Call for Proposals
The Call for Proposals is now open!
DEADLINE
Thursday, April 30, 2026, at 11:59 pm ET
We seek session proposals on timely topics that advance the science and medicine of medical practice and patient care. Successful proposals will offer actionable takeaways, share innovative approaches, and engage attendees. Relevance or application to osteopathic principles and practice is encouraged.
Proposals are submitted through a portal which requires the creation of a free account. All proposals will be reviewed by the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Committee. Subspecialty chairs will review all relevant proposal submissions.
THEME
As an osteopathic internist, your work is in tune with what’s powerful about both osteopathic medicine and internal medicine. Approaching care with a whole-person perspective is part of who you are; it informs the way you practice and your sense of purpose. At ACOI 2026, Connecting to the DO Within—IM: the Osteopathic Way, you’ll get to reconnect to that sense of self and purpose, and to the community that helps you stay true to why you practice medicine. We encourage you to use the theme in your proposal.
TOPICS
Session proposals should relate to internal medicine or subspecialty topics. The intended audiences can be for hospitalists, outpatient, or both. We welcome proposals suited for any career level from students to residents and from early to mid to late career physicians.
- General – Internal Medicine
- Allergy/Immunology
- Cardiology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Nephrology
- Oncology
- Pulmonary Diseases
- Rheumatology
- Sleep Medicine
SESSION LENGTH
We invite proposals for short or long informative presentations, moderated panels, or interactive workshops:
- 30 minutes
- 45 minutes
- 60 minutes
SESSION FORMATS
- Live – In Person
- In-person sessions will be held in a room in the conference venue, with all attendees and presenters physically present. Conference rooms will have a projector and screen. Only select “in-person” if you can commit to all presenters attending in-person. These sessions may be optionally recorded.
- Live – Virtual
- Virtual sessions will be held live via the virtual platform. All presenters and attendees will join the session virtually (which may include in-person attendees who choose to join virtually). These sessions are recorded.
- eLearning Module
- Virtual sessions will be recorded and added to the ACOI Online Learning Center.
- Poster Presentation--coming soon
- Faculty are invited to share their important discoveries, interesting case studies, and other learnings with the ACOI Community. Learn more about the Faculty Abstracts.
REQUIREMENTS
- Abstract Requirements: Proposal abstracts will be used as the public description of the session in the conference agenda. Abstracts should be 1000 characters or less and written in English. In-text citations and reference lists are not required.
- In-Person or Hybrid Session Submissions: Presenters are required to be physically present at ACOI 2026. If your in-person or hybrid proposal is accepted, you will be asked to confirm your presenter(s) will be present at ACOI 2026 in Palm Springs, California. Accepted proposals require in-person ticket(s) by the early bird registration deadline of July 31.
- Submission Limit: You may submit up to two proposals.
- Correspondence: The person who submits the proposal is the primary contact and is responsible for all communications and coordination on behalf of all co-presenters. If you need to change the primary contact after submission, please contact us.
- Technology: Virtual and hybrid sessions will be accessible via the virtual platform for virtual attendees. In-person and hybrid presenters will have access to a projector and may be required to bring their own laptop and adapter (if applicable). Virtual and hybrid sessions will feature presenter screen sharing, live chat, and automatic captions. Pre-recorded session types will be accessible in the conference program for on-demand viewing with all videos captioned.
- Scheduling: This year’s conference is based in Pacific Time and welcomes nationwide participation.
- Licensing: Unless an exception applies, session abstracts and video recordings (if applicable) will be released following the conference. Authors retain copyright but will be required to sign a release granting nonexclusive publication rights to the conference.
TIMELINE
- Thursday, April 30 - Submission Deadline
- Tuesday, June 30 - Acceptance Notifications
- Friday, July 31 - Early Bird Registration Deadline
- Monday, August 17 - Pre-Recorded Video Deadline (if applicable)
- October 7-10 - ACOI 2026