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Abstract Submission Guidelines

General Information & Deadlines

1.Abstracts MUST be submitted electronically via the online submission system by the given extended deadline of Tuesday 13 January 2026.

Abstracts received via fax, e-mail or received after the deadline will not be accepted and therefore will not be considered for the programme or publication.

2. Abstracts need to be submitted into the following topics:

• ACNE AND ACNEIFORM ERUPTION
• ATOPIC DERMATITIS
• AUTOIMMUNE AND AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASES
• DIAGNOSTICS
• GENODERMATOSES
• HAIR DISEASES
• INFECTIOUS
• INFLAMMATORY
• MISCELLANEOUS
• NEONATAL
• NEOPLASTIC / TUMORAL
• PIGMENTARY DISORDERS, NAEVI AND OTHER MOSAICS
• PSORIASIS
• TREATMENT
• VASCULAR ANOMALIES & OVERGROWTH

3. Abstracts must focus exclusively on pediatric patients. Submissions should clearly pertain to the pediatric population (typically defined as individuals from birth through 18 years of age). Abstracts that do not center on pediatric subjects will not be considered for review.

4. A preferred presentation method should be selected during the submission from the following options:

• Oral Presentation
• Poster Presentation

Please note, oral presentations will be presented in the Free Communication Sessions.

5. Once the abstract is “submitted” it can be changed until the extended Abstract Submission Deadline of 13 January 2026.

6. All abstracts will be reviewed by the ESPD Scientific Committee who will consider its formal aspects and the content. They will decide which abstracts will be accepted.

7. Accepted abstracts will be published in the online Abstract Book. Abstracts not suitable for display will be rejected. Please have your abstract checked for correct spelling, punctuation, grammar and formal structure. The organiser reserves the right to edit abstracts if necessary prior to the publication in the online ESPD Congress Abstract Book.

8. All presenting authors will receive an acceptance/rejection notification via e-mail by 28 January 2026.

9. All presenting authors are obliged to register by Tuesday, 10 February 2026.

Abstract Formatting

10. All abstracts must be written in English.

11. The abstract title is limited by 20 words and must be submitted using the sentence case, which is the lower case except where capital letters are commonly used (eg. 'My abstract about ESPD 2026 will be presented in Padova').

12. Up to 20 authors can be submitted for one abstract (including the presenting author).

The presenting author is selected first; other authors can be added only when the presenting author is submitted. However, the author order can be changed if needed by swopping the names in the list of the authors. The first name is considered to be the main author.

13. The maximum abstract length is 300 words, no pictures allowed.

14. All submissions should follow the following structure: Objectives, Method, Results and Discussion

15. The number of submitted abstracts per one submitter/author is limited up to 5 abstracts.

In case of any questions or comments or may you need any assistance please kindly contact us via email abstracts@espd.info.

Thank you, 

25th ESPD Congress Secretariat
C-IN
abstracts@espd.info