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Abstract Submission Instructions

The Congress Committee for ESOPRS 2026 invites delegates to submit a paper for oral, poster and video presentation at the forthcoming ESOPRS 2026 Congress.

Call For Abstracts

Submission open: 2 February 2026
Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2026 (23:59hrs GMT)
Decision on acceptance/rejection: 3rd June 2026 (authors will get a notification within a few days of the 3rd)

Upon acceptance of the abstract, all presenting authors must be registered and the registration fee settled by: 17th June 2026.

Presenting authors not confirmed by 17th June 2026 will have their abstracts removed.

If the abstract is not accepted by the Scientific Committee, the registration fee will be refundable if the author decides not to attend the congress. An administrative fee of 75.00€ will be withheld

By submitting an abstract, the authors thereby guarantee that the abstract submitted describes unpublished results. The criteria for accepting abstracts will be based on the degree of originality. In order to make the reviewers work as efficient and the selection as objective as possible, the following instructions should be observed.

Abstract Submission Instructions

Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the ESOPRS 2026 website.

The abstract must be written in English.

The title or text is not to indicate the country of origin, unless it is pertinent to the topic. Avoid abbreviations in the title.

Abstract text should be a maximum 1800 characters.

Presentation format:

  1. Oral presentation
  2. E-poster
  3. Video

Authors may be offered a different format following review by judges.

Videos are presentations of “Surgical techniques” are NOT ePosters.

Video submission (maximum duration is 5 minutes) requires a short written structured abstract. Please provide a link to the video file location (eg dropbox link or video site link).

Please note the maximum file size is 2GB and the video files should be in the following format: MP4 (ideally) or MOV, WMV, or AVI.

The structure of the abstract should be as follows:

  • Objectives
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion / Conclusions

No figures or grafts are accepted.

Case Study/Case Report abstracts may be submitted and do not need to follow the abstract structure as detailed above.

Classify the abstract within the topic which best describes the abstract:

  1. Eyelid
  2. Lacrimal
  3. Orbit
  4. Socket
  5. Aesthetic

It is the author’s responsibility to submit a correct abstract; any errors in spelling, grammar, or scientific fact will be published as typed by the author, if accepted. Poor English may be a cause for rejection.

If you do not complete the submission process, your information will be held in “draft” until you return later to complete your submission. Changes to the abstract are possible through your personal page.

Please keep in mind that your abstract must be fully submitted, before the deadline 30 April 2026 (23:59hrs GMT)

Each author may serve as Presenting Author for a maximum of two abstracts.

Full presentation specification will be made available on the website and forwarded together with the abstract acceptance.

The Corresponding Author will receive all correspondence concerning the abstract and is responsible for informing the other authors of the status of the abstract.

Acknowledgement of abstract receipt will be sent automatically to the registered email address. If you do not receive the confirmation upon the submission, please contact ESOPRS Abstract department at: esoprs26@veranatura.pt

Disclosure – Conflict of Interest

All presenters (invited speaker and abstract submitter) must declare any potential conflict of interest. Presenters will also have to incorporate a disclosure slide in their presentation (a template will be included with the presentation guidelines). Disclosure is mandatory for all presenters, whether they have a conflict of interest to disclose or not.

Additional Notes

Please ensure you have patient consent. You might be asked to confirm this at any stage of the submission process. It is your responsibility to ensure that your patients know how their data is being used.

Submissions of novel research in the fields of orbit, lacrimal and oculoplastic surgery are invited.

It is compulsory to all the authors to know about the plagiarism and how to avoid it by following ethical guidelines.

You can submit an abstract here