General Information

  • How to Participate

    Participants are limited to one presentation, either a minisymposium presentation, a contributed lecture presentation, or a poster presentation. Invited plenary speakers are exempt from this restriction. 

    This conference is scheduled to take place in a fully in-person format. Remote and pre-recorded presentations are not permitted; all presenters are expected to register and attend. 

    Submit a presentation in one of the formats listed below. 

  • Acceptance Notification

    Authors will be notified by email in mid-January 2027.

  • Speaker Cancellation

    Every presenting author is expected to register and attend the conference.  A “no-show” or cancelled presentation causes a serious inconvenience to attendees and organizers. 
     
    If it becomes necessary to cancel a presentation, an alternate presenter (preferably a co-author), should be scheduled. Review  SIAM Policy on Substitute Speakers and Remote Presentations and SIAM immediately with any change to a scheduled presentation. 

Submission Formats

Minisymposia

A minisymposium generally consists of four 25-minute presentations, with an additional five minutes for discussion after each presentation. To ensure balance, SIAM prefers a single individual not serve as a organizer or co-organizer of more than one minisymposium, however, organizers can submit up to three (3) parts per minisymposium, allowing up to twelve (12) speakers. SIAM also discourages minisymposia in which most of the speakers or co-authors come from the same institution.

A minisymposium comprised of multiple parts will be counted as a SINGLE minisymposium.

Participants are limited to one presentation, either a minisymposium presentation, a contributed lecture presentation, or a poster presentation. Minisymposium session organizers and individual speakers are equally responsible for ensuring participants adhere to the one talk per person rule.

The first speaker should provide an overview of the topic area. Each minisymposium speaker should submit an abstract no longer than 1,500 characters, including spaces. The organizing committee will referee minisymposium proposals. The number of minisymposia may be limited to retain an acceptable level of parallelism in sessions.

Please visit the Guidelines for Preparing a Minisymposium Proposal.

SIAM requires minisymposium organizers propose sessions with a minimum of three (3) confirmed speakers by the minisymposium submission deadline. Sessions submitted with a majority of speakers listed as “TBD/TBA,” or using placeholders, risk immediate rejection.

Prospective minisymposium organizers must submit a proposal consisting of a title, a description (not to exceed 1,500 characters, including spaces), a list of speakers, and presentation titles using the Conference Management System (CMS).

Deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals: October 26, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Eastern Time)
Deadline for submission of minisymposium speaker abstracts: November 23, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Eastern Time)

Contributed Presentations in Lecture or Poster Format

Contributed presentations in lecture or poster format are invited in all areas consistent with the themes. A lecture format is generally a 15-minute oral presentation with an additional five (5) minutes for discussion. Talk lengths will be determined by the co-chairs at the close of submissions.

Participants are limited to one presentation, either a minisymposium presentation, a contributed lecture presentation, or a poster presentation.

A poster format involves the use of non-electronic visual aids for mounting on a poster board. Poster boards are typically 4’ high x 8’ wide. A poster session is typically two hours long. Each contributor, either for a lecture or a poster, must submit a title and a brief abstract not to exceed 1,500 characters, including spaces.

Contributed presentations in lecture or poster format must be submitted using the Conference Management System (CMS).

Deadline for submission of contributed abstracts: November 23, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Eastern Time)