The Scientific Committee of ISAAR 2026 is delighted to announce that we are now accepting abstract submissions for both poster and oral presentations. Upon acceptance, detailed instructions and guidelines regarding the presentation format will be provided to presenters. We encourage researchers and experts to submit their abstracts and share their valuable insights with our conference attendees.
Important Dates
- Submission Deadline for the Abstracts: February 13, 2026
- Notice of Acceptance of Abstracts: March 10, 2026
- Deadline for Presenting Authors Registration: April 23, 2026
General Guidelines
- To ensure compliance with the abstract deadline, we kindly request that all abstracts be submitted exclusively through our website. Please carefully follow the instructions provided below or on the website to prepare your abstract for submission. It is important to note that submitting an abstract does not automatically register you for the symposium.
- The deadline for abstract submission is February 13, 2026 / 11:59 PM (HKT). Corresponding authors will be notified of acceptance by March 10, 2026. The notification will include scheduling information and instructions on poster preparation.
- The presenting author must register as an active participant at the symposium by April 23, 2026, after acceptance of an abstract. The ISAAR 2026 secretariat reserves the right to exclude any abstract that is not followed by a participant registration by this deadline.
- Corresponding authors have the responsibility of ensuring that all co-authors have read and approved the abstract submission.
- Submissions that do not adhere to the established submission guidelines will not undergo the review process.
- Withdrawal of abstracts can only be accepted if notified in writing and subsequently confirmed by the ISAAR 2026 secretariat.
- It is only possible to withdraw an abstract until 30 days after notification of acceptance.
- Plagiarism will not be tolerated in submitted abstracts. All submitted abstracts identified with plagiarism will be sent to the Program Committees for review and handling.
Abstract Topics
- Antimicrobial Agents and PK/PD
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
- Bacteriology
- Clinical Case Report
- COVID-19
- Diagnostic in Microbiology
- Fungal Infection and Medical Mycology
- Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention/Control
- HIV
- Microbiome
- Resistance In Gram-Negative Bacteria
- Resistance In Gram-Positive Bacteria
- Tuberculosis and other Mycobacterial Infections
- Vaccines
- Viral Infection (All Viruses other than HIV And SARS-Cov-2)
- Others
Abstract Format
- Abstracts should be exclusively submitted through the ISAAR 2026 website. Please format the text following the instructions provided below or on the website. Abstracts must be typed in single spacing using the Times New Roman font, with a font size of 10 points. The abstract text should also be single-spaced and aligned to the left margin only. Please avoid leaving blank lines between paragraphs and do not use indentation.
- Please use a short and concise title that indicates the content of the abstract.
- Abstract titles should be written in Title Case, which means capitalizing the first letter of all words in the title. However, please avoid capitalizing article words such as "a," "the," "and," and "of" unless they are the first word of the title. Additionally, abstract titles should appear in bold format.
- Each abstract text may contain up to max 1,800 characters. It does not include abstract title, author's name, affiliations, keywords in abstract text. (spaces are not counted). Tables and graphics are included in the character count.
- Author(s) Information is included Author(s)’s name(s), institution(s), location(s). Omit degrees. Place an asterisk (*) after the name of the author presenting the paper. On a separate line, type as succinctly as possible the names of institutions and countries.
- Leave one blank line between the title/author block and the abstract text. The abstract text should include background, methods, results and conclusion.
- Use italics only when appropriate (e.g., for names of genus and species). Simple table and graphs (neat and in black ink) may be included.
- Abstracts will be published as submitted; i.e. any error appearing in the submitted abstract will appear in the published abstract book.
- Each abstract must be submitted in electronic form as MS word for Windows 10 or any previous version.
