About IRSI
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee is being formed. If you would like to be part of it, tell us who you are.
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What the committee does
The Scientific Committee shapes the scientific programme of the Summit: the call for abstracts, the review of what is submitted, and the balance of the programme across every part of the field.
Where things stand
This list changes only when the founding team confirms something.
What’s confirmed?
Updated 7 September 2026
Confirmed
- Dates
- 26–31 October 2027
- City
- Bruges, Belgium
- Seven communities
- Clinical practice, research, lived experience, technology, industry, education and policy
- Scientific themes
- Four main themes, each with its subthemes
- Submission tracks
- Six, from Focused Symposia to Instructional Workshops
- Language
- English, for abstracts and presentations
- Abstract submission
- Opens Autumn 2026
Still to be confirmed
- Scientific Committee
- Being formed. Members are published as they are confirmed.
- Abstract deadlines
- Provisional until the call opens. Exact dates and the submission platform come with the call.
- How abstracts are reviewed
- By the Scientific Committee and its Reviewing Panel. The procedure is published with the call.
- Indexing and proceedings
- Not decided. Nothing is promised until it is.
- Registration fees
- Published when registration opens.
- Practical information
- Visas and hotel rates are in preparation. Travel is published.
This list changes only when the founding team confirms something. If you need an answer before it is published, write to us.
Express your interest
What you send reaches the founding team directly. We will come back to you as the committee takes shape.
