Abstracts

The Executive Committee of the GHEP-ISFG invites members and attendees to participate in the presentation of free communications on the subject of Forensic Genetics during the XXXI GHEP-ISFG Meeting, in Mexico City, Mexico, from May 19-22, 2026.

DATES AND DEADLINES

30/11/2025 Open call for presentation of abstracts

13/02/2026 Deadline for abstract submission

10/03/2026 Acceptance notification

INSTRUCTIONS

The works must deal with some original aspect and/or contribution to the forensic community, both from the point of view of the material analyzed and the obtaining of results, their interpretation and conclusions, as well as the application of new techniques or technologies. The submitted works must be original and must not have been published.

The presentation must be appropriate to the protection and safeguarding of sensitive data, in such a way that it is not possible to identify personal references, case number, criminal investigation or file number, courts and/or intervening authorities and geographical region of belonging.

The presentation of free communications can be as a poster or as an oral communication, and the author(s) must indicate the preferred form. The Scientific Committee will ultimately select whether the submitted work is appropriate for a poster or oral presentation.

A presenting author may not submit more than 1 abstract for consideration, however, he/she may appear as a co-author of other works, provided that the author acting as the presenter is different.

Through this link you can download a Word file that serves as a template for the abstract and contains the requested instructions and formatting.

The abstract must be submitted through this online form.

Abstracts received after the deadline will not be considered for evaluation.

EVALUATION

The evaluation of the abstracts and their acceptance will be the responsibility of an Examining Committee, which through the GHEP-ISFG secretariat will communicate its acceptance for presentation.

If an oral presentation has not been selected for oral presentation, it will be evaluated for presentation as a poster.

Abstracts containing similar data from the same institution and/or individuals will be rejected.

OBSERVATIONS

Oral communications: maximum fifteen minutes of presentation and five minutes of discussion.

Posters: Size: 1.20 meters (length) x 0.90 meters (width). Vertical design, placement and removal of posters will be the responsibility of the authors. The posters must be explained to the attendees who may be interested during the schedules provided in the program.

Note:

In the event that HAVING BEEN ACCEPTED the presenter of the oral communication or poster is modified from the one originally stipulated, it must be reported before 19/04/2026 by email to secretaria@ghep-isfg.org informing said modification and sending the abstract again, where the new presenter will be underlined so that it is correctly incorporated into the book of abstracts. If you decide to withdraw the abstract sent, you must communicate it in writing by email to secretaria@ghep-isfg.org. The author who will present the poster or oral communication must register and pay for attendance at the Meeting before 19/04/2026.