We welcome the submission of Symposia proposals

The ESB2027 welcomes the submission of symposia proposals. The goal of these symposia is to provide a forum for focused discussions on new and emerging topics or innovative applications of established approaches. A symposium can address a specific topic or it may present the joint research of scientific societies or international consortia. Please note that keynote proposals that are of interest for a larger audience and that have not been selected for a symposium, may be included into the scientific program as part of a regular session. In addition, very similar proposals may be suggested to merge.

The deadline for submission of the proposals for symposia is October 26, 2026.

Proposals must be submitted using the online abstract system available.

Important: Before submitting, you must ensure that both the Keynote Speaker and the Co-Chair have been contacted in advance and have explicitly agreed to participate.

Please complete all details. We aim to inform about acceptance or rejection in December 2026.

Symposia speakers and chairs

The duration of each symposium is 60-90 min. Each symposium should consist of 1 keynote presentation and at least 4 oral presentations selected from the submitted abstracts. The allocated presentation time, including Q&A, is 20 min for the keynote speaker and 10 min for contributed papers. Oral contributions will be included in accepted symposia based on accepted abstracts and their match with the symposium topic. These durations may be subjected to slight adaptations to fit the final program. The symposia are led by a chair and a co-chair, both must be registered as conference attendees to avoid no-show onsite. Upon acceptance of the symposium, the keynote speaker must submit an abstract of the presentation before February 15th 2027 using the abstract submission tool and register to the conference no later than June 15th 2027. The keynote speakers of the symposium proposals that have not been selected may submit an abstract for the regular scientific program.

Travelling and registration costs of speakers and chairs

Please note that the symposia organizers are the only responsible for all the financial arrangements of their proposed symposia. Due to financial restrictions, the ESB2027 conference organizers are NOT able to support the travel and registration costs for keynote speakers and symposium chairs. Conference registration of the keynote speaker(s) and chairpersons is a mandatory pre-requisite for participation and to hold the proposed symposium.

Room rental and AV equipment

The ESB2027 conference organizers will allocate standard conference rooms for the symposia and will offer the standard AV equipment that is required in these rooms. The use of any other extra materials is under symposia organizers’ responsibility.