Please submit your abstract(s) using the online submission form for consideration for POSTER presentation at the OPAT Workshops.

All accepted abstracts will be published in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

The deadline for abstract submission for the Glasgow workshop is 1700hrs BST on Friday 13 June 2025
The deadline for abstract submission for the London, Belfast, London (paediatric) and Bristol workshops is 1700hrs BST on Friday 8 August 2025.

Please note our Conditions of Submission:

• Abstracts must be submitted by the deadlines stated above. Submissions received after this time may not be considered.
• The first author should ideally be the presenting author. The presenting author must register for the conference and can attend either in-person or virtually.
• PLEASE NOTE: It is the responsibility of the author(s) to provide printed poster(s) in A0 portrait for abstracts accepted for presentation.
• All abstracts are to be submitted using the online submission form. Please use the Supporting documents button to upload your full abstract in a Word file that includes the complete abstract formatted as specified below.
• Please do not include figures, tables or references in your abstract (these can be presented in your poster, or slides for an oral presentation, but the abstract should be text only).

By submitting the abstract you confirm, and on behalf of any co-contributors, the following:

a) to publish the final version of the conference abstract in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, and to distribute it and/or to communicate it to the public, either within the Journal, on its own, or with other related material throughout the world, in printed, electronic or any other format or medium whether now known or hereafter devised;
b) to make translations of the abstract and to distribute them to the public; to authorise or grant licenses to third parties to do any of the above;
c) to deposit copies of the abstract in online archives maintained by OUP or by third parties authorised by OUP; and
d) to administer subsidiary rights agreements with third parties for the full period of copyright and all renewals, extensions, revisions and revivals.

Format of Abstracts:
Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words and contain:

1. a title;
2. the full list of authors (in the order they should appear on the published abstract);
3. all author affiliations (including institution, city and country for each);
4. an initial statement of specific objectives of the study, unless this is given in the title;
5. a brief statement of methods;
6. a summary of the results obtained;
7. specific conclusions.

For example, standard headings are Background (optional), Objectives, Patients and methods (or Methods), Results, and Conclusions.

For any queries regarding abstract submissions, please contact Esme Carruthers.