The Board of BELVIR is pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 13^thAnnual BELVIR Symposium which will take place on the 3rd of December 2025 - Le Plaza, Brussels. All topics related to virology are welcome.

Presentation formats:

• Oral communication

• • Short talk: 12' presentation + 3' Q/A (eligible for an award)
  • Pitch talk: 5' presentation, no Q/A

• Poster

Authors are invited to indicate their preferred presentation format. While the author's presentation preference will be considered, the Board of BELVIR reserves the right to make the final decision on the presentation format after the review process.

Abstract review

Abstracts submitted on time will be reviewed by the Board members. After careful evaluation, abstracts will be either accepted or rejected.

From the accepted abstracts, and taking into account the importance of thematic diversity, the highest quality submissions will be selected for oral communication, either as a short talk or a pitch talk. Abstracts submitted for oral presentation will automatically be considered for a poster presentation if not selected for an oral communication.

Authors will be notified about the outcome of their submission by 4 November (accepted/rejected - selected for short talk, pitch talk or poster). If you have not received a notification by then, please check your spam folder.

If you have any other questions regarding your abstract please send an email to abstracts@belvir.be

Electronic abstract book with restricted access

All abstracts selected for oral or poster presentation will be included in the electronic abstract book. This abstract book will NOT be publicly available. Access will be restricted to BELVIR Symposium attendees only. In addition, a password will be required to open the abstract book.

Abstract submission

The deadline for submitting abstracts is September 30 2025. Please fill in the form below and upload your abstract in Microsoft Word format (no PDF !).

The length should not exceed one page. The abstract must include the following information:

• Title

• Authors names and affiliations

• Abstract text

Use single line spacing, Aptos Display, font size 12pt, title in bold and centred, presenting author underlined in bold, affiliations in italic, abstract text justified.

The word document template can be downloaded from here