Information for authors and presenters

Information for authors, chairs and committees: instructions, deadlines, and tips

Prepare to share

The 2026 call for papers is open. Find information on these pages about being a presenter at SPIE Medical Imaging. Find the conference that best aligns with your research. Then, click into the conference to submit an abstract.

Guidelines for oral and poster presenters and a helpful to-do list.

View abstract guidelines

Why present and publish your work as part of SPIE Medical Imaging?

Here's how submitting an abstract puts a spotlight on your work:

Your participation in the conference gains you international visibility
Your research becomes a part of the world's permanent scientific record
Your work will be indexed in all relevant scientific databases*

Make sure that your research gets timely publication in the SPIE Digital Library.

*SPIE partners with relevant scientific databases to ensure visibility for your research, including Astrophysical Data System (ADS), Ei Compendex, CrossRef, Google Scholar, Inspec, Scopus, and Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

Prepare to share your work

Submit an abstract

First step of being part of the program: write an abstract for your work.

Prepare to present

Guidelines for oral and poster presenters, a to-do list, and due dates.

Author reviewing manuscript submission guidelines for SPIE Medical Imaging

Prepare your manuscript

Details and templates for preparing your paper for the SPIE Digital Library.

Chairs and committee members organize the conferences and present awards to authors

Chairs and committees

Timelines and overview of your duties before and during the event.

Important dates

Abstracts due	6 August 2025
Registration opens	October 2025
Authors notified and program posts online	27 October 2025
Applications open for RFW and conference awards	27 October 2025
Applications close for RFW and conference awards	28 November 2025
Submission system opens for manuscripts and poster PDFs*	15 December 2025
Poster PDFs due for spie.org preview and publication	21 January 2026
Manuscripts due	28 January 2026
Advance upload deadline for oral presentation slides**	13 February 2026

*Contact author or speaker must register prior to uploading
**After this date slides must be uploaded onsite at Speaker Check-in