Submissions
Call for Submissions
We are delighted to open the portal and offer our members the opportunity to submit proposals for the 2025 Annual NNN Conference.
- Workshop Sessions: The NNN workshops take a 90-minute format, which includes key presentation(s) on the session topic and focuses on breakout activities and meaningful discussions. Workshops are typically organised in three parallel sessions over the course of the three-day conference.
- Rapid Fire presentations: These 8 minute presentations are specifically designed for presenting completed work with evidence of success and learnings. The format aims to focus on the exciting core findings and practical implications of research, supported by a limited number of slides and followed by a brief Q&A with the audience.
- Poster presentations: We are accepting a limited number of In-Person Poster presentations, to take place on one day of the conference, that cater to the larger NNN theme and sub-themes from early career professionals and full-time students registered on programmes in LMICs.
Check out our Submission Proposal Writing webinar for top tips
Submission writing aids
These documents, alongside the Submission Guidance document are created to support you in your proposal prepartions.
About the Conference Theme
The theme for the 2025 NNN Annual Conference is “Sustainable Innovations for Impact – Transforming the Fight Against NTDs”.
The theme merges sustainability, innovation, and impact, ensuring that technological advancements and new strategies lead to long-term success in eliminating NTDs. The focus on sustainable programming aligns with the WHO NTD road map overarching objectives. The content of the 2025 Annual NNN Conference will stand on six subthemes.
- AI and Digital Health in NTD Management – Enhancing efficiency and scalability through data-driven approaches.
- Community-Driven Innovations – Leveraging local knowledge to co-create solutions.
- One Health Approaches to NTDs – Integrating human, animal, and environmental health solutions.
- Strengthening Health Systems for NTD Elimination – Embedding NTD programs into national frameworks.
- Climate Change and NTDs – Addressing environmental drivers of disease transmission.
- Sustainable Financing and Investment in NTD Programs – Mobilizing resources for long-term impact.
About the Conference Programme
The conference agenda will feature a diverse range of workshops and presentations. Conference delegates can expect to participate in 12 workshops, each lasting 90 minutes, with three parallel sessions from which to choose. Additionally, there will be two blocks of rapid-fire sessions, and poster presentations. These sessions will be spread out over the course of the three-day conference. There will also be dedicated sessions set aside for NNN's disease-specific and cross-cutting group meetings. Finally, the NNN will also hold events to foster regional NNN networks, and events led by persons affected by NTDs/ focusing on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for NTDs.
The 2025 conference will provide in-person delegates opportunities to reconnect with colleagues, learn about programme innovations and adaptations, and be inspired by speakers representing a diversity of experiences and perspectives. Before submitting your proposal, please take a moment to carefully review our Submission Guidance which includes an overview of the submission types, sub-themes, review & selection criteria, key dates and also step by step guidance along with all of the key questions for submitting via the portal.
The portal will open for proposals from 1st April until the submission deadline on Sunday 20th April 2025 23:00 ET.
Yes this is possible. Please complete the attached form, which will need to be authorised by the Steering Committee https://forms.gle/SULz2ibEAabSZKwy8