Date:
March 17-20, 2025
Location:
Manhattan, Kansas
Address:
Kansas State University Campus, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Active Living Conference 2025 Call for Poster Proposals
We're accepting late-breaking poster presentation proposals through February 24th, 2025.
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The call for Oral Presentations is now closed and selections are being made. However, posters are a great way to showcase ongoing research, projects, and/or preliminary findings. Poster presenters will display during a session devoted to poster viewing with a reception, providing an effective mechanism for dissemination and networking.
Research and Practice/Policy poster proposals are invited for submission related to increasing physical activity for all people. We especially encourage proposals focused on equity for racially and ethnically diverse populations, people with disabilities, and those living in lower-income urban and rural communities who are at the greatest risk for physical inactivity and its related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and other chronic conditions. Posters related to the 2025 conference theme – Bridging the Research to Practice Gap – are also welcomed, but it is not a requirement to address this topic.
Progress towards creating more equitable, activity-friendly communities requires learning across many disciplines and regions. Therefore, proposals from all fields of research and practice are invited, including those with an international focus. Proposals focused solely on behavior change at the individual level and studies related to obesity treatments will not be accepted. ​
Submission Categories
Poster proposals can be submitted under the following two submission categories:
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Practice/Policy - Proposals are encouraged that highlight successful programs, policies, and partnerships from those in practice. Proposals focused on practice and policy should describe programs, best practices, interventions, case studies, policy or advocacy impacts, or new resources that are related to the environmental and policy aspects of active living or obesity prevention. This includes how innovative ideas and/or evidence-based research were translated into successful adoption or implementation of practice or policy. Efforts that resulted from multi-sector participation, applied previous research, or included evaluation are particularly encouraged.
Practice/Policy focused poster presentation proposals should include the following headings:
Background and Purpose, Description, Learning Objectives (2 – 4 suggested), Conclusions and Implications, References (optional), and Support/Funding Source (if applicable).
Practice/Policy Proposal Template
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Research - Proposals describing statistical results, intervention efficacy and effectiveness, methodological advances, dissemination and implementation research, and other scientific innovations on all topics related to active living are appropriate. Research-focused proposals should describe research related to the policy and environmental aspects of active living or obesity prevention. We encourage proposals on methodological, correlational, intervention, natural experiment, economic, and policy studies. Innovative conceptual papers and reviews, including those focused on translating active living research into practice and policy, will also be considered. If your proposal does not include complete results, please note the timeline for finalizing data analysis for the reviewers.
Research poster presentation proposals should include the following headings:
Background and Purpose, Learning Objectives (2 – 4 suggested), Methods, Results, Conclusions and Implications, References (optional), and Support/Funding Source (if applicable).
Research Proposal Template​​​​​​​
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Submission Guidelines
You must submit proposals electronically through the online submission system and are required to adhere to the following guidelines:
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All applicants will use the same link to access the online submission system and will be prompted to select the appropriate submission category (e.g. Practice/Policy or Research).
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Proposals must use the provided template and follow the format instructions.
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The maximum proposal length is one single-spaced page. Do not change the font (Calibri, 11 point) or margins (Moderate) of the template.
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There is no limit on the number of proposals you may submit.
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At least one author must register for the conference to present an accepted proposal. Expenses associated with the submission, preparation, and presentation of the proposal are the responsibility of the presenters.
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The poster presentation proposal deadline is February 25, 2025 at 11:59 pm PT.
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Review Process
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Proposals will undergo blind review by a committee from diverse disciplines and backgrounds. Selection for late-breaking poster presentation is based on the quality of the research or project, clarity of the proposal, relevance, and adherence to the guidelines.
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Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by the end of October and the submitting author will be notified via email. Expenses associated with the submission, preparation, and presentation of the proposal are the responsibility of the presenters. If you have questions prior to the submission deadline concerning your presentation proposal, please contact Amanda Walker at amandaw@activenviro.org.
For revisions or queries regarding proposals already submitted
If you do not receive acknowledgment for your proposal submission or wish to make any essential revisions to a proposal already submitted, please do not resubmit your proposal, as this may lead to duplication. Please email the convening coordinator, Amanda Walker, at amandaw@activenviro.org with details of any revisions or queries. Please quote your reference number if you have one. ​​​
Conference Journal Special Issue
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We are pleased to announce the Journal of Healthy Eating and Active Living (JHEAL) as a partner journal for the 2025 Active Living Conference. As part of this partnership, we will work with the journal to produce a special issue devoted to research, practice, and policy on active living presented at the conference. Approximately 6 of the top scoring proposals selected for presentation at the conference will be invited to submit papers for inclusion in the special issue at no cost and an additional 6 - 9 papers will be invited to submit a paper at a reduced processing fee rate. Papers will be invited for a full manuscript or a brief report, depending on the complexity of the topic. Authors of both research and practice/policy focused abstracts will be asked whether they wish to be considered for the journal special issue. Abstracts that are related to the conference theme, as well as those that are not, are eligible for consideration in the journal. Authors who are invited to submit a paper will be asked to commit to develop and submit a manuscript no later than May 23, 2025. ​
About the Journal of Healthy Eating and Active Living
JHEAL is an international, online, open-access, quarterly, peer-reviewed journal focused on publishing high-quality studies in the areas of active living and healthy eating. Of particular interest are studies of the interactional nature between active living and/or healthy eating and the “environment”, broadly defined to include social, cultural, economic, political, natural, virtual and built dimensions. Papers that report on multi-level studies and interventions are also welcome. We publish full length reports, brief communications, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, translational and practice-based research, policy and systems change evaluations, natural experiment studies, case studies, notes from the field, commentaries, and systematic reviews. Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies are all encouraged. Because we value the application of research, we invite submissions from researchers as well as practice- and policy-oriented submissions from practitioners, policy makers, and advocates. Research and practice/policy papers will have separately labeled sections, and reviewers with appropriate expertise will be selected. We are also open to publishing digital media files including maps, visualizations and other modern media. All articles will be indexed in both PubMed Central and CINAHL.