The IPCRG abstract main deadline is 22nd February 2026. In addition, we have an early deadline of 14th December 2025, for those who need longer timelines, for instance to arrange visa, travel or apply for time, and a Late-breaking abstract deadline of 19th April 2026 to allow those whose data is not available before the initial deadline. Acceptance for the late breaking deadline is not guaranteed as the numbers of late-breaking abstracts that can be accepted into the programme slots will be very limited, so we encourage you to submit as early as you can.
Our audience is academics, clinicians and patient representatives. The IPCRG welcomes abstracts from academics and all members of the multi-professional team, including patients and patient representatives, so long as it is relevant to this global respiratory community. Topics should be related to the prevention, diagnosis, management and palliation of communicable and non-communicable respiratory diseases, and respiratory risk factors in family medicine, primary care centres, outpatient clinics and other settings where diagnosis and prescription is carried out. Abstracts are a maximum of 300 words and may include one figure or table. The call for abstracts will open on early October 2025.
For 2026 we are particularly encouraging abstracts which include real world evidence and good practice examples, and those addressing our conference theme of listening deeply. Following a very successful first session at our 8th Scientific Meeting in Brașov, Romania, we are also accepting abstracts for Creative Enquiry Presentations, which express lived experience through creative or artistic media to help think creatively. This can be proposed in all 3 abstract categories. Simply tick the ‘creative communications’ box if you wish to present in this format. Examples of this sort of presentation can be found here.
Specifically for Tunis, we are encouraging abstracts on environmental issues such as dust, heat, air pollution, tobacco use and vaping prevention and cessation, planetary health, health equity, adolescent health and the use of social media and AI for health information. This aligns with IPCRG’s partnership in the FRESHAIR4Life project funded by Horizon Europe and UKRI, and compliments our own strategic objectives. The full abstracts guide on the conference website will provide more detailed guidance and information.
Your abstract may be a summary of the findings of exploratory, effectiveness or implementation research that addresses a clinical question and uses a research method. You must include data and the work must be relevant to a primary care audience with an interest in respiratory health. Bear in mind that IPCRG campaigns for patient care to be evidence-based, using evidence from real life, and includes populations representative of primary care populations.
The questions from our Research Prioritisation exercise provide a useful guide to what would be of most interest to our audience.
Use the IMRaD format (meta-analyses may require a different format), including an Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion.
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The Research Ideas category is for proposals for research that has been carefully planned but is yet to be conducted. This can include protocols for approved research, which may already be underway.
The abstract should include the research question, background, methodology and questions to discuss.
IPCRG actively encourages practitioners to submit an abstract, being aware that there are few academic centres of primary respiratory care. We would be delighted to receive abstracts describing a research question and a methodology that can then benefit from peer discussion and challenge to increase research capability in primary care respiratory research.
The questions from our Research Prioritisation exercise are a good starting point for your research ideas, and ideas can include air quality, tobacco use and dependence, physical activity, breathlessness, cough, asthma, COPD, multi-morbidity including chronic respiratory disease, respiratory infections including TB, RSV and post-COVID syndrome.
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Service Development & Evaluation abstracts should evaluate an intervention to create and/or improve a service or interventions that benefit respiratory health, including educational interventions and quality improvement programmes. This can include surveys.
It should include the aim, outline of context, a brief description of the change and why you thought it would work, your strategy for change, impact and lessons learned.
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Word Count & Format: There is a maximum of 300 words allowed for the body of the abstract.
Figures and tables: You may include one image or table to illustrate the work further. Please ensure that you have permission to use any images that you display in your abstract submission; otherwise, you may be liable for copyright infringement and associated charges. Images can be in any format and up to 5MB in size. Any patient-identifiable images must have the patient’s written permission for display. Note on adding tables and images: Tables and Diagrams can be uploaded added and added as supporting files and not to the abstract’s body text. Tables or Diagrams should be uploaded as jpg. or png. files and clearly labelled e.g. 1) Tables: Table 1 – Table title 2) Diagrams: Figure 1 – Figure Title.
Abstracts should be written in full sentences in English: A correct sentence structure and grammar must be used and please check your spelling. Abstracts must be written in plain English. If this is your second language, please have your abstract proofread by a colleague with good written English skills (Il en va de même en français pour les résumés en langue française).
Review Process and Outcome: All abstracts will be peer-reviewed and authors submitting by the main deadline of 22 February 2026 will be notified of the outcome by 16 March 2026.
If you wish for your abstract to be reviewed early to help with your visa, funding or travel arrangements please submit by 14 December 2025. The outcome will be notified by 23 December 2025. Abstracts submitted on 19 April 2026 will be notified of the outcome by 28 April 2026.
Late-breaking abstracts €50: For the second year, we are offering the opportunity to submit late-breaking abstracts for the World Conference. This deadline is 19 April 2026. There are only 10 slots available for late breakers, so we strongly encourage you to submit your abstract by the first deadline, 22 February. If you are unable to do this, there is a late-breaking abstract option, but we cannot guarantee there will be space in the programme. Please also note that the review of late-breaking abstracts is not free; a €50 administrative fee applies for each Late-Breaking Abstract submission (non-refundable).
All abstracts with author permission will also be added to IPCRG online resources and IPCRG will disseminate these to its network.
Please read the above carefully before submitting.