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PAINWeek invites you to submit scientific abstracts for posters to be displayed/presented at the 2026 PAINWeek National Conference. Abstracts may be research-oriented, or evidence-based, and relevant to specialists and frontline practitioners who manage acute and chronic pain. They may include medication management, devices, and digital therapeutics. Abstracts may be a summary of research findings or a review of current evidence-based recommendations for clinical applications that are pertinent to healthcare professionals who treat patients in pain.

Abstracts for posters that will report data need to include information on the methods and results sufficient for evaluation (statements similar to “data will be presented” will not be sufficient).

The deadline for electronic submission is 5:00pm ET, Thursday, June 12, 2026. All authors will be notified via email on or by July 9, 2026.

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Abstract Guidelines

  1. Presenter Registration: At least one presenter of an accepted abstract must register at the current rate and stay at the PAINWeek National Conference hotel to present. Abstract acceptance does not include conference registration.
  2. Abstract Submission Limit: Each author may submit up to two abstracts but can be listed as a co-author on additional submissions. Authors involved in more than two submissions may register to represent only two accepted abstracts. For additional accepted submissions, another group member must register, with a limit of two posters per registered presenter.
  3. Previously Presented Abstracts: PAINWeek accepts abstracts that have been presented at other medical conferences.
  4. Abstract Requirements:
    • Title of abstract
    • Author list and affiliations (in desired printed order)
    • Corresponding author and email
    • Full structured abstract (1,100 words max):
      • Background: 200 words
      • Purpose: 150 words
      • Methods: 200 words
      • Results: 350 words
      • Conclusions/Implications: 200 words
    • Keywords
    • Funding/Acknowledgements:
      • Indicate if research funding was received.
      • Disclose if editorial support was provided for writing the abstract.
      • Note if the abstract was submitted elsewhere for transparency (e.g., "If you have previously presented your work/data as an abstract at another conference, list this under your Acknowledgements section.").
  5. Formatting Notes: Do not include tables, charts, or graphs in the abstract submission (these can be added to the poster).
  6. Policy Communication: The first author is responsible for ensuring all contributors are informed of these policies.
  7. Student Submissions: Student authors are welcome to submit.
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Disclosure

PAINWeek requires faculty and poster authors/presenters who have an interest in selling a technology, program, product, and/or service to healthcare professionals to disclose this information in order to be considered for and/or present at any PAINWeek educational session. 

If you use an AI tool to assist with developing your abstract, please disclose the following information: 

  • AI/Platform name 
  • How the AI tool was used in the abstract 

Publication

If your abstract is accepted, you will be notified on or by July 9, and the abstract will be posted online by August 1. Only accepted abstracts will be posted online. Posters will not be published online. Abstracts will be published in an open access supplement to the peer-reviewed journal Postgraduate Medicine in December.

Live Stage Presentations

PAINWeek 2026 will feature live speaking opportunities for accepted abstracts. All speaking slots will be scheduled during exhibit hall breaks and receptions on the exhibit hall stage. This 10-minute speaking opportunity will be available as a paid add-on for $8,500. Authors/presenters/companies interested in this option to further highlight their accepted abstract can indicate their interest during the submission process.

Late-breaking Abstracts

The PAINWeek late-breaking abstracts policy allows for the submission of late-breaking abstracts only for randomized phase III trials for which no preliminary data are available at the time of the abstract submission deadline June 12, but for which a preplanned analysis of the primary endpoint is scheduled after that date but before July 9 (deadline for the final, updated late-breaking abstract). During abstract submission, you will be required to provide the date of planned analysis. The policy is not a mechanism to allow for updated data to be submitted later when preliminary data are available by the abstract submission deadline.

Submission Deadline

The abstract submission system will close at 5:00p EST, June 12, 2026.

Questions

Email: [email protected]

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