, 2026 delivered in-person in Geneva, Switzerland. A limited number of abstracts will be selected for oral presentations.
Please read this Call for Abstracts information carefully before accessing the abstract submission form.
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Notification Date: February 2026
Congress / Abstract Themes
Meeting Section & Submission Topics:
- Advanced Liver Surgery
- Anesthesia / Critical Care Medicine / Acute Liver Failure
- Basic Science / Translational Research / Tolerance Induction
- Comorbidities and Liver Transplantation Outcomes
- Donation after Circulatory Death and Machine Perfusion
- Donor Selection Criteria / Patient Selection / Organ Allocation
- Immunosuppression and Infection
- Living Donor Transplantation
- Pediatrics
- Transplant Oncology
- Allied Health
- Surgical Videos for Technical Innovation
- Education
Please note that the Abstract Review Committee reserves the right to re-categorize any abstract as deemed appropriate.
Process
Abstracts will undergo a peer-review process. The Abstract Review Committee will assess each abstract based on its adherence to format, scientific merit, and alignment with the overall Congress themes. Authors of abstracts selected for presentation will be contacted via email by February and invited to present either a poster or oral presentation at the meeting.
All selected abstracts will be made available to the Congress participants in electronic format, on the Congress website.
Additionally, abstracts that are confirmed for presentation by February will be published in Liver Transplantation.
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Abstract Format
Title:
Background:
Purpose:
Method:
Result(s):
Conclusion(s):
Mitigation of Bias
- Presentations must present a balanced view of the available therapeutic options. Brand names of pharmaceuticals and trade names of medical devices should not be used in the title or body of the abstract. Use of generic names will contribute to impartiality.
- The Abstract Review Committee reserves the right to change the abstract if they feel that the use of a trade name may be mistaken for commercial propaganda and may replace proprietary names with generic names. In addition, logos or images of products that include a trade name or representing a commercial interest will be removed prior to presentation and publication.
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
The presenting authors of abstracts selected for oral presentations will be required to complete and submit a Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest form after they are invited to present. Disclosures are due on or before the RSVP deadline.
Abstract Form Submission
Please use the official online abstract submission form only.
- There is a 50 USD fee/abstract to submit. You will be prompted for payment upon signing into the abstract submission portal.
- Abstracts must be submitted electronically using the official online submission form.
- Abstracts must identify the presenting author along with email address and phone number.
- Please use standard abbreviations. Place special or unusual abbreviations in parenthesis after the full word when it appears for the first time.
- Errors, misspellings, and incorrect abbreviations will not be corrected.
- Minimize the use of charts as this detail is not used to evaluate the merit of your abstract.
- Abstracts must not exceed 3000 characters (excluding the abstract heading).
- An individual may submit more than one abstract. One official online submission is required for each abstract.
- Edits to submitted abstracts may be made up to the submission deadline. Instructions for making edits can be found on the online abstract submission form.
- All submitters must identify whether their abstract has been previously submitted and/or published, but encore abstracts will be considered for presentation.
Presentation at the Meeting
- A number of abstracts will be selected for oral presentation; indicate on the submission form whether you are interested in being considered for an oral presentation.
- If an abstract is accepted for oral presentation, the presenter(s) agree(s) to register for the Congress and pay the appropriate Congress registration fee. Presenters will receive a notification regarding their abstract prior to the Early Bird registration deadline in order to benefit from the reduced rate.
- The Congress will not cover expenses of those presenting posters, or giving an oral presentation based on an abstract submission. Abstract submitters who may be eligible to receive such funding will be contacted separately regarding these opportunities.
- Further details regarding presentation formatting will be sent to accepted abstract presenters at a later date.
Copyright Permission
By submitting abstracts to the Congress, submitters authorize, upon acceptance, grants permission to reproduce their abstract in the Congress proceedings to be published in Liver Transplantation and on the Congress website.