Abstracts

Abstract Submission Dates

Submission opened: TBA 2026

Deadline for submission: November 2026

Notification of acceptance/rejection: November 2026

Abstracts must be submitted online in English through the submission system.
Each abstract will receive a unique submission number; please use this in all correspondence.
Abstracts can be edited until the submission deadline but should not be resubmitted.
Only one submission per abstract is allowed. Abstracts submitted to multiple categories will be automatically rejected without review.
Abstracts accepted for presentation require the presenting author to attend the congress.

Abstracts must contain original material and must not have been previously accepted for publication, previously published, or presented at the following meetings:
- AAP, APSA, BAPS, BABU, CAPS, ESPES, ESPU, EUPSA, IPEG, PAPS.
Abstracts may not be submitted to another congress with a parallel review process.
Failure to declare previous publication or presentation will result in disqualification of the senior author from submitting abstracts to EUPSA, ESPES, and IPEG for two subsequent years.
Authorship and content cannot be altered after acceptance. Abstract titles, authors, and affiliations will be published as submitted.
A senior author or co-author is expected to attend if the presenting author is a trainee. Should unforeseen circumstances preclude this from occurring, another co-author of the abstract from the trainee’s institution should replace. The senior author is obliged, if required, to participate in the discussion following the trainee’s presentation.

File type: MS Word (.doc/.docx)
Font: Calibri, 10 pt
Spacing: single (0 pt before/after)
Title: ALL CAPITALS
Length: maximum 250 words (including figures/tables, fitting on one A4 page)
Structure:
- Original abstracts: Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusions
- Case reports: Aim, Case description, Conclusions
- One figure or table may be included.
- Abstracts exceeding the word or page limits will not be accepted

Young Investigator Award
- This award is for any submitter who not only presents the best abstract (judged on combination of written submission and live presentation), but also submits the manuscript for publication by the deadline set for meeting edition of Journal of Pediatric Surgery. During abstract submission, applicants will be considered for the award, if they select to be considered for it. All submissions are reviewed and scored by the Program Committee. The top 15 highest scored abstracts are then eligible for review and the winner (judged on combination of written submission and live presentation) is selected by the Research Committee.
Best Poster Award
- This award is for any submitter who not only presents the best abstract (judged on combination of written submission and live presentation), but also submits the manuscript for publication by the deadline set for meeting edition of Journal of Pediatric Surgery. During abstract submission, applicants will be considered for the award, if they select to be considered for it. All submissions are reviewed and scored by the Program Committee. The top 15 highest scored abstracts are then eligible for review and the winner (judged on combination of written submission and live presentation) is selected by the Research Committee.