• Educational sessions are between 55 – 90 minutes in length.

• Presenters MUST have a master’s degree or higher in mental health, nutrition, social work or a medical-related field. If presenting as a group, at least one of the presenters must have such a degree.

• Individuals are limited to submitting a maximum of two proposals as either a presenter or as a co-presenter.

• Multiple proposals may impact the review process as well as your chances at selection for presentation.

• The person submitting an abstract with multiple presenters must include a correct email address for each presenter at the time of submission.

• Group presentations are limited to a maximum of 3 presenters.

• The person submitting the abstract will be the ONLY person receiving emails regarding the abstract submission and is therefore responsible for notifying all other presenters associated with that submission.

• Abstracts are reviewed twice in a blind review process by fellow iaedp Foundation members.  Final selections for sessions are determined by the Symposium Program Committee.

• Presenters must agree to:

  • Timely response to an invitation to present,

  • Translation of their presentation into different languages,

  • Recording of their presentation, prior to the symposium, to be used for the 2025 Virtual Symposium and for sale and/or distribution as single or multi-session education material at any future time by the iaedp Foundation, and

  • Registering for the Symposium prior to the Early Bird deadline. Presenters are eligible for discounted symposium registration pricing. 

Abstract Submissions are due by September 23, 2024, at 11:59PM EDT.  There are no exceptions.