Abstracts & Short Papers

Submitters will receive notification by 15 July 2025. Please read this information carefully before proceeding to the online submission. You are invited to submit one-page abstracts and/or short papers (4 pages) for inclusion at the symposium for either oral or poster presentations


➮ Important Dates

  1. Abstract Submission (Oral+Poster): February 1-May 31, 2025
  2. Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2025
  3. Early Bird Registration: February 1, 2025 – July 21, 2025
  4. Standard Registration: July 22, 2025 – August 18, 2025
  5. Full Registration: August 19, 2025 – October 20, 2025
  6. Late or On Site Registration: October 21 – November 1, 2025

➮ General

  1. Abstracts and short papers can only be submitted via the online submission platform.
  2. Abstracts or short papers sent by email will not be accepted.
  3. No exceptions will be made.
  4. Maximum 2 presentations for each participant (2 posters or 2 platform presentations or 1 poster+1 platform presentation) is allowed
  5. All abstracts or short papers need to be submitted by the presenting author. As a submitter, you must therefore be the presenter at the Symposium in November in Antalya (if selected). If you are unable or not planning to present yourself, please request the presenting author to submit the proposal.
  6. All submissions must be made in English.

➮ How to Submit

  1. Please submit your abstract(s)/short paper(s) through submission portal. Please Create an Account if you are a first-time user or Login if you have previously created an account in the portal. Please follow the instructions on the portal to complete the submission process.  

➮ Rules

  1. The correct topic must be selected to ensure correct reviewing. The content of the abstract must be topic related. All topics are listed on the website and on the online submission portal.
  2. Delegates can submit Dioxin2025 presentation proposals in two formats: a one-page abstract or a four-page short paper. Please follow the instructions in the template files to prepare your abstract/short paper. The abstract/short paper must be saved in the Word format before the online submission.
  3. The short paper must be structured into the following sections:
         Introduction
         Materials and methods
         Results and discussion
         Acknowledgements
         References
  4. If you have successfully submitted your abstract or short paper, you will receive a confirmation email. If no confirmation email is received, it cannot be considered as successfully submitted and accepted. Make sure to check your junk mail inbox.
  5. Submitted abstracts and short papers cannot be re-edited and modified. Therefore, please ensure you have your final version prior to starting the submission process. To save your submission, all required fields (marked with a *) must be filled in.
  6. Please ensure that your abstract/short paper does not contain spelling, grammatical or scientific errors. No corrections are possible after the submission deadline. The abstract will be reproduced exactly as submitted. No proofreading will be done, although some corrections may be requested by the reviewers.
  7. If you need to withdraw your abstract, a written statement reflecting the reasons for this decision must be sent to: dioxin2025@thorevents.com , no later than 15 July 2025.

➮ Types of Submissons

Delegates can submit Dioxin2025 presentation proposals in two formats:
1. one-page abstract (Please click here to download the one-page abstract template)
2. four-page short paper (Please click here to download the four-page abstract template)
Please follow the instructions in the template files to prepare your abstract/short paper. The abstract/short paper must be saved in the Word format before the online submission.

Short papers can be published in the 2025 volume of the Organohalogen Compounds if you choose this option. Eligible students submitting a short paper can select to be considered for an Otto Hutzinger Student Award (OHA). Please read the eligibility conditions and requirements here

➮ After Submisson

The reviewers will judge the abstracts according to the relevance to Dioxin2025, standard of English, objectivity of statements, description of what was done, suitability of methods to aims, conclusions confirmed by objective results, ethics, scientific value, originality of work and overall impression.

The submitting authors will be notified by July 2025, at the email address provided during submission, whether their abstract/short paper has been accepted, rejected, or requires revision. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that emails from Dioxin2025 can reach them. They will be informed about the date, time and form of their presentation by email also.

➮ Publication

All abstracts and four-page abstracts (short papers) accepted for presentation (oral or poster) will be published in the Book of Abstracts.
Additionally, four-page abstracts (short papers) can be published in the 2025 volume of the Organohalogen Compounds Database at www.dioxin20xx.org if this option was selected in the online submission.
All previous papers from Dioxin Symposia can be viewed at www.dioxin20xx.org 

➮ Presentation of Abstracts and Short Papers

1. Abstracts/short Papers can be accepted either as poster or oral communication.
2. In order for abstracts/short papers to be included in the final programme of Dioxin2025, the presenting author must be registered by 30 August 2025. Failure to register by this date could lead to the withdrawal of the presentation.