Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged by email within three working days.
By providing us with your submission, you consent for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to send your personal data (your name, affiliations and email address) alongside your submission to a committee of international reviewers. This will mean that your information will be shared outside of the United Kingdom. Countries include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Pakistan, and USA. If you have any concerns, please contact us.
Notification of abstract acceptance will be by 30 June 2021.
Guidelines for presenters will be issued upon abstract acceptance.
Accepted abstracts will be included in an electronic abstract book and author names, affiliation(s), and presentation title will be published in the conference programme on kew.org.
The presenting author of a selected abstract will be required to register for the conference (fees below). Any author not registered by 16 July 2021 will have their presentation removed from the programme.
ISSS member: £100
Non-member: £150
ISSS student member: £50
Student non-member: £75
Low or lower-middle income countries: FREE
Final presentations will be sent to conference organisers as PowerPoint files no later than 26 July 2021.
Presenters will be responsible for ensuring that they have the appropriate equipment to deliver an online talk such as webcam, microphone and adequate internet connection. Further details will be issued upon abstract acceptance.
Presentations may be pre-recorded by the presenter. Recorded presentations will need to be sent to conference organisers by 26 July 2021 so that audio and video quality and timing can be checked. Presenters should be available for live Q&A even if their presentation is pre-recorded.
Presenters will need to attend at least one rehearsal session prior to the conference. These will be scheduled in the three weeks before the conference.
Conference sessions will be recorded, and recordings will be available to conference attendees. By providing us with your submission you consent for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to record your presentation and make it available to conference attendees via Zoom Webinar and as unlisted content on YouTube.