Call for Abstracts

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• Presentations should be approximately seven (7) minutes in length. PowerPoint is preferred delivery format, and videos are strongly encouraged.
• Submissions are due on Friday, October 30, 2026. You should receive an automatic confirmation of our receipt of your proposed presentation. If you do not receive this confirmation, please email cem@avenuelive.com to make certain that your submission was received.
• Pending the acceptance of your presentation, we will notify you with the date and time of your speaking assignment so that you can confirm your participation. Final presentations will be due to the CME provider for peer review by the end December 2026.
• Please keep in mind the following CME instructions when developing your proposed presentation. The CME content will be peer reviewed; changes may be required.
• Unfortunately, we cannot accept industry submissions or corporate-branded presentations.

CME CONTENT INSTRUCTIONS

ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education

Accredited providers of CME by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) require that presenters comply with the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education as well as the provisions of the federal statutes concerning acceptance of grant funds from industry.

As a faculty member, you are required to do the following:

• Disclose any and all personal financial interest or relationship that you have with any ineligible company within 24 months. The ACCME defines an ineligible company as “those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.”
• Design content that is independent, objective, scientifically rigorous, balanced and free of commercial bias.
• Assure that scientific studies utilized or referenced in your presentation are from sources acceptable to the scientific and medical community.
• Patient care recommendations are acceptable to the medical community, are based on evidence acceptable to the profession, and do not recommend any unscientific modalities or those not supported by evidenced based sources.
• Not accept auxiliary funds from the supporters of this activity related to your work as our faculty; please advise us if you are contacted by an ineligible company in this regard.

Content Validation

To comply with more intense scrutiny required by accreditation agencies, the CME provider has developed a Policy on Content Validation. A reviewer will assess the content (PowerPoint slides, manuscript and handout materials, etc.) for three metrics: (1) fair balance, (2) the scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and (3) appropriateness of patient care recommendations made to learners. If there are concerns identified by the reviewer, you will be contacted about these concerns for potential revisions.

Guidelines

Please adhere to the following guidelines when developing your presentation:

• All recommendations involving clinical medicine in a CME/CE activity must be based on evidence that is accepted with the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients.
• Please provide references in support of your discussion and CME/CE presentation content. Study results and information presented must be based on sound evidence and use of scientific methods generally accepted by the medical community. References should be from peer-reviewed sources and be current (within the last 5 years).
• The CME/CE presentation content should be objective, balanced and free of commercial bias.
• When possible, address any barriers faced by the learner that may inhibit their ability to implement the strategy suggested by the CME/CE presentation content. If you are able, suggest strategies to remove, overcome or address the barriers to change.
• When discussing therapeutic options, please use only generic names; if it is necessary to use a trade name, then those of several companies must be used.
• If the material is introducing a new product or treatment modality of which there are no others to compare, then alternate treatment options should be included.
• The content of your discussion should not be modified or influenced by representation of industry or other financial contributors. You may, however, use scientific data generated from industry-sponsored research.
• All scientific research referred to, reported or used in CME/CE in support or justification of a patient-care recommendation must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis.
• The content of such CME/CE must not promote recommendations, treatments or manners of practicing medicine that are known to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
• No funds should be accepted by the faculty/content developer in relation to this CME/CE activity outside of the funds paid by the joint provider.
• Please disclose any discussion of off-label or investigational uses of commercial products.
• While finalizing your presentation, please keep the time limit in mind. This will be strictly enforced in order to stay on schedule.
• Please bring a backup copy of your presentation with you to the meeting in the event there are any technical difficulties encountered with your slides/videos onsite.

Compliance with HIPAA Regulations

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) rules require that subjects appearing in video clips or other media must provide a written release for their likeness to be used. Should you decide to utilize case studies or video vignettes with such images, written releases must be on file with the CME provider, certifying the CME/CE activity.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How can a surgeon submit a presentation for the CME General Session?

Practicing physicians and qualified healthcare administrators are invited to submit presentation proposals for consideration.

Please complete the online submission form below by the submission deadline of October 30, 2026.

Presentation submissions should focus on clinical education and must be free of commercial bias. The Meeting Program Committee will review all submissions, and acceptance notifications will be sent the week before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Can industry employees submit a CME presentation?

No. Industry employees are not eligible to present during the CME General Sessions.

Only practicing physicians and qualified invited experts may submit CME presentation proposals.

Our company is sponsoring the meeting. Does that guarantee a presentation during the General Session?

No. Sponsorship does not include or guarantee a presentation during the CME General Sessions.

Companies interested in having their technology presented during the meeting may purchase a non-CME Corporate Presentation during designated breakfast or lunch sessions. For more information, please contact Shauna Longacre at cem@avenuelive.com.

What types of presentations are you looking to be featured during the General Sessions?

The Program Committee is seeking educational presentations that provide meaningful clinical value to attendees.

Priority is given to presentations featuring:

• Clinical experience and practical insights
• Peer-reviewed or original clinical data
• Surgical techniques and pearls
• Challenging or instructive case studies
• Experience with emerging technologies and innovations
• Lessons learned and best practices

Corporate, promotional, branded, or commercially focused presentations will not be considered for CME programming.

Can I have access to the meeting photos and presentations?

Photos taken by the official meeting photographer will be posted on the CEM website approximately 3-4 weeks after the conclusion of the meeting. Meeting attendees are welcome to download photos from the website. If posting the photos on their social media, we ask that they tag the Caribbean Eye Meeting in their posts (#CaribbeanEye).

All presentations that take place in the General Session room are recorded for internal use by the meeting.

Sponsors of the promotional lunch sessions are eligible to receive a video of their sponsored talk upon request.

Due to the large number of faculty who participate in the meeting, videos of individual talks and/or their PowerPoint slides will not be shared beyond the meeting organizers, including the presenting faculty. The only exception are the presentations selected for the Top 10. With written permission from the presenters, these videos will be posted on the meeting website after the meeting.

Can I submit more than one presentation?

Yes. We welcome multiple presentation submissions from the same author.

However, to provide a diverse educational program and maximize faculty participation, the Program Committee generally limits the agenda to one presentation per surgeon and one per topic or technology, whenever possible.

Each submission is reviewed independently based on its educational merit, clinical relevance, and fit within the overall meeting program. Submitting multiple presentations does not increase the likelihood that all submissions will be accepted.

Should you have further questions, please reach out to Amy Jacobs at ajacobs@sandboxstrategic.com.