Showcase your passion for the diabetes care and education specialty by submitting an education or research session abstract for ADCES26. This is your chance to share your valuable insights, research findings, and "aha moments" with your colleagues from around the nation.
Submission Deadlines
Education and Research Sessions: Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at 5:00 PM CT
Education and Research Posters: Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 5:00 PM CT
Emerging Science and Industry Posters: Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 5:00 PM CT
Here are the items that you will be asked for when submitting an abstract. Follow these steps to help craft a strong submission.
| Submission Type |
Format |
Details |
| Education Session |
45-minute oral presentation (includes 5-10 min for Q&A) |
Advance the diabetes specialty and highlight the impact of the DCES with an Education Session. Designed for intermediate to advanced content, this session type covers complex topics within the conference tracks. Case-based discussions, debates, and thought-provoking presentations are encouraged to foster interactive learning and elevate professional practice. Sessions around quality improvement projects should use this session type rather than a research session, which is for publishable scientific qualitative or quantitative research. |
| Research Session |
15-minute oral presentation |
May be eligible for the Research Award. Present cutting-edge research that advances diabetes care and supports practices. This session type is ideal for sharing intermediate to advanced-level findings that align with the conference tracks. |
| Education Poster |
Audio recording and on-site presentation during allocated poster time in the exhibit hall |
May be eligible for a Distinguished Poster Award. Communicate diabetes concepts, data collection, policy implementation, practice advancements, and quality improvement projects to an audience using visuals, text, and audio. |
| Research Poster |
Audio recording and on-site presentation during allocated poster time in the exhibit hall |
Share your research in an engaging and interactive format with a Scientific Poster Presentation, guiding attendees through background, methods, results, and conclusions using visuals to enhance understanding. |
| Emerging Science Poster (Industry) |
Audio recording and on-site presentation during allocated poster time in the exhibit hall |
Showcase your company's latest innovations, technologies, or novel therapies in a visually engaging format.
Note: This type of poster presentation requires a $500 fee. |
Step 1: Decide the Type of Abstract You Should Submit
Individuals employed by an ineligible company are not permitted to present an Education or Research Session or Education or Research Poster, unless the topic is unrelated to their products and services, or the content is limited to basic science research, or research methodologies. If the content is related to, promotes a specific product/service, and/or includes care recommendations, please complete an Emerging Science Poster Application to showcase your latest technologies or novel therapies.
Step 2: Choose the Appropriate Track
All posters and oral sessions will be categorized according to the tracks listed. Select the track that aligns best with your proposal. Review the objectives and learning outcomes for each track to choose the one that best fits your session proposal.
Track 1: Psychosocial/Behavioral Health
Objective: Identify behavioral health concerns and psychosocial support needs for individuals at risk for or living with diabetes and their caregivers, while promoting clinician self-care strategies to reduce burnout and enhance quality of care.
- Describe care and education that addresses the impact of emotions on health and well-being.
- Explain when mental health conditions warrant referral or specialized care.
- Implement strategies to reduce diabetes distress and burnout for individuals and families.
- Identify approaches to mitigate burnout to promote self-care and efficiency among clinicians.
- Enhance collaboration with clients and families to develop effective psychosocial support strategies to overcome challenges associated with diabetes-related health care behaviors
Track 2: Technology Integration
Objective: Integrate strategies to implement and sustain technology-enabled care across diverse practice settings to enhance care delivery and patient outcomes.
- Adopt and integrate technology-enabled interventions and decision-support tools into clinical practice.
- Evaluate the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in diabetes care and education.
- Interpret data generated by diabetes devices in a way that supports person-centered care and shared decision-making.
- Explain effective practices for remote monitoring and telehealth for providing virtual care.
Track 3: Equitable Care for Diverse Individuals and Populations
Objective: Apply current evidence-based solutions when advocating for individuals, families, health care teams, and the communities they serve, and ensure health care delivery and messaging are tailored to specific populations to reduce health disparities.
- Describe evidence-based approaches to meet the needs of individuals with diabetes and coexisting complex health conditions (e.g., cancer, HIV, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease)—by applying principles of coordinated equitable care, culturally responsive practices, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Identify, assess, and address health-related social needs as part of the care for individuals and populations at risk for and with diabetes.
- Understand the role and influence of the DCES in policy and advocacy.
- Recognize how to increase access to equitable care in rural and underserved areas.
- Implement principles of health equity and cultural humility in clinical practice.
Track 4: Cardiometabolic Conditions and Treatment Options
Objective: Implement evidence-based clinical guidelines and pharmacologic strategies to manage all types of diabetes and cardiometabolic co-conditions through person-centered care.
- Implement current evidence-based treatment guidelines and clinical algorithms to manage and provide individualized care for all types of diabetes and related co-conditions.
- Summarize safe and effective use of pharmacotherapeutics to manage all types of diabetes, and co-conditions (obesity, lipids, CKD/DKD/CKM, heart failure, ASCVD, retinopathy, neuropathy, and MASLD).
Track 5: Lifestyle, Nutrition, and Prevention
Objective: Implement lifestyle-focused, evidence-based interventions to prevent and manage all types of diabetes and related conditions, including obesity, to promote sustainable behavior change and improved outcomes.
- Explain the role of nutrition and apply nutrition strategies for managing all types of diabetes and co-conditions.
- Assess risk factors, develop individualized care plans, and implement evidence-based interventions for diabetes prevention.
- Implement and tailor interventions to facilitate behavior and lifestyle modifications to improve self-management and outcomes.
Track 6: Innovations in Care Delivery
Objective: Describe strategies to implement interprofessional care team practices and models of care that improve clinical, behavioral, and quality-of-life outcomes, while also enhancing cost-effectiveness, program sustainability, leadership development, care team satisfaction, and continuity through transitions in care.
- Initiate and facilitate seamless transitions and continuity of care (e.g., from pediatric to adult care, at hospital discharge)
- Evaluate and apply the results of continuous quality improvement projects
- Recognize best practices in interdisciplinary care in different practice settings.
- Discuss strategies to optimize sustainability for diabetes services.
- Adopt entrepreneurial and innovative models of care and education delivery
- Describe the value of the DCES in various roles and settings.
Step 3: Review the Abstract Submission Requirements
The submission process is divided into tasks that must be completed before you can submit your proposal. The submission site will allow you to save your work after each task is completed; however, you do not have the ability to save your work mid-task. We recommend that you review the required information prior to starting your submission to ensure you have everything you need to submit and begin your submission well in advance of the deadline. Users unfamiliar with the submission site and last-minute rushes to submit work are the primary sources of error in the submission process. Before beginning any submission, please review our language usage guidelines; otherwise, you will be asked to update the content if your session/poster is selected.
Education Session Abstract Requirements (45-minute session)
- Session Title—90 characters or less; ADCES reserves the right to adjust session titles.
- Presenters—All individuals who will be presenting the material onsite are to be listed. A Primary presenter will need to be identified. If there is more than one speaker, each co-presenter will need to be listed. The maximum number of presenters is 3 (1 primary and 2 co-presenters). Below is the required information needed for each speaker during the abstract submission process.
- Contact Information—Name, email address.
- Professional Information—Title/Position, Company/Organization, Credentials.
- Financial Relationship Disclosures—Details regarding relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies within the past 24 months and off-label usage are required for session abstract presenters. Planners and presenters who do not disclose financial relationships (or lack thereof) will be disqualified. Employees of ineligible companies are not permitted to present unless the topic is unrelated to the products and/or services of the company they are employed with. Eligibility is at the discretion of ADCES.
- Select a Track (see full descriptions above)
- Identify which core competency for interprofessional continuing education your session represents
- Roles and Responsibilities of the Care Team—Your presentation shows how you use the knowledge of your role and those of other professions to appropriately assess and address the healthcare needs of people with diabetes and to promote and advance the health of populations.
- Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice—Your presentation discusses how you work with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values related to your content.
- Interprofessional Communication—Your presentation explains how you communicate with people with diabetes, families, communities, and professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease (in the context of your content).
- Teams and Teamwork—Your presentation explains how you apply relationship-building values in the principles of team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan, deliver, and evaluate person/population-centered care and population health programs and policies that are safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable (in the context of your content).
- Minutes of Pharmacology Content—Identify the number of minutes of pharmacology content that will be discussed in your session. This is specific to nurses, which is a professional group in our target audience. This is not related to ACPE pharmacist credit. Use this resource to help determine if your session content meets the requirements: Pharmacotherapeutic Guide.
- Description of Presentation—This description will appear in the conference app and marketing materials. Highlight what attendees will gain from your session. ADCES reserves the right to adjust session descriptions. Click here to see an example of a great presentation/poster description.
- Learning Objectives—Please provide three specific learning objectives for your session. What key takeaways will attendees gain that can be applied to their practice or enhance their understanding of diabetes care and education? Learning objectives should clearly state what participants will be able to do or understand as a result of attending your session. Use action verbs such as "describe," "demonstrate," "analyze," or "apply" to define measurable outcomes. For example, "By the end of this session, participants will be able to: 1) Analyze patient data to adjust diabetes treatment plans, 2) Apply new strategies for patient engagement in diabetes education, 3) Describe recent advancements in continuous glucose monitoring technology."
- Content Outline—The content outline is a key component in scoring and abstract selection. Be sure to include 5-10 minutes for Q&A. Click here to see examples of a solid outline.
- Deadlines and Policies—Must indicate acceptance of all.
- Monday, June 15, 2026—Deadline to submit speaker headshots and attestation in the speaker management site.
- Monday, June 15, 2026—PowerPoint slides must be submitted to the speaker management site. This is a CE/CME accreditation requirement.
- Thursday, June 25, 2026—Registration deadline to receive complimentary speaker registration.
Session Promotion & Recording Policy
- ADCES reserves the right to edit session titles, descriptions, etc.—for consistency with program objectives, ADCES style guide, and use in the promotional materials.
- ADCES may choose to record your session on site and create learning activities from Annual Conference presentations—following the live event.
Research Session Abstract Requirements (15-minute session)
Accepted oral research session abstracts are published in the August issue of The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care, our peer-reviewed research journal. This is a great opportunity to share your research with the diabetes care and education community and contribute to moving diabetes science forward. All submitted abstracts are considered for the ADCES Research Award, recognizing outstanding work in the scientific area of diabetes care and education. The awardee will be announced at the annual meeting, receive a one-year ADCES membership, and registration for ADCES27.
- Session Title—90 characters or less; ADCES reserves the right to edit session titles.
- Presenters—All presenters and co-presenters should be listed (there is a separate area to list authors of the research, including those who are not presenting). Below is the required information needed for each speaker during the abstract submission process. The maximum number of presenters is 3 (1 primary and 2 co-presenters).
- Contact Information—Name, email address.
- Professional Information—Title/Position, Company/Organization, Credentials.
- Conflict of Interest and Disclosures—Details regarding relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies within the past 24 months and off-label usage are required for session abstract presenters. Planners and presenters who do not disclose financial relationships (or lack thereof) will be disqualified. Employees of ineligible companies are not permitted to present unless the topic is unrelated to the products and/or services of the company they are employed with. Eligibility is at the discretion of ADCES.
- Select a Track (see full descriptions above)
- Brief Description—350 words or less. This will be used in our online program and mobile app. Please also include the entire author list, including credentials and sources of funding (if any). ADCES reserves the right to edit descriptions for clarity and succinctness. Example of a solid Research Session description that includes all the required components. Research Session Description Example
- Background/Purpose
- Source of Funding
- Research Hypothesis and/or Research Questions and Specific Aims
- Methods/Methodology
- Results—for abstract submissions, only completed results will be reviewed for consideration.
- Conclusions (impact on Diabetes Care and Education)
- Deadlines and Policies—Must indicate acceptance of all.
- Monday, June 15, 2026—Deadline to submit speaker headshots and attestation in the speaker management site.
- Monday, June 15, 2026—PowerPoint slides must be submitted to the speaker management site. This is a CE/CME accreditation requirement.
- Thursday, June 25, 2026—Registration deadline to receive complimentary speaker registration.
- Session Promotion & Recording Policy
- ADCES reserves the right to edit session titles, descriptions, etc.—for consistency with program objectives, ADCES style guide, and use in the promotional materials.
- ADCES may choose to record your session on site and may create learning activities from Annual Conference presentations—following the live event.
Click here to review research abstracts from previous ADCES Annual Conferences.
Poster Abstracts
Poster presentations communicate diabetes concepts and data to an audience using a combination of visuals (graphics, charts, diagrams, etc.) and text. An opportunity to engage ADCES26 attendees in discussion is made available through allocated poster time. Posters that meet defined criteria and deadlines will be selected as Distinguished Posters for brief presentations by authors on a dedicated stage in the ADCES26 exhibit hall and identified by special ribbons in the poster hall. The Education and Research Subcommittee Chairs will be selecting the Distinguished Posters based on the following criteria:
- Sustainable—Can be applied or implemented in different diabetes care and education settings by the members of the diabetes care team.
- Inclusive—Involves the care team and DCES at various practice levels, showcasing the effectiveness of DCESs as part of the diabetes care team.
- Addresses Health Equity—Serves the need(s) in underserved and under-resourced populations/communities.
Education Poster Abstract Requirements:
- Poster Title—90 characters or less; ADCES reserves the right to adjust titles.
- Presenters—Presenters and planners who contributed to the work discussed in the education session proposal should be listed. Limit of 3 presenters per poster.
- Contact Information—Name, email address.
- Professional Information—Title/Position, Company/Organization, Credentials. Role: Primary presenter, Co-presenter.
- Select a Track (See full track descriptions above).
- Description of Poster—Click here to see an example of a great presentation/poster description.
- Deadlines and Policies—Must indicate acceptance of all policies:
- Monday, June 15, 2026—Deadline to submit speaker headshots and attestation in the speaker management site.
- Tuesday, June 16, 2026—Recording – Submit audio file for Distinguished Poster Award consideration.
- Thursday, June 25, 2026—One presenter must be registered for the conference. Registration is not complimentary.
- Friday, August 7, 2026—At least one presenter must travel to the conference to present the poster in person, and the poster must be set up in the Exhibit Hall by 8:00 AM.
- Physical Poster Size—max size 36"H x 60"W
Research Poster Abstract Requirements:
Poster presentations communicate diabetes research using a combination of visuals (graphics, charts, diagrams, etc.) and text. An opportunity to engage ADCES26 attendees in discussion is made available through allocated poster time.
- Poster Title—90 characters or less; ADCES reserves the right to adjust titles.
- Presenters—List all presenters and co-presenters. Limit of 3 presenters per research poster.
- Contact Information—Name, email address.
- Professional Information—Title/Position, Company/Organization, Credentials.
- Role—Primary presenter, Co-presenter.
- Select a Track (see full track descriptions above).
- Background/Purpose
- Research Hypothesis and/or Research Questions and Specific Aims
- Methods/Methodology
- Complete Results—Only completed results will be reviewed for consideration.
- Conclusions (Impact on Diabetes Care and Education)
- Brief Description—350 words or less. Example of a solid Research Session description that includes all the required components. Research Session Description Example
- Complete List of Authors—A list of authors of the research, with names, credentials, and institutional affiliations (not a list of presenters).
- Source of Funding (if applicable)
- Deadlines and Policies—Must indicate acceptance of all policies:
- Monday, June 15, 2026—Deadline to submit speaker headshots and attestation in the speaker management site.
- Tuesday, June 16, 2026—Recording – Submit audio file for Distinguished Poster Award consideration.
- Thursday, June 25, 2026—One presenter must be registered for the conference. Registration is not complimentary.
- Friday, August 7, 2026—At least one presenter must travel to the conference to present the poster in person, and the poster must be set up in the Exhibit Hall by 8:00 AM.
- Physical Poster Size—max size 36"H x 60"W
- Promotional Materials—ADCES reserves the right to edit poster titles, descriptions, etc. for use in promotional materials.
