Call for Abstracts

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: MIDNIGHT AEST, FRIDAY 1st MAY 2026

The online abstract submission process is open, and you are invited to submit your work for presentation at the 2026 ANZSPM Conference.

All abstracts are peer-reviewed and ranked based on scientific merit. The Programme Committee will use these rankings to develop the final programme. Not all abstracts will necessarily be accepted for presentation.

At the time of submitting your abstract, the data must not have already appeared in print (it is OK for data to have been accepted for publication).
If the research presented was supported by a commercial organisation, a statement identifying this support may be requested.
If the research involved human subjects, it must have been approved by your institutional review board or Human Ethics Committee and conform to international standards of ethical practice.
Animal research must have been approved by an appropriate Review Board and conform with the Australian code of responsible conduct of research.
An author of any abstract selected for participation in the programme must attend the conference and pay the relevant registration fee.

We welcome presentations of interesting case studies and stories, research, the sharing of innovations in palliative medicine practice, and we encourage first-time presenters.

While a focus on the conference theme is not required for abstract inclusion, abstracts which refer to or incorporate elements of the conference theme will be looked on favourably.

The 2026 theme is “creative solutions: thinking outside the square”. During the abstract submission process, you will be prompted to select one of the following sub-themes to assist with program scheduling.

International and national advocacy for equity of access to essential medicines and palliative care
Relational care
Humanities and palliative care
Quality improvement in palliative care
Novel therapeutics
Paediatric and Adolescent palliative care
Palliative care in underserved populations, including low and middle income countries
New approaches to education and training in palliative care
Models to improve access to palliative care
Psychoexistential dimensions of palliative care practice, including spiritual care
Respecting personhood
Evolving concepts of palliative care practice
Impact of AI in palliative care
Other

ABSTRACT DETAILS

Please make it clear if the paper is being submitted for consideration of an oral presentation, poster presentation, oral/poster presentation, or an oral/poster presentation you would like considered for the trainee award. Those accepted for oral presentation do not need to generate a poster. If authors indicate “both”, then if the abstract is not accepted as an oral presentation, it may be accepted as a poster.

The following guidelines outline the instructions for abstract submission:

The title should be brief but adequate to clearly identify the nature of the abstract.
The name and location(s) where the work was undertaken must also appear.
The body of the abstract should be no more than 500 words long. You are able to submit your references (maximum of 10 references) as long as they fit within the 500 word limit.
A brief background and a maximum of two sentences stating the study’s objectives.
A brief statement of methods used.
A summary of the results – including a brief comment on statistical methods, and key outcome data.
A brief discussion indicating the implications of the findings (NB it is not satisfactory to state, “the results will be discussed”).

The abstract needs to be submitted as plain text using the following formatting:

Body of abstracts to be in single spacing
If you have references, list them in the body of the text

TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT:

Please make sure you have read through the submission guidelines before submitting your abstract/s. You will need to click on the button below and create an account to submit an abstract.