Instructions to submit papers for oral presentations and posters
Thank you for showing interest for contributing to the NKJ conference “Organics as a response to urgent need for resilient food systems”. We ask you to follow these instructions when you prepare an abstract (maximum of two pages) for submission.
Present your work in a broader context
The objective of the conference is to get an overview of the current research and development of organic food and farming systems, discuss its relevance for resilient food systems, and how research could meet urgent challenges and develop organic food and farming.
The conference contributors are challenged to present the impact of their work related to increased resilience in the food system. Therefore, it is important that papers do not simply present research and its results, but also put them into a context of resilience. Important questions to answer are how your work could contribute to an increased resilience of the food system, based on principles of organic production.
Reviewing process
The 1-2-pages offered abstracts should be submitted latest 1st of February 2026 by using the form below. Submit “Abstract for oral presentation” or submit “Abstract for poster”.
The scientific committee will review submissions and notify authors of acceptance of submission by latest 29th of March 2026. The committee will also indicate if your paper needs revision. The deadline to submit the invited and revised offered papers to be included in the proceedings are 12th of April 2026.
Instructions for the structure of abstracts
The subject of the abstract is open as long as it is relevant for resilience and organic food and farming (see above).
Offered papers should follow the general structure as follows:
Title, Authors, Implications, Background and objectives, Key results and discussion, How work was carried out (not mandatory) and References. See Template on page 2.
The following technical instructions apply for submitted abstracts:
The texts should be sent in via form for submission on this page. The main body of the text should be written using a font size of 10 and a line spacing of 1 using font Verdana. Headings of chapters with bolded text. The font size of title is 12 and for table contents 9. Tables containing numerical data should be kept to a minimum and should include only essential information. Manuscripts should be prepared in A4 format with all margins at 2.5 cm. The lay out in the Conference proceedings will be based on the version provided by the authors so please pay attention to clear and balance presentations.
Publication
The proceedings of the conference will be published as a monograph in pdf format. It will after the conference be openly available online on the Organic E-prints database.
Template
To be prepared