2025 National Critical
Issues Forum
The Alliance invites national thought leaders to submit an abstract for presentation at the 2025 National Critical Issues Forum, October 7-8, 2025, in Atlanta!
The Alliance invites you to showcase your research and non-research programs, initiatives and/or strategies that address the many changes and challenges faced across the organ donation and transplantation continuum. (Recommended Topics / Areas of Focus are listed below.) Each abstract will be considered for a poster presentation and/or mini oral presentation at the 2025 National Critical Issues Forum.
Reasons to submit an abstract:
- Contribute to leadership, innovation, and excellence in the field of organ donation and transplantation.
- Elevate awareness of your effective practices and demonstrate thought leadership.
- Build meaningful network connections for professional development.
Recommended Topics / Areas of Focus:
We are seeking a broad spectrum of quality ideas for presentations. Suggested areas of focus include, but are not limited to:
- Clinical Innovation
- DCD, NRP
- Preservation/Perfusion
- Quality/QAPI
- Allocation
- Logistics
- Ethics & Legal
- Program Growth
- Payor Approaches/Partnerships
- Offer Acceptance/Management
- Managing Regulatory Changes
- Brain Death-Related Topics
- Additional areas of focus are strongly encouraged!
Abstract Timeline
- Submission Closing Date: Midnight ET on July 1, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: Week of July 14, 2025
- Conference Dates: October 7-8, 2025 | The Starling, Atlanta, GA
Abstract Guidelines
- Background/Situation/Purpose: Briefly describe the problem or challenge in need of improvement or being investigated. (400 word maximum)
- Methods/Approach: Describe the methods or approach used to address the problem/challenge/situation. (400 word maximum)
- Results/Solutions: Describe the results of the actions taken and provide detail to support the results/solutions achieved. (400 word maximum)
- Discussion/Conclusion: State the lessons learned, and the findings achieved. Discuss the implications/relevance of the results/solutions to the award category selected. (400 word maximum)
- Abstracts will be blinded for peer review.
If your abstract is selected by the review committee, you will be enrolled for a poster presentation at the 2025 National Critical Issues Forum. Select presentations may also be chosen for a mini oral presentation during a plenary session. (Conference registration is required for all presenters.)
The Alliance will contact you with further specifications, should your abstract be selected.