Submission guidelines

As in previous years, attendees will be able to submit proposals for a Symposium, as well as Talks/Posters. There is no limit to how many Talks/Posters abstracts can be submitted.

Please also refer to the section on Prizes and Grants for additional information. 

Symposium submissions

Symposium submissions are closed.

NEW DEADLINE: Symposium submissions will be accepted from the 8th of January to the 7th 14th of February 2026.

The chair of the symposium should submit the proposal. Proposals should focus on a thematic topic related to multisensory research (broadly defined) and can include between 4 and 6 individual presentations. We will ask you to provide a synopsis (max. 300 words) for the symposium as well as abstracts for each presentation (max. 250 words per abstract). 

New! Plenary Symposia

This year, the best submitted symposia will be selected as Plenary Symposia, which will be scheduled without parallel sessions.

The template for submission can be found here.

For instructions see below. 

Posters and/or Talks submissions

Talks and/or posters submissions are open. They will be open from the 8th of February to the 7th of March 2026. 

Abstract cannote exceed 250 words. The template for submission is here.   

For instructions see below.

New! Young Researcher Talk Session (see Prizes and Grants for details)

General information for submission

To submit an abstract:

1. You will first need to log in to sciencesconf.org or create an account (top right)
   Note, if creating an account: once you have clicked on the link, you might receive an error message like "invalid token" or "this page does not exist". It doesn't matter, your account has been created successfully, and you can then log in to the website by clicking "Login".
2. Download the appropriate submission template from the link above. Start by renaming it in the following structure: LASTNAME_submissiontype_IMRF2026.docx.
       Example: Mickey Mouse is submitting an abstract for a talk or poster. The file is named MOUSE_talkorposter_IMRF2026.docx
3. Fill in the relevant parts of the template (talk/poster submission OR symposium submission) with your abstract.
4. Click on "MY SPACE" > "My submissions" on the website (on the left).
5. Fill in the metadata of your submission (title, for talk/poster submission type, keywords).
6. Fill in the list of authors by manually writing the name, email and affiliation or automatically by looking for the name in the sciencesconf.org database. Indicate the corresponding author and speaker(s). 
7. Upload your submission file (NAME_submissiontype_IMRF2026.docx) on the platform. Don't forget to click on "Upload". You should now see your file, converted to pdf format, in the list of files. 
8. Review your submission and ... click on "Submit". 

You will receive an email of confirmation.

You will be able to modify your submission until the submission deadline, by going on "MY SPACE" > "My submissions". You will not receive a new confirmation email after modification.

For any queries contact imrf2026@gmail.com