37th Australian Association of Animal Sciences Biennial Conference
Guidelines for AAAS One-page Paper Authors
One-page papers accepted for the 37th Australian Association of Animal Science 2026 will be published in the digital conference proceedings book.
Papers will undergo a peer review process and the Editor’s decision is final. Papers must not be previously published work. Authors must adhere to the strict style and formatting guidelines to ensure that their paper can be sent for peer review. Papers failing to meet these guidelines will be returned to the author.
All papers must be submitted online using the online portal.
Submissions close 11.59pm ACDST on Friday 28th November 2025.
Author Instructions
How to submit a Paper
For full instructions on how to submit a paper either with an EOI submission or without please click on the below button
Submission Types
Papers can be submitted for one or all of the following submission types:
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Oral (10-15 minute presentation)
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Speed Talk (3-5 minute presentation)
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Physical Poster - A0 Portrait (1189 mm high x 841 mm wide)
Please note that only selecting an oral does not guarantee you an oral as unfortunately not everyone will be accepted for an oral. All elevator pitch presenters will also need to prepare a digital poster. Exact timings for each will be finalised with the release of the program.
Categories
In the submission process, you will be asked to select from topics or species, please note that sessions will be broken up into themes more than species
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Adoption
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Animal Health and Biosecurity
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Animal Nutrition and Feeds
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Animal Product Quality & Meat Science
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Animal Production
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Carbon Abatement and Methane Emissions
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Climate Extremes and Natural Disasters
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Education
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Environment and Biodiversity
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Gene Editing and GMO
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Genetics
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Heat Stress
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Indigenous Engagement
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Internet of Things
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Market Trends and Industry
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Maternal Productivity
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Mixed Farming and Diversification
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Reproduction
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Wellbeing, Behaviour and Health
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Other
Example papers
IMPORTANT Please ensure your word document is saved as a .doc. PDF's will not be accepted and .docx files will not upload into Currinda. Please use the following filename system:
If only one paper per category
SURNAME OF FIRST AUTHOR_CATEGORY.doc
If multiple papers in the same category
SURNAME OF FIRST AUTHOR_CATEGORY_PAPER1.doc
SURNAME OF FIRST AUTHOR_CATEGORY_PAPER2.doc
Length
Papers must not exceed one A4 page. Authors are encouraged to use the template provided on the website.
Authors should then use the following word counts as a guide to ensure the page limit is achieved during final typesetting by the publisher:
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1000 words with no tables or figures
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900 words with one (average size) figure OR table
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850 words with one (average size) figure and one (average size) table.
Structure
Papers are to include a full title, authors and affiliations, corresponding author, Introduction, Material and methods (including statistical analysis method), Results, Conclusion and implications, Acknowledgements (including financial support statement and ethics approval), and References.
Presenter Biography and Photo
In the submission process you will be asked for a brief biography of the presenting author, this will be used for chair notes and in the conference app. A photo is also requested as it does help chairs to identify you.
Condition of Submissions and Acceptance
By submitting a paper you are acknowledging that the person nominated to be the presenting author will register and pay in full at the time of acceptance. There are a limited number of scholarships that will be offered by the State branches of AAAS for Australian members only. Further information on these will be announced in 2026.
Any questions please contact the Conference Event Mangers via email: aaas2026@kamevents.com.au or
phone +61 7 5619 3851.