Call for ADEA symposia and masterclasses

Presentation Formats

The ADC offers two presentation categories – Symposia and Masterclasses. During the symposia abstract submission process, you will be asked to select your preferred category. Please see the descriptions below when selecting the most appropriate choice. Please note that in the event your submission is accepted for a presentation, you may be allocated a different presentation format than the one you have selected during the submission process.

Symposium: A symposium should include 2-4 presenters (4 presenters max), each presenting different aspects of a topic that is logically developed and thought-provoking. It may provide new information, application of evidence or an opportunity to generate discussion. Symposia should be appropriate for audiences of 100+ delegates and will be held in large meeting rooms, with chairs arranged in rows (lecture-theatre-style).

Masterclass: A masterclass should be presented by 2-3 presenters (3 presenters max) with a focus on a particular topic and explore the practical applicability of research or theory to practice. It should allow sufficient time for audience questions and/or provide some hands-on or group practicum. Masterclasses should be appropriate for audiences of 50-100 delegates and will be held in large meeting rooms, with chairs arranged in rows. Masterclasses should be appropriate for audiences of 50-100 delegates and will be held in a large meeting room, with chairs arranged in round table formats with 5 to 8 chairs per table (cabaret style). 

Some key topics of interest for ADC27 include:

• Cultural competency in diabetes care 
• Diabetes management in the transgender population
• Diabetes management in multiple birth pregnancies
• Diabetes and oral health
• Integrating AI use into clinical care and diabetes self-management
• Integrative medicine and diabetes care

 Submissions featuring local presenters are encouraged.

Presentation Length

All sessions, regardless of the category can be 1.5 or 2 hours in length. This includes your session opening/speaker introductions and your session closing/question time. The length of your session will be confirmed upon notification of your outcomes.

Session Chair

You are welcome to chair your own session or nominate your own chair(s) (2 chairs max) for your session who are likely to be familiar with your topic and be able to ask insightful questions and moderate audience questions. You will be asked to include contact details for your session chair(s) as part of your abstract submission. If contact details for your session chair(s) have not been provided, you will be allocated a chair at the discretion of the Program Organising Committee.

Training for session chairs will be available closer to the date.

Lived Experience Inclusion

ADEA strongly encourages all symposium and masterclass submissions to include the voices of people with lived experience of diabetes. Lived experience brings depth, relevance and authenticity to discussions of diabetes care, and helps delegates connect evidence and practice to what matters most to people living with diabetes. This can be done in several ways: a person with lived experience could join your session as a co-presenter (within the maximum of three presenters), serve as a session co-chair, or have their perspectives built into the presentation itself, for example through shared stories, co-designed content or recorded insights shared with consent.

Important - Creating your submission

ADEA encourages everyone referring to and about people with diabetes to be mindful of the power of language. When writing your abstract and preparing your presentation, please refer to the Diabetes Australia Language Position Statement, which is also available on the website in the call for abstracts tab.

Your abstract should provide delegates with an overview of your proposed session. A template is available to download here and will guide you to provide the following sections as part of your abstract.

• Formatting: Please ensure sentence case is used in your title and throughout your abstract and your spelling is correct. Abstracts should be typed into this template and saved on your computer for later reference. The filename of the Word document should be named as the first five words of your abstract title. It should contain alpha/numeric characters only. The abstract should be typed in Arial font, size 11pt.
• Title (max. 10 words): The title should be as brief as possible and clearly indicate the nature of the abstract. If you wish to include a subtitle, it must be included in this field and included in the 10-word limit.
• Presenters: Please provide details of all proposed presenters including their name, email address, ADS or ADEA member number (if applicable) and their residential state.
• Session Chair: Please provide details of the nominated session chair(s), including their name and email address.
• Session description (max. 200 words): Please provide an overview of the session, including key content each presenter intends to cover.
• Evidence base (max. 100 words): Where appropriate, please include a brief description and citations of the evidence that supports your session or will be presented and discussed during the session.
• Key learning objectives (max. 100 words): Please identify the key knowledge and/or skills that delegates will achieve by the conclusion of the session. Key learning objects can be presented in dot point form.
• Permission to publish: You are required to provide permission on behalf of all presenters and affiliations associated with the submission, for the session to appear on the ADC 2027 Congress website, Congress app and in printed Congress material if it is accepted for presentation.

Once you are satisfied with your submission, click submit. You will be given an ID number and a unique paper number, please use these in any communication when emailing the congress office.

Please create a new account below to register a submission. If you have already created an account in 2027 please sign in with your email address and password. If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to contact us at adc@theconferencecompany.com.(mailto:adc@theconferencecompany.com), within Australia on 1800 193 406, or

internationally on +64 9 3601240.

Note that you will need to create a new account for 2027 even if you created an account for the Australasian Diabetes Congress 2025 or the IDF-WPR 2026 & ADC 2026 & Metabolic Diseases 2026

If you have any queries please don't hesitate to contact us at adc@theconferencecompany.com, within Australia on 1800 193 406, or internationally on +64 9 3601240.