Symposium on International Safeguards: Innovation and Resilience in a Changing World - Safeguards as a Shared Responsibility - Abstract Submission

Contributions on the topics listed in Section C of the Conference Announcement are welcome as oral or poster presentations. All submissions, apart from invited papers, must present original work, which has not been published elsewhere.

Abstracts (approximately 150 to 200 words on one A4 page, may contain any charts, graphs, figures and references) should give enough information on the content of the proposed paper to enable the Programme Committee to evaluate it. Anyone wishing to present at the symposium must submit an abstract in electronic format using the symposium’s file submission system (IAEA-INDICO). The abstract can be submitted through this system until 15 April 2026. Specifications for the layout will be available on IAEA-INDICO. The system for electronic submission of abstracts, IAEA-INDICO, is the sole mechanism for submission of contributed abstracts. Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts as early as possible. The IAEA will not accept submissions via email. 

In addition, authors must register online using the InTouch+ platform (see the Participation and Registration page). The online registration together with the auto-generated Participation Form (Form A) and Form for Submission of a Paper (Form B) must reach the IAEA no later than 15 April 2026. 

IMPORTANT: The Programme Committee will consider uploaded abstracts only if these two forms have been received by the IAEA through the established official channels (see Section H).

The Secretariat reserves the right to exclude abstracts that do not comply with its technical or scientific quality standards and that do not apply to one of the topics listed in Section C of the Conference Announcement. 

Authors will be informed by 30 June 2026 as to whether their submission has been accepted. 

A limited number of abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation.

 Authors of all accepted abstracts are requested to submit full papers. Accepted contributions will also be reproduced in an unedited electronic compilation of abstracts which will be made available to all registered participants of the symposium

Authors of accepted abstracts, for both oral and poster presentation, will be requested to submit a full paper in Word format, of about 1000-2000 words in length. Guidelines and a template for the preparation and submission of full papers will be provided on the Symposium web page and INDICO system. 

Full papers must also be submitted through the IAEA-INDICO file submission system in Word format. Submitting the paper in the indicated electronic format is mandatory. A compilation of full papers (in electronic format) will be made available to participants at registration. 

The IAEA reserves the right to exclude papers that do not comply with its quality standards and those that do not apply to one of the topics outlined in Section C of the Conference Announcement, do not meet the guidelines, and those that do not meet the expectations based on the information in the abstract. 

The deadline for electronic submission of the full papers as Word files is 15 August 2026. The IAEA will not accept papers submitted after the deadline.

Following the Symposium, the IAEA will publish a summary report that will be made available to read online. The Symposium website will serve as repository of the submitted papers, posters and recordings of the event.