Abstracts
The abstract submission portal is NOW OPEN.
Abstract
guidelines and templates:
please download, read, select an abstract template most suitable for your project
Key dates
- Submission closing date: Monday 15th December 2025 at 2359 hours Australian Eastern Daylight Time
- Outcome notification date: Monday 2nd February 2026
- Confirmation of acceptance date: Monday 16th February 2026
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Presenter registration: by Wednesday 24th June 2026
A call for late breaking abstracts may
occur in March 2026, dependent on the first round of abstract submissions and acceptance.
Take this opportunity to share ideas, inspire colleagues, and influence the future of neonatal care.
We invite abstract/s showcasing ‘your transforming neonatal care story’. This may feature a clinical
practice innovation, a quality improvement or research project, education initiatives, or a case study.
This global gathering of health care professionals and teams who provide perinatal support and care for infants in the hospital, community and home settings will explore how innovation, collaboration, and leadership can transform outcomes for neonates and their families.
Conference Topic Areas
- Clinical case studies
- Clinical practice improvements
- Community of neonatal practice
- Discharge planning and community-based care
- Early intervention and long-term outcomes
- Education curriculum and career development
- Environmental health and sustainability in neonatal care
- Ethical considerations and redirection of care
- Family-centered and culturally safe care
- Global collaboration and partnerships
- Healthcare worker wellbeing and workforce development
- Health and social challenges in vulnerable families
- Lactation, nutrition and feeding
- Leadership and advocacy
- Multidisciplinary collaborations in care
- Neonatal nurse advanced practice initiatives
- Neurodevelopmental care practice initiatives
- Policy and system change
- Quality improvement and original research projects
- Technology and digital health