Contribute to the 41st AACVPR Annual Meeting

The AACVPR Annual Meeting is the premier place for cardiopulmonary rehabilitation professionals to come together and move the field forward. Make your voice heard at the 41st Annual Meeting by submitting a session proposal or scientific research proposal.  

Make a Submission

Important Dates and Deadlines

Session Proposals

The AACVPR Program Planning Committee and its track-focused subcommittees are now accepting proposals for educational breakout sessions, interactive sessions, lightning sessions, and workshops. Please refer to the information outlined in the session submission guidelines to ensure your proposal meets our criteria. 

The committee is looking for presenters to: 

• Identify clinical innovation and research advances that address challenges in the contemporary healthcare landscape. 
• Describe new delivery models and implementation strategies. 
• Demonstrate new cognitive sets/skills, creative thinking skills, and/or technological adjuncts. 
• Share outcomes and advances in cardiac and pulmonary science/research. 
• Discuss new understandings of disease and disease pathophysiology and management. 
• Discuss strategies to mitigate disparities of care in patient referral as well as delivery of care. 
• Describe effective networking skills within the hospital/ACA system. 
• Identify methods to improve competencies of rehabilitation professionals. 
• Discuss strategies to improve the relationship of rehabilitation programs with corollary services. 
• Provide any other information to improve the quality and effectiveness of rehabilitation services. 
• Identify techniques to create health-equitable practice. 

Session Types

• Workshop Session: 3-hour workshop that operates independently from the rest of the conference with additional registration; often offers a mixture of theory and practice (eg., exercise intensity, pulmonary assessment skills, coaching skills for behavior change).
• Breakout Session: 60- or 75-minute didactic session focused on a specific topic in a particular track (eg., cardiovascular rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, behavior change, nutrition, and program management).
• Interactive Session (Formerly Rapid-Fire Sessions): 45-minute session designed to actively engage attendees through discussion, case-based learning, or collaborative problem-solving. This format allows presenter(s) to incorporate interactive elements such as small group discussion, debate, game show, etc.
• Lightning Session: Brief, 15-minute didactic presentation designed to introduce early-stage ideas, emerging questions, or exploratory concepts. These sessions are intentionally lightweight and may be combined with other related proposals to form larger discussions or thematic panels. Ideal for contributors who wish to share a spark of insight without requiring a fully developed talk.

Scientific Abstracts

Please note scientific abstracts for the 41st Annual Meeting will not open until December 8, 2025. 

Scientific abstracts may be submitted for presentation for one of two formats: oral presentation or poster presentation. Researchers who are within five years of their latest degree or final training (i.e., fellowship, residency) may also submit to be considered for a Beginning Investigator presentation.  

Special Scientific Abstract Opportunities 

• Beginning Investigator Award: The Beginning Investigator Award is given to outstanding researchers who are within five years of their latest degree or final training (i.e., fellowship, residency), and who have not previously won the award. If you meet these qualifications, you may submit your scientific abstract for consideration using the prompts within the submission portal. Each finalist will receive complimentary registration to the conference and will give a platform presentation during a special session at the 41st Annual Meeting. One presentation will be selected as the winner and receive a plaque and $250 from AACVPR.
• JCRP Featured Science Submissions (Formerly Late Breaking Manuscript Submissions): AACVPR is soliciting abstracts for the JCRP Featured Science submission type (formerly Late-Breaking Manuscript submission type). Abstracts submitted to this category will be reviewed by the AACVPR Research Committee and the JCRP Editors Team, and the authors of the highest scoring submission will be invited to submit a full manuscript for expedited peer review and publication consideration in JCRP. The authors will also be invited to present their findings during the annual meeting. If the manuscript is accepted after the peer review process, it will then be published online ahead of print by the 41st AACVPR Annual Meeting. 

Questions?

If you have questions, please contact speakers@aacvpr.org.

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