Call for Abstracts

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Showcase your programs, courses, initiatives, and evaluation strategies that align with the conference audience and address the many changes and challenges faced in veterinary medical education.

Reasons to Submit an Abstract

Contribute to leadership, innovation, and excellence in academic veterinary medicine
Gain recognition for your scholarly work
Exchange ideas with colleagues across institutions
Amplify the impact and extend the reach of your scholarship
Participate in the advancement of veterinary medical education

Upcoming Call for Abstracts

Conference	Conference Dates	Abstracts Open	Abstracts Close	Status
Catalyze Annual Conference	April 15-17, 2027	July 30, 2026	September 14, 2026
Primary Care Veterinary Educators Symposium	October 19-22, 2026	June 6, 2026	August 7, 2026	Closed
VetEd AAVMC	TBD	TBD	TBD	Closed

General Information

Abstracts may highlight original research, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice, or programmatic innovations.
Presenters are asked to identify any potential conflict of interest related to the content to be offered (e.g., commercial interest, affiliation with a vendor, and/or receipt of royalties) and affirm that their abstract presentations will not be used in a promotional context. ̽��ϵ��exerts the right to rescind the acceptance of an abstract due to any conflict of interest discovered after the fact.
Planning or programming committee members are not eligible to submit to their respective conference.
The primary author will be the point of contact for all communication with ̽��ϵ��and is required to share all necessary information with their co-author(s).
Primary authors on all accepted abstracts must register for the conference and present the abstract. Co-authors wishing to present with their primary author are required to register for the conference as well.
Unless otherwise explicitly stipulated, presenters are expected to be responsible for their own expenses, including the conference registration fee, travel, accommodations, and other expenses.
All abstracts must be submitted via the abstract submission mechanism described in the call for abstracts; abstracts submitted via alternate mechanisms, such as direct email to AAVMC, will not be considered.
Only a complete submission is eligible for review; abstract submissions that are incomplete after the submission deadline will not be considered for review.
The primary author is the corresponding author and is the point of contact for all communication with AAVMC; the primary author is expected to relay all necessary information to their co-author(s).
Submissions will be required to disclose AI usage as part of the abstract submission process.

Review Process and Acceptance Notification

Each abstract is peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers following conference-specific rubrics and criteria. For more information, please email meetings@aavmc.org.
Email notification of abstract acceptance will be sent to the primary author only; the primary author must respond by either accepting or denying the invitation to present the abstract by the given acceptance deadline.
Once the primary author has accepted, ̽��ϵ��will collect additional materials to include as needed.
All authors presenting are expected to follow the conference registration process, deadlines, and instructions as indicated in their speaker communications materials.

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Call for Abstracts

Upcoming Call for Abstracts

General Information

Review Process and Acceptance Notification

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