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 Sunday 16th 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
Templates and 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
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.
Expressions of Interest
Co-chairing a session
EOI's for session chairs have now closed. An email will be sent out shortly to those that sent in an EOI.
This is a valuable opportunity to contribute to the success of the conference, develop your leadership skills, and connect with peers and experts in your field.
What’s involved?
Every effort will be made to assign you to a session within your field of interest. As co-chair you will work with your session co-chair/s to:
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Promote abstract submissions to your session
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Review and/or arrange reviewers for abstracts submitted to your session
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Arrange the final program for your session including assignment of orals and posters, in conjunction with scientific organising committee
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Co-chair your session in-person at the Australian Association of Animal Sciences (AAAS) Biennial Conference 2026, in Adelaide. You will need to fund your own expenses including registration fees.
To facilitate a smooth experience co-chairs will be asked to attend an online information & training session.
To express your interest, please send an email to aaas2026@kamevents.com.au with your top three preferences in order of priority.
We particularly encourage Early Career Researchers and HDR students to get involved.
Thank you for your support, and we look forward to welcoming you to Adelaide in 2026!
Mariana Caetano
2026 Conference Chair
EOI Call for one-page papers
The 2026 AAAS Conference Organising Committee invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) for papers to be included in the proceedings of the 37th Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences (AAAS).
This EOI will provide the Conference Organising Committee with an overview of the number of papers conference attendees are likely to submit and an indication of the topic. This will allow us to plan the conference program.
AAAS conference papers can include preliminary results from an experiment or project. Contributions related to production animals (including poultry, aquaculture and insects), companion animals and wildlife are welcome.
How to submit your EOI
An EOI outlining the title of your paper/s, likely author/s and a brief overview (max. 250 words) must be submitted electronically via the 2026 AAAS Conference Website.
Your EOI should consist of a title and a short (approx. 200 words) overview of your paper.
Please click on the following link https://kamevents.currinda2.com/events/9 to submit your EOI.
Currinda
The portal we are using for both the EOI process and one-page papers is called Currinda. If you have attended or submitted an abstract for an event organised by KAM Events in the past you will have a Currinda profile so please use your email and existing password (you may reset if you have forgotten). If you have not or are unsure please click on add a new profile. The system will prompt you if there is already a profile under that email address. Any issues please email aaas2026@kamevents.com.au.
As part of the EOI submission process, you will be asked to nominate which of the following topics your paper/s will best fit:
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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
EOI’s are due by Friday 19th September 2025.
For authors submitting multiple papers, a separate submission must be made for each paper.
After submission of your EOI, you will receive a confirmation email with links to the Author Guidelines to prepare your one-page paper and example papers.
Please note that you can still submit one-page papers without having submitted an EOI.
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.
Any questions please contact the Conference Event Mangers via email: aaas2026@kamevents.com.au or
phone +61 7 5619 3851.