Call for abstracts for the Blast and Conflict Injury Conference 2026

Submission Open: 09:00 on Friday 16th January 2026

Submission Deadline: 17:00 on Friday 13th February 2026

Notification of Acceptance: Friday 27th February 2026

We welcome abstract submissions from clinicians, researchers, humanitarian practitioners, rehabilitation specialists, innovators, and defence medical experts working across conflict, crisis and resource-limited settings. 

Guidelines for submission 

  • Word Limit (not including title and authors) : 350 words
  • Title Word Limit: 30 words
  • Tables/Images: Either one table or one image in GIF, JPEG, JPG or PNG format of a minimum of 300 dpi and 100% size. Higher resolution is strongly preferred. 
  • Structure of Abstract: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References.
  • Abstracts may include work that is ongoing, provided that preliminary results or initial findings are available at the time of submission.
  • There is no submission fee.
  • AI Disclaimer: If you used AI technology to assist in creating content for your presentation or writing your abstract, you will need to provide the name of the tool, its application, and how you used it during the abstract submission process.

We invite abstracts for oral and poster presentations within the following themes:

  • Patient centred care across the casualty pathway
  • Rehabilitation, Recovery, and long-term support
  • Frugal, accessible, and sustainable innovations for casualty care and recovery 
  • Regional crises and context-specific lessons
  • Protection from blast & conflict injury
  • Epidemiology and pathophysiology of blast & conflict injury 

The style of study may include (but not limited to):

  • Original research
  • Clinical case series or case-based insights
  • Implementation or service delivery experience 
  • Evaluations of rehabilitation programmes 
  • Innovation proof-of-concept
  • Learning points from regional crisis

Submit your abstract to conflictandblastconference@imperial.ac.uk

If you have any questions, then please contact conflictandblastconference@imperial.ac.uk