SETAC ACTRA 2025

Call for Abstracts

The Local Organising Committee now invites you to submit your abstract for the joint SETAC AU/ ACTRA Conference. All abstracts must be submitted via the submission portal.

Note: Registration will open in March. Information on how to apply for travel grants via SETAC AU and ACTRA will also be announced.

Guidelines

To submit your abstract please have your abstract on hand including a title and authors with affiliations. We will also be requesting a profile image and a short biography for the presenter(s).

Submissions should be 300 words or less.
If you are submitting on behalf of the Presenter, please have their email address ready to include in the submission.
All presenting authors must register for the conference.
All abstracts must be written in English.
Please CLICK HERE to read the full details of each session. Please carefully consider the one that best aligns to the content of your abstract.
Please ensure you submit your abstract by 2 May 2025.

OPENING MONDAY

Key Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline	2 May 2025
Notification of Abstract Acceptance	Late May 2025
Detailed Programme Released	June 2025
Early Bird Registration Closes	28 June 2025

You will be able to choose from the following presentation types:

Oral presentation
Poster presentation

Presenters will be provided with details about the length of their talks and size of posters in the acceptance communication.

All invited speakers are also requested to submit an abstract using the submission process and deadline above.

Conference Themes

From knowledge to wisdom, uncovering our learned lessons
Breaking the cycle: Ensuring history doesn’t repeat
Leaving a mark: The legacy we aspire to

Conference Sessions

To view the full session descriptions, please CLICK HERE

Alternative approaches to animal testing
Bridging the gap: Collaborative pathways to transformative outcomes in pollution monitoring, mitigation and management
Bridging the gap: Enhancing decision making in regulatory science
Contaminants in consumer products and cosmetics; Analytical and regulatory challenges and advancements
Contaminants in soil: Filling knowledge gaps and enhancing decision making
Contaminants of emerging concern
Ecotoxicology and environmental monitoring in challenging environments
Enhancing evidence synthesis in ecotoxicology: Current practices, what we are missing, and how we can improve
Environmental omics applied to ecotoxicology and eco-surveillance
Food Chemical Risk Assessment
Future-Proofing Wastewater Treatment: Tackling Emerging Contaminants with a Holistic Approach – it’s more than just PFAS
Identifying 'ecologically relevant endpoints' for microbial processes to inform Environmental Quality Guidelines and One Health approaches
Indigenous knowledge, experiences, and perspectives
Micro- and nanoplastics: Environmental emission and sources, human exposure, and potential health implications
Ototoxicity
Particulates, plastics and real-time risks
Predator free islands and conservation - human health risk aspects
Regulatory science, policies, and evidence-based decisions
Risk Assessment and Regulation of Metals in the Asia-Pacific Region
Toxicants and environmental impacts on wildlife
Toxicology of the Visual System
Whole-of-life approach to risk assessment (including mixtures)

General Information

Language of Submission
All abstracts must be submitted in English.

Word Count
Abstracts should be 300 words or less.

Review and Notification to Authors
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed. You will be informed by email (from setac.actra@confer.co.nz) of the acceptance status of your abstract in May 2025.

Registration
All presenters are required to register and pay the conference registration fee in order to be included in the programme and to present at the conference. Registration and payment of registration fee by presenters of accepted abstracts must be completed no later than the early bird deadline of 28 June 2025.

Publication
By submitting an abstract, authors agree to publication in conference proceedings or similar.

Presentation
Oral presentations will be included within topical sessions of the official programme. Posters will be on display throughout the conference and further details will be advised in the acceptance email.