For Presenters

Thank you to all those who submitted an abstract to the 37th International Symposium on ALS/MND. All presenting authors have been contacted and notified of the Programme Committee’s decision.

If you have been allocated an oral, poster or WIP/CP poster presentation please make sure you have registered for the Symposium. Please note if you are presenting at the Symposium you must register to attend in-person. If you have not registered yet please do so as soon as possible. 

Withdrawing your abstract

If there has been a change of presenting author, please notify us at abstracts@mndassociation.org, as soon as possible.

If you would like to withdraw your abstract, please email abstracts@mndassociation.org. Due to publishing deadlines, any abstracts withdrawn after 4 September 2026 will still be published in the Symposium abstract book (which is a supplement of the journal Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration) and on the MND Association website.

Key dates

Abstract submission opens 5 May 2026
Abstract submission deadline 9 July 2026 (23:59 UK time)
Notification of abstract decision August 2026
Withdrawal deadline 4 September 2026 (23:59 UK time)
Poster submission (PDF) opens Mid-September 2026
Poster submission (PDF) deadline  Mid-November 2026 (23:59 UK time)
Abstract book published on website Early November 2026
Symposium 9–11 December 2026