Call for Submissions
Abstracts and Workshop Proposals
The 2026 7 Experiences Summit features two submission formats: research abstracts and workshop proposals. Selected research abstracts will be organized into both oral and poster sessions. Please indicate your delivery format preference on your proposal. Oral research sessions will last one hour and will include 3–4 research presentations followed by a “research to practice” conversation with a practicing professional, Workshops will last one hour. A poster session is scheduled for the second evening of the conference. Presenters of oral research sessions and accepted posters are expected to register for and attend the conference.
Two-page abstracts must include the following elements:
- TITLE: The title is limited to 15 words. The title should be bolded and entered in sentence case (i.e., only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized).
- PREFERRED FORMAT: research presentation, poster presentation, or both.
- STUDENT AWARDS: If you are a student, you may choose to have your presentation judged for the Student Awards. If so, please designate whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student.
- AUTHOR INFORMATION: Enter authors in the order they should appear in the abstract. Provide institutional affiliations and contact information.
- KEYWORDS: Provide 3–5 key words.
- ABSTRACT LENGTH AND FORMATTING: All abstracts must be in English and can be no longer than two pages, single-spaced (Times New Roman 12-point font, one-inch margins), not including references, tables, and figures. Please use APA Seventh Edition citation guidelines for citations and headers. Abstracts should include Introduction (rationale), Methods, Results, and Discussion sections.
Proposals need to include the following elements:
- TITLE: The title is limited to 15 words. The title should be entered in sentence case (i.e., only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized).
- AUTHOR INFORMATION: Enter authors in the order they should appear in the abstract. Provide institutional affiliations and contact information.
- AUTHOR QUALIFICATIONS: Briefly (50 words or less) explain why the author(s) is qualified to conduct the proposed workshop.
- SESSION DESCRIPTION: Describe the purpose, content, and structure in 200 words or less.
- LEARNING OUTCOMES: Provide 3–5 learning outcomes. One sentence per learning outcome. Start each learning outcome sentence with “At the end of this workshop, attendees will be able to ________.”
- WORKSHOP STRUCTURE: Please describe how this session will be delivered (i.e., the number of presenters, format of session, interactivity) in 100 words or less.
- FORMATTING: Please use a 10- or 12-point font, one-inch margins, and single-spacing. Use APA Seventh Edition citation guidelines for citations and headers.