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Scientific Abstracts and Workshop submissions

We are excited to announce the opening for both Scientific Abstracts and Educational Workshops submissions for the 22nd SIO International Conference, hosted by Dana Farber Cancer Institute on October 27 to 29, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference theme “The Future of Integrative Oncology: Bridging Cultures, Embracing Innovation and Fostering Unity”.  Submissions are welcome from all members of the integrative oncology community including trainees and persons with a cancer diagnosis.

Please take careful note of the submission deadlines, as we do not anticipate any extensions.

  • January 13, 2025: Call for workshop proposals opens
  • February 16, 2025: Call for workshop proposal closes
  • March 16, 2025: Workshops accepted

 

  • March 17, 2025: Call for abstracts opens
  • April 28, 2025: Call for abstracts closes
  • June 2, 2025: Abstracts accepted

The link to the Oxford Abstracts submission portal for educational workshop submissions is below.

The 22nd annual conference will have both in person and virtual attendance options, but workshops will only be available to those who attend in person and will not be recorded for the virtual attendees. We will have 8 slots of 60 minutes to host an educational workshop during the core schedule of the conference from October 27 to 29, and 8 slots of 105 minutes to offer a more detailed educational workshop on the morning prior to the official start of the conference on Monday, October 27th am. Those who are selected to present a scientific abstract (poster or oral) or an educational workshop are expected to present physically in-person, not virtually.

Although SIO has identified English as the most common language among its members, SIO is committed to language access. If you need accommodations for language access, please let us know. We will do our best to facilitate.

The deadline to submit workshop proposals is midnight Pacific Time on February 16, 2025.

The deadline to submit scientific abstracts will be midnight Pacific Time on April 28, 2025.

The submissions must be relevant to the field of integrative oncology, and should specifically address the conference theme: “The Future of Integrative Oncology: Bridging Cultures, Embracing Innovation and Fostering Unity”.

Members of the SIO 2025 Scientific Review Committee will evaluate the quality of scientific abstract submissions based on the following criteria:

  • Significance – impact on the science and practice of integrative oncology
  • Approach – Study design, sample size, novelty of research
  • Presentation – Clarity, logic, completeness of data presented
  • Relevance to conference theme

Scores will be given for each category on a 1-5 scale. Commercial bias is not a reason for automatic exclusion but must be acknowledged in the proposal and a plan to manage that bias made clear in the proposal if appropriate. Scientific abstracts will have a 500 word limit.

Members of the SIO 2025 Scientific Review Committee will evaluate the quality of the educational workshop submissions based on the following criteria:

  • Relevance to conference theme – How well does the workshop align with our SIO 2025 theme?
  • Scientific support and content – How much of the workshop content is supported by scientific research?
  • Impact on Clinical Practice – Does the workshop provide actionable strategies that attendees can apply in their clinical practice?
  • Clarity and Interactivity – Does the workshop provide clear goals, content and level of experiential involvement or interactive discussion with attendees (the more interactive, the better)?
  • Diversity and Inclusion – Does the workshop include a diversity of speakers from different cancer centers, countries qualifications, and perspectives?
  • Diversity of disciplines/modalities – Does the workshop have potential to appeal to a broad range of attendees?

To be clear diversity and inclusion is equally important in scientific abstract review but will be more assimilated into the scoring for Approach/Presentation. For guidance on how diversity and inclusion principles influence the review process, we encourage authors to review this guidance on diversity and inclusion. Workshop submissions are limited to less than 500 words.

Format Requirements:

  • Session title (20 words or less)
  • Key words (up to 5)
  • Submitter name and contact information
  • Presenter names and details (up to 6)
  • Learning objectives (500 words or less)
  • Target audience (100 words or less)
  • Description (500 words or less)
  • References (optional)
  • Workshop format (consideration for pre-conference or conference program)

OPENS MONDAY, JANUARY 13

 

 

 

Also please be aware that we will have an opening for “late breaking abstracts” after the above deadlines for workshops and scientific abstracts is past us, but abstracts submitted at that time will only be eligible for poster consideration (not oral presentation as that lineup will already have been decided).

Primary Author Responsibilities:

If the material has been accepted for publication or has recently been published, it is the author’s responsibility to make sure that the journal’s copyright rules are not violated.  If chosen, the organizers and speakers must disclose conflicts of interest as required by continuing education accreditation bodies. Submissions are limited to a 500 word maximum.

SIO has the right to review and select workshops and abstracts at its discretion for reconsideration in a different form. A common scenario might be that the workshop submission might not be at the top of the list, but the Education Committee might feel it still would serve as an excellent webinar for SIO attendees and applicants might be offered an opportunity to present the topic as a webinar outside of the annual conference format October 27 to 29, 2025.