Contributed abstracts

When submitting your abstract, please select whether you wish to share your research at the in-person or virtual meeting. Your selection may be changed until the abstract submission deadline of Oct. 22, 2026. It cannot be changed afterward.

Contributed abstracts for oral and poster presentations

Types of contributed presentations

Abstracts may be submitted either for oral presentations or poster presentations:

• An oral presentation is delivered within a 10-minute timeframe during a session and also includes two minutes for the presenter to address questions from the larger audience. Contributed sessions will not be recorded in 2027, but symposia and mini-symposia sessions will be recorded and available to all attendees for 90 days after the meeting. (Presenters may opt out of being recorded.)
• During an in-person poster presentation, the presenter will stand with a poster displaying their research in a designated space and engage attendees one-on-one. Virtual poster presenters will upload their poster and video recording, which will be available to all attendees online.
• Certain APS units are participating in SPARK presentations, which were piloted during the 2026 meeting. SPARK presentations are a hybrid of oral and poster sessions: each presenter gives a 2-minute talk, then stands by their digital poster for more in-depth discussion with attendees. This option will be available for selection under participating units within the abstract submission form.

Eligibility

To submit an abstract, you must be an APS member or a member of a reciprocal society. APS members may submit a contributed oral or poster abstract that lists a non-member as the presenter.

You must be logged into your APS web account to submit an abstract. If you do not have an account, you may create one.

The presenter must attend the meeting and give the presentation. The APS Program Committee, at its discretion, will accommodate author preferences regarding presentation type and schedule whenever possible.

Submitting multiple contributed abstracts

Speakers may give, at most, the following number of contributed talks:

• One technical oral talk (12-minute slot)
• One non-technical oral talk (12-minute slot)
• One poster talk (length of poster session)

A “non-technical” talk is defined as a talk that addresses issues of broad concern to the physics community, such as education, advocacy, public policy, or the history of science. These are typically presented in a session sponsored by an APS Forum or Committee.

The APS Program Committee, at its discretion, may accept additional technical abstracts as poster presentations if space is available.

Editing abstracts

Please proofread your abstract carefully before submitting it. You will be able to edit your abstract in the submission system up until the submission deadline.

Character limits

Contributed oral and poster abstracts are limited to approximately 1,300 characters.

Formatting

Please do not attempt to override the system defaults by introducing your own formatting in your abstract. APS will only correct misspellings in the authors' names or affiliations. APS will not add additional authors or re-order the author list after the abstract submission deadline has passed.

Withdrawing a contributed abstract

You may withdraw your contributed abstract online before the abstract submission deadline. After the deadline, please contact APS Abstract Help.

Accepted abstracts

All abstracts that comply with the submission guidelines will be accepted, and you will receive an email in December from APS notifying you that your abstract has been placed in the program. You are then responsible for confirming the session date and time and requesting any necessary changes. You may do so by contacting APS Abstract Help.

All presenters are required to register to attend the APS Global Physics Summit.

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