GENERAL CONDITIONS

• All accepted abstracts will appear in full in the app.
• By submitting your abstract, you authorize their publication.
• The submitting author is responsible for compliance with data protection, copyrights, ethical regulations and laws on animal protection.
• Results that have already been published or presented elsewhere cannot be submitted.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

• Abstracts can be submitted exclusively through the official online abstract submission system. Abstracts received by any other means will not be considered.
• Deadline for submission is 31 March 2026 23:59:00 CET. (extended!)
• Uploaded abstract can be modified by clicking on the link in the confirmation email until the deadline.
• IMPORTANT: If you would like your abstract to be considered for a specific symposium, please choose your preferred symposium in the dropdown list “TOPICS/SYMPOSIA”. The full list of Topics / Symposia can be previewed at the end of this page.
• Master and PhD students can apply for Best Oral or Poster ESB Awards. During the submission, you will be asked if you want your abstract to be considered for an Award.
• Abstract acceptance: 15 May 2026

ABSTRACT TEMPLATE

• Please use the provided WORD template to prepare your abstract. The template can be found here.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

• Abstracts must be written in English not exceeding 400 words (excluding the title, authors, affiliations), and must be submitted as a Word file (xxx.doc) via the online submission form.
• Use font Arial 10 characters per inch (font size 10).
• Use single spacing and type the text unjustified without hyphenating words at line breaks. Use hard returns only to end headings and paragraphs, not to rearrange lines
• Type title in sentence case in bold with no full stop at the end
• Type family name first followed by the initials of the first name of the authors (Rubens P.P., Van Eyck J. etc.)
• Type affiliation underneath the authors: Department, Institution, City, Country (do not mention street addresses, PO boxes or zip codes). When there are multiple affiliations number them as follows and use the semi-colon between the multiple affiliations:
  • ¹Dept. A, Hospital A, City, Country; ²Dept. B,
    Hospital B, City, Country etc.
• Organise the abstract in sections as follows:
  • Introduction
  • Materials and Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusion
• Paragraph headings should by typed in bold with no colon at the end. Do not use the heading ‘Abstract’. Each heading should be in a separate paragraph.
• Max 2 figures or tables are allowed.
• The use of References must be limited to max 4. When you list references, use superscript numbers in both the text and the reference list. Use Arial font size 8 for references

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

• Click on the link below to start and create a profile.
• Fill out your personal details and go through the submission procedure.

Your abstract(s) is/are only uploaded successfully when you receive an automatic reply confirming your submission(s).

IMPORTANT: The uploaded Word file(s) must contain abstract title, authors & affiliations and the actual abstract.

LANGUAGE

• Abstracts should be submitted and presented in English.

AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS

• The submitting author is responsible for the correctness and completeness of authors names.
• The number of authors is limited to 10. The Submitting Author will be considered by default as the presenting author.
• Submitters are not included by default among authors. Submitter authors are required to re-entry their name and affiliation in the authors list.
• All authors should have an affiliation, at least with a basic entry including the country.
• Organizations should be abbreviated, with capitalization.

SECTIONS CONTENT

• The title of the abstract should be short and significant.
• The structure of the abstract should include Introduction and Objective, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions.
• The abstract should contain all relevant data. Abbreviations must be defined at first usage.
• Each entry in the reference sections should have at least one in-text citation.
• Point should be used as decimal punctuation (please do not use comma).

BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE JOURNAL FULL PAPER SUBMISSION

If you want your work to be considered for a Full Paper submission for the themed issue of Biomaterials Science journal dedicated to the ESB2026, please tick the box at the bottom line of the PDF Template.
By participating, you agree that you meet the following requirements:

1. The work is not published already.
2. You are interested in having it considered to be submitted to the special issue.
3. You agree that your details (including email), abstract and any evaluation from ESB2026 may be shared with RSC.

Please note: Articles accepted for publication in this collection will receive a DOI and be made available online as advance articles as soon as they are accepted, so early submissions are welcome. All articles submitted to Biomaterials Science undergo an initial assessment before being sent out for peer review if appropriate. Invited articles undergo the same process and must meet the usual criteria for the journal.

REVIEW AND SELECTION

• The review of abstracts will start after the submission deadline.
• Each abstract will be reviewed by academics and experts in the relevant topic. Besides specific expertise, reviewers were selected to ensure inclusion and diversity.
• Abstracts will be reviewed on the basis of aim and objective (rationale, importance, clearly defined), material and methods (adequate design), results (complete, clear, statistically analyzed) and conclusions (critical, well deduced, current literature).
• Abstracts that do not fully comply with the guidelines (e.g., more than two submitted abstracts, abstracts already published) will be rejected.

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

• Acceptance or refusal notifications of the abstracts will be emailed to the submitting author before the end of July 2026.
• In case of acceptance as oral or poster, the presenting author or another author is required to participate on-site and give a live presentation in Antwerp.
• All presenting authors must register to attend the conference to present their abstract as Oral or Poster presentation.
• Only abstracts of authors who register for the congress before the deadline of the early bird registration will be included in the scientific program.
• There is no discounted registration rate for presenting authors.
• Should you have any queries please contact us at esb2026@medicongress.com.