SICOT welcomes you to submit scientific abstracts to the 46th Orthopaedic World Congress (OWC 2026). Abstract submission is open to both SICOT members and non-members. You may submit abstracts in two categories: podium presentations or e-posters.  

 Podium presentations are either  

• Free Papers (5 minutes presentation + 1 minute discussion)

OR

• Short Free Papers (3 minutes presentation + 1 minute discussion). Allocation of abstracts into Free Papers or Short Free Papers will be based on scoring by peer reviewers and at the discretion of the Scientific Programme Committee.  

OR

• JAM (Just-a-minute) sessions (1 minute presentations)

At submission, authors can choose to have any abstracts that are submitted for podium presentation but not accepted to be considered for e-poster display. 

KEY DATES 

Programme submission deadline: 15 February 2026 

Notification of abstract acceptance: early April 2026 

Deadline for early registration (with payment) for presenting authors: 30 April 2026 

GUIDELINES 

• The presenting author must submit the abstracts.
  If the presenting author must be changed after submission, contact
  sicot-abstracts@kit-group.org, indicating the abstract reference number, the full name, email address, institution and proof of consent of the new presenting author. 

• Abstracts must be submitted online via the abstract submission portal. Emailed abstracts will not be accepted. 

• Do not use all upper-case letters when entering your abstract text. 

• Abstracts must not exceed 250 words in length. 

• Graphs, tables, photographs or slides are not allowed

• Abstracts must be written in English. We highly recommend that the abstract is proofread for spelling and grammar errors by a fluent English speaker before submission. Abstracts written in poor English are less likely to be accepted

• The abstract’s title or authors’ names or affiliations must NOT appear in the body of the abstract. If these are disclosed in the abstract, that abstract will be disqualified. 

• Authors’ given and family names must be spelled out in full. Please do not use any initials

• The co-authors must be included in the list of authors at the time of submission and cannot be added later. 

• A maximum of 5 abstracts for podium presentations can be submitted per presenter. There is no restriction for e-poster submissions.  

• Each presenter can present a maximum of 2 podium presentations at the OWC. If more than 2 podium presentations are accepted for a single presenter, then a co-author must be nominated to present on the main author’s behalf

• Case reports will only be accepted as e-Poster.  

TERMS AND CONDITIONS  

The material submitted must not have been published in a journal nor presented at any national or international meeting before OWC 2026.

Submission of an abstract implies that the presenting author will register for and attend the OW 2026 Congress in Kyoto to present their accepted abstract(s) either as a podium presentation or as an e-poster. Certificates of Presentation will not be issued to presenters who do not attend the Congress and give their presentation(s) in the relevant session(s).  

‘No-show’ presenters will also be barred from submitting abstracts to the next SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress in 2027.

The Scientific Programme Committee reserves the right to change the topic and the form of presentation (free paper, short free paper, Just-a-Minute (JAM) paper, and e-poster) of the abstract or to reject it.