STIHIV 2025

Abstract
Submissions

On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress, we would like to thank you for your interest in submitting an abstract.
You are encouraged to submit an abstract of your latest work, which will be peer-reviewed. 

Submit Your Abstract

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  • Abstract Submission Opening: October 1, 2024
  • Abstract Submission Deadline: January 6, 2025 (23:59 EST)
  • Scholarship Application Opening: October 1, 2024
  • Scholarship Application Deadline: January 6, 2025 (23:59 EST)
  • Abstract Notifications: January, 31 2025
  • Abstract Scholarship Notifications: February 12, 2025
  • Late Breaking Abstract Submission Deadline: March 14, 2025 (23:59 EDT)
  • Late Breaking Abstract Notifications: April 1, 2025
  • Presenting Author Confirmation and Registration Deadline: April 4, 2025 (23:59 EDT)
    • TITLE
      • Comprehensive title summarizing the work presented
      • Maximum 125 characters
    • TOPIC/SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
      • Basic and Laboratory Sciences
      • Behavioral and Social Sciences
      • Clinical Sciences
      • Epidemiology
      • Policy & Community Engagement
      • Program & Implementation Sciences
    • AUTHORS
      • Full name and affiliation(s) are mandatory for each author.
      • Indicate the name of the presenting author for the abstract.
    • BODY OF ABSTRACT
      • Maximum 300 words (authors, title and legend for display item not included)
      • Abstract must be structured in one of the following two format:
    1. Scientific research format
      1. Background: study objectives, hypothesis tested, or description of problem.
      2. Methods: methods used, or approach taken.
      3. Results: present in summarized form, must include data and/or substantial information about results.
      4. Conclusion: description of main outcomes of the study. Include knowledge or insight that Congress attendees will gain from the presentation, and/or an explanation of how Congress attendees can apply the skills and/or knowledge within their communities.
    1. Programme and implementation evaluation format
      1. Background: description of problem and context. 
      2. Description: methods used, intervention implemented or approach taken.
      3. Findings: present quantitative and/or qualitative data in summarized and structured form.
      4. Conclusion: describe implications of findings and lessons learned.
  • Abstracts should contain new information, original data and not have been presented before.
  • All abstracts must be submitted in ENGLISH.
  • Specify all abbreviations in full when they are first mentioned, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Use the abbreviation thereafter.
  • Check your abstract thoroughly for spelling and grammar.
  • Do not include references.
  • Maximum 300 words (authors and title not included)
  • One display item (table or figure) may be included and does not contribute to word count.
  • All submissions must be made online by January 6, 2025 (23:59 EST).
  • If an abstract is accepted for presentation, the presenting author must attend the Congress to present the abstract. The presenting author will be required to register for the Congress by April 4th, 2025 to have the abstract acceptance confirmed. If a presenting author is not registered by April 4th, 2025, the Scientific Committee will remove the abstract from the program.
  • All abstracts will be reviewed, scored and accepted or rejected by the Scientific Committee. The Committee reserves the right to determine whether an abstract submission is accepted as an oral presentation or poster. The decision of the Committee is final.
  • Please indicate at the time of abstract submission if you wish to apply for a scholarship. Please see the scholarship information page for further details.
  • When an abstract has been selected for oral or poster presentation, presenters who are not scholarship recipients will be required to fund, in full, their own attendance at the Congress (including Congress registration and travel expenses) and should not accept to present an abstract if this is not possible.
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ISSTDR and IUSTI recognize the considerable contribution that industry partners make for professional and research activities. We also recognize the need for transparency and the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by acknowledging these relationships in publications and presentations.

You will need to provide disclosure information for each author at the time of abstract submission. This statement will not count towards the 300-word limit. If your abstract is accepted, you will be requested to include a Disclosure of Interest statement in your oral or poster presentation. 

By submitting an abstract, all authors agree to release the license to the Congress organizers and give permission to publish the abstract on the Congress website and mobile app (and by doing so, certify that the abstract is original work).
All accepted and confirmed abstracts will be published in an international scientific journal prior to the Congress.

All presenters will be required to register for the Congress by April 4th, 2025 (23:59 EDT). Any presenter that is not registered by this date will automatically be withdrawn from the program and their abstract will be removed from the program.

Late Breaker Abstracts

Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the abstract submission portal. 
Abstracts and any amendments to submitted abstracts will not be accepted after the submission deadline.

Late Breaker Abstracts must:

  • Reflect work where data collection ended in 2024 or 2025. This information must be included in the abstract methods section to be considered for presentation.
  • Not have been published in a peer reviewed journal prior to March 31, 2025.

Abstracts previously presented at meetings will not be accepted unless there is a substantial update of data. Multiple abstracts reporting results from the same study and overlapping abstracts from the same group of investigators are strongly discouraged