ICIS Abstract Submissions
The International Congress of Infant Studies is accepting abstract submissions for the XXIIV Biennial Congress to be held July 6-9 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama.
The congress will be comprised of pre-conference workshops, plenary speakers, invited speakers and symposia, contributed symposia and poster sessions. We encourage the ICIS community to submit their research for the upcoming congress.
ICIS Submission Key Dates
Late Breaking Poster Submission Open:
March 9th, 2026
Late Breaking Poster Submission Close:
March 27th, 2026
Late Breaking Posters
Please review the Late Breaking Poster submission instructions below carefully, before clicking the submission button.
Late Breaking Poster Submission Instructions
Please be prepared to provide the following information:
- Prepare an abstract title (max 130 character limit)
- Include all authors (primary and secondary) exactly as you wish them to appear on published material and in the correct order – please remember to include yourself on the author list if you are an author submitting a poster
- Confirm the name of the presenting author onsite at the congress
- Include an abstract (max 3500 characters – 500 words)
- Submit the abstract via ICIS’s online abstract management system. Please note, when submitting the abstract cut and paste it from a text editor (i.e. notepad, wordpad) to ensure it does not include underlying formatting that may cause errors. Do not copy/paste from a Word document as additional hidden formatting could be inserted into the submission.
- Please use standard APA citations (e.g., Smith & Brown, 1999) for any in text citations.
- Ensure the submission has been approved by all authors
- Graphics are encouraged but not required. They do not count toward the maximum word count for the submission. The two graphics allowed may be:
- 2 tables, or
- 2 figures, or
- 1 table plus 1 figure
Please note that all graphics must be incorporated into one single file. The file must be in Adobe PDF Format and you will upload the document at the end of the submission process. If you submit anything other than a PDF document, it will not be viewable.
Please note: If you previously submitted an abstract as part of a Symposia and you have been invited to submit that abstract as a late breaking poster, you can do this through the same link below. Please ensure you select the presentation type “Symposia converted to Poster” and have the Abstract ID from your original symposia submission, as this will be requested during the late breaking submission process.
*By submitting an abstract, you agree to present at the ICIS Meeting should your abstract be selected for the program.
Review Criteria
The theme of ICIS 2026 is Infancy in Context. The theme of ICIS 2026 is Infancy in Context. This theme begins with a simple truth: no infant develops in a vacuum. From home settings to broader ecological systems, from neural activity to caregiver interactions, and from urban centers to remote communities, context matters. Presenters will be encouraged to amplify the importance of studying infants across diverse populations and employing a range of methodological approaches to capture the full breadth of infant experiences.
Submitted abstracts should be original work and substantively different from papers that have been previously published. Abstracts should contain actual empirical data. For Posters only we will also accept a submission as a pre-registration, as long as the data will be collected and analyzed by the time of the conference. Each submission is evaluated by at least two members of either the first or second choice review panels identified, and conflicts are resolved by the panel chair(s).
Submissions are reviewed according to the following criteria:
- Clarity of formulation/conceptualization
- Submissions that centers the powerful influence of cultural, social, environmental, and methodological contexts in shaping early development.
- Creative and innovative approaches
- Adequacy of methods, design and analytics
- Appropriateness of interpretation(s)
- Current relevance of topic for developmental science

