IAIA25: Submit an Abstract

Guidelines and Policies for Presenting Authors

Thank you for your interest in IAIA’s annual conference, to be held 1-4 May 2025 in Bologna, Italy. This year’s theme is “Impact Assessment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.”

To ensure a smooth abstract submission and follow-up process, please note the following information, guidelines, and policies.

Potential presenters are required to check the bottom of this form confirming that they have read and understand this information before continuing the submission process.


All Presenters/Speakers Must Submit an Abstract

A paper is the oral summary of the findings of a prepared paper, research, or project. Even if you do not have a written paper and/or do not expect to prepare a written paper, i.e., if you are an invited speaker, panelist, workshop participant, etc., you are considered an “author” and must submit an abstract. The “abstract” is the description of what you will be presenting or discussing.

In a poster session, there is no formal oral presentation; instead, the author is assigned a display area on which diagrams, graphics, data, pictures/photos, and a small amount of text are presented. The abstract is the summary of what you will be presenting visually.

Two options for abstract submissions are available:

  1. Submit a Paper abstract for in-person presentation in Bologna.
  2. Submit a Poster abstract for in-person presentation in Bologna.

No pre-recorded or streamed presentations will be possible.

Submission Deadline and Confirmation of Submission

The deadline for abstracts is 31 October 2024. Submissions close at 11:59pm US Central Standard Time. (No exceptions.) It is your responsibility to address questions about submissions to HQ before this date so that if there is a problem, we can still help you make the submission on time.

All abstracts must be submitted via the online form. Abstracts not sent via the online form will not be considered.

Upon successful submission of your abstract, you will receive an automatic e-mail notice. Be sure to save the confirmation of submission notice for reference in case of a problem or question. If you do not receive a confirmation, your abstract has not been successfully submitted, your email address is incorrect, or your spam filter has blocked the message. Please check your spam filter, then try again, or contact jen@iaia.org for assistance.

Abstract Information

The following information will be requested in the online form when you submit your abstract.

  • Create a new username and password to use this submission system. 
  • How you plan to make your presentation
    • Oral presentation (continue filling out the form)
    • Poster (Click “Click here to submit a poster abstract” at the top of the page)
  • Preferred session in which you will present if you are making an oral presentation (list at https://2025.iaia.org/pages/sessions.php).
  • Presentation title (75 characters maximum, including spaces).
  • Abstract text (1600 characters maximum, including spaces – approximately 250 words). The Program Committee will use this text to assess the quality of the potential presentation.
  • Summary statement (190 characters maximum, including spaces – approximately 30 words). If your presentation is accepted, this text will be used online and in the mobile app.
  • Presenting author name, email, company, and country(This is you! You will be the primary contact person for this submission and the person responsible for presenting on-site. Do not submit an abstract on behalf of someone else or using someone else’s email.)
  • Presenting author bio (190 characters maximum, including spaces – approximately 30 words). If accepted, the session chair will use this to introduce you to the audience in Bologna.
  • Media consent (yes or no). Allows IAIA to use any media taken at or submitted to this event, and confirms you have any necessary permissions to use the materials in your presentation.
  • OPTIONAL: Co-author(s) name, email, company, and country if applicable.

Presenting Author/Speaker

Do not submit an abstract on behalf of someone else or with someone else’s email address. This ensures that the submission record is correct and the presenter receives important conference communications from the beginning of the process.

Please ensure that the person who will be making the presentation at the conference (hereinafter referred to as “you”) is listed as the “Presenting Author,” even if that person is not the lead writer or researcher of the paper or project.

Number of Submissions

Participation as a session chair, a session co-chair, a presenting author of a paper or poster, or speaker or other participant of any kind is limited to one session per person.

For example, you may 1) chair one session, 2) co-chair one session, or 3) be the presenter of one paper or one poster. You may be a co-author of a paper and/or a poster (i.e., not the person making the presentation) an unlimited number of times.

If your name is attached to more than one submission as a session chair, co-chair, or presenting author, only your first submission will be considered. Additional submissions and/or your name on additional submissions will be dropped from the program without further notice.

There is one exception:  session chairs/co-chairs may submit abstracts to the sessions they are chairing; however, they should plan to be the last speaker in the session.

Changing or substituting presenting authors is permitted until the session chair/presenting

author registration deadline of 22 January 2025. A substitute may not exceed the one session-

per-person rule.

Language

The primary language of the conference is English, and your abstract should be submitted in English.

Registration

Presenting authors are required to register and pay fees by 22 January 2025. At that time, your presentation will be dropped from the program if you are not yet registered with fees paid in full. (No exceptions.)

Registration is available online beginning in October.

Funding and Visas

Please submit your abstract only if you have a budget to attend the conference or are very likely to have funding available by the registration deadline. You are encouraged to begin planning visa arrangements now, as the process can take several months.

You are responsible for arranging your own funding; IAIA does not have funds available to pay registration or travel expenses.

Deadlines and Registration Policies

Please respect deadlines, submission guidelines, and registration policies, as they are firm. No exceptions will be made.

You are encouraged to mark your calendar with important dates and make plans before deadlines in order to avoid unexpected work or travel conflicts, technical problems, or other delays.

Publication Notice

IAIA reserves first publication rights on all conference materials. Permission from IAIA must be obtained by conference participants who wish to publish elsewhere.

Stakeholder Engagement Policy

Presenting at an IAIA conference or chairing/facilitating a session within an IAIA conference cannot explicitly nor implicitly be represented as constituting stakeholder engagement.

Communications from IAIA

Please set your spam filter to accept messages from “@iaia.org” and “IAIAweb.” IAIAweb is the address of the server that sends messages from the program committee to you via our online submission and review database, so do not reply to it.

Please take note of the notification deadlines. If you do not receive a confirmation of submission  or other notices from IAIA via email, in the first instance, please check that the e-mail address you submitted is correct and that your spam filter is not blocking messages.

If you are not receiving expected communications, it is your responsibility to let us know so that we can assist you in time to ensure that you remain on the program.

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