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!

Call for Abstracts: 2025 National Critical Issues Forum

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.