The Open Fora are a great way to educate the ECTS community on important topics to you, gain international visibility and broaden your outreach by being part of the ECTS Annual Congress Pre-Congress Day.
Individuals, societies, institutions, groups, are invited to submit programme suggestions for the organisation of an Open Forum, to be held on Friday 23 May 2025, during ECTS 2025 in Innsbruck.
Call for Open Fora Proposals
- Proposals should be submitted via the online submission form below.
- Deadline for programme suggestions is 5 September 2024
- An application without an established scientific programme will not be considered.
- The evaluation and approval of the proposed open forum programme by the Scientific Programme Committee will be based on the information provided in the submission form.
What you should do:
- Approach the chairs and speakers you would like to suggest for the session and verify that they plan to attend ECTS 2025.
- Decide if you want to also include oral presentations from the ECTS 2025 submitted abstracts.
- Fill in the form below by 5 September indicating the Open Forum title and content including chairs and speakers.
- SPC reviews the programme and speakers in September 2024 with final approval in October 2024
- If programme approved, you assume responsibility for the management of the session.
What ECTS will do:
- SPC reviews the programme and speakers in September 2024 with final approval in October 2024
- Incorporates the session into the official congress programme
- Provides a meeting room and facilities free of charge
- Provides complimentary congress registration for up to two persons (e.g. chair or speaker)
Guidance
Before submitting your proposal, we invite you to check how the ECTS organises its Annual Congress.
Please also bear in mind the importance of a coherent scientific programme with top quality speakers.
We therefore recommend:
- To mention only names of speakers that you have heard lecturing yourself and that you know are very good, educational, top quality speakers.
- To consider country and gender balance
Key Dates
- Deadline for Open Forum programme suggestions: 5 September 2024
- Review and preliminary feedback by the Scientific Programme Committee: before end September 2024
- Final approval by the Scientific Programme Committee: before end October 2024