Submission Info

Proposals for oral and poster presentations are now invited. Based on feedback from the call for sessions, presentations which address the conference’s key theme, “Embracing our differences: Sharing perspectives on stuttering and cluttering" and the following topics are particularly welcome:

·         Epigenetics

·         Subtypes of fluency disorders

·         What does the evidence base really tell us?

·         Conflicts and paradigms within the fluency field

·         Clinical guidelines

·         Relevance of brain imaging findings for people with fluency disorders and their clinicians

·         Clinical relevance of social networking and social support

·         Treatment of stuttering, cluttering or other fluency disorders

·         Panel debates

The following format options are available:

1.    Oral presentation

30 minutes presentation, including 10 minutes for questions/discussion.

This type of presentation might include reports on research projects, clinical techniques, and the application of research to clinical processes.

2.    Seminar

Either 60, 90 or 120 minutes, including 15 minutes for questions/discussion.

Seminars, workshops or short courses allowing more extensive presentation, demonstration or discussion of research, presentation of innovative clinical programs, clinical and education issues, panel debates or other aspects related to fluency and fluency disorders. 

3.    Poster presentation

Poster presentations can be research- or clinically-based.

Submission guidelines

Proposals must be submitted by email to ifa2015program@theifa.org using the presentation proposal form*. The official language of the congress is English.  Only proposals and presentations in English will be accepted.

Submission of a proposal is a commitment by at least one of the authors to register for the congress and present in the time slot assigned by the Organizing Committee.

Submitted abstracts will be acknowledged within a week with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number. 

The deadline for abstract submissions is 11th January 2015. Submissions will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee during early 2015. Papers will be selected on the bases of quality, type of proposal, nature of proposal and relevance to conference participants.  The corresponding author will be notified of acceptance status by 15th March 2015.

*If the presentation proposal form is not compatible with your software (for example, if the drop-down boxes do not function), please send an email to ifa2015program@theifa.org and we will send you an alternative form.

For questions regarding abstracts and abstract submission, please send an email to ifa2015program@theifa.org

                For questions regarding Portugal and Lisbon, please send an email to questionsaboutLisbon@theifa.org

                For other questions, please send an email to questionsabouttheconference@theifa.org

For questions regarding abstracts and abstract submission, please send an email to ifa2015program@theifa.org

                For questions regarding Portugal and Lisbon, please send an email to questionsaboutLisbon@theifa.org

                For other questions, please send an email to questionsabouttheconference@theifa.org