Abstract Submission

Important Dates

  • Abstract submission open 1 November, 2024

  • Abstracts due 15 December, 2024

  • Abstract decisions 15 March, 2025

  • Manuscripts due 15 May, 2025

ISHS Membership Information / https://www.ishs.org/members

Abstract submission details

  • All abstracts and manuscripts must be submitted through the following ROSA (Responsive Online System for Acta Horticulturae submission and review). ISHS online submission procedures

  • Deadline for abstracts submission: December 15th 2024. Submit here or type https://www.actahort.org/members/symposiar?nr=835

  • Abstract acceptance March 15th 2025. The program committee will try to accommodate your preferred method of presentation; however, as each format will form an integral part of the symposium, the organizing committee reserves the right to assign papers to either oral or poster presentation as necessary.

  • All oral presenters, including invited and keynote speakers, must submit a manuscript for Acta Horticulturae according to the Acta Horticulturae guidelines (https://www.ishs.org/authors) by May 15th, 2025. Oral presenters who fail to submit a manuscript for publication in Acta Horticulturae or the ISHS Scientific Journal may be refused the floor for making their oral presentation. Authors of posters are strongly encouraged to prepare and submit a manuscript for Acta Horticulturae.

  • Presenting authors of abstracts accepted for presentation (both oral/poster) must register for the symposium by May 1st 2025. Failing to register for the symposium will result in your abstract being withdrawn from the symposium program and your manuscript being withdrawn from the Acta Horticulturae symposium proceedings.

  • Failing to present (oral/poster) at the symposium will result in your manuscript being withdrawn from the Acta Horticulturae symposium proceedings.

Guidelines for authors

Acta Horticulturae guidelines: https://www.ishs.org/authors

Only abstracts submitted in English will be reviewed.

  • Abstracts must not exceed 300 words.

  • Abstracts must not contain tables, pictures or graphs.

  • All abbreviations must be spelled out on first use.

  • Abstracts should be thoroughly checked for spelling and grammar.

  • An abstract submission charge is due upon submission of an abstract and applies to the presenting author only. For ISHS Individual members, the abstract submission charge is fully waived. Those who do not hold a user account with ISHS yet: create an ISHS user account first at here. After payment and activation of your user account, you can start your abstract submission.

  • Abstracts must always be submitted by the presenting author, using their own personal ISHS user account. Submitting an abstract on behalf of, or using the ISHS user account of another author is strictly not permitted.

Oral presentations

Oral presentations will be limited to 15 minutes, plus 5 minutes per presentation for questions/discussion. We strongly encourage presenters to use electronic methods of presentation such as PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat.

Poster presentations

There will be dedicated poster session(s) during the meeting. Each poster presenter will be asked to very briefly (<2min) summarize their poster.

During this symposium Two Young Minds Awards for Junior Scientists will be given:

  • one award for the best oral presentation given by a junior scientist who is in the same time the presenter and first author of the submitted manuscript

  • one award for the best poster presented by a junior scientist who is first author of the work

ISHS Young Minds Awards Information / https://www.ishs.org/young-minds-award