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AEC Call for Abstracts

Woven Strong: The Environmental Health Tapestry

Call for Abstracts — AEC 2026 in Kansas City

Interlacing knowledge, experience, and innovation in the heart of America

The strongest fabric needs every fiber, and that includes yours.

At the ßÏÀÖÔ° Annual Educational Conference (AEC) 2026, we're calling on environmental public health professionals to share their expertise, research, and innovations.

This year's theme, "Woven Strong: The Environmental Health Tapestry," celebrates how our collective knowledge and diverse perspectives interweave to strengthen the profession and protect environmental public health.

Your abstract is a chance to shape the conversations that drive environmental health forward. Whether you're sharing new research, innovative tools, or proven strategies, your contribution helps weave together a stronger, more unified profession.

What We're Looking For

We're especially interested in topics that reflect the evolving landscape of environmental health, including (but not limited to):

  • Climate change and its public health implications
  • PFAS and other emerging contaminants
  • Food safety, water quality, and vector control
  • Innovations in technology and data science
  • Workforce development and leadership
  • Risk communication and health equity
  • Policy, regulation, and advocacy
  • Indoor Air
  • Legionella Risk and Water Supply Management
  • Food Safety and Food Additives
  • AI and Data Management
  • Pool Inspections and Tips
  • Pest Control and Housing Inspections
  • Cannabis and CBD

If your work can spark conversation, lead to solutions, or inspire change, we want to hear from you.

Review Criteria

The 2026 AEC Review Committee will review all submissions based on quality, relevance, impact, and originality.

Prospective presenters are welcome to reference products as long as product references add to the educational value and are presented in a noncommercial fashion.

  • Quality: Presentation submissions should be well-organized and easily understood. The abstract and summary are judged as indicators of what can be expected of the session.
  • Relevance: Presentation submission should be highly relevant to the interests of the environmental health audience in general and the track topic in particular.
  • Impact: Presentation submissions should contribute to the educational mission of ßÏÀÖÔ°. Submissions reporting on emerging environmental health issues, important results, methodologies, or case studies of special significance will be favorably considered.
  • Originality: Presentation submissions on innovative technologies, case studies for innovative designs, or other novel results that contribute to ßÏÀÖÔ°'s goal of providing a high-quality educational program for practicing environmental health professionals will be favorably considered.
  • Commercial content: Product promotion is not permitted. Evidence of product promotion in presentation submissions will lead to rejection of the submission. It is acceptable to use a product in a design case study or as a proof of concept for a design methodology.

The AEC Review Committee reserves the right to request edits to submitted presentations or to reject a submitted presentation if it does not meet review criteria or follow submission guidelines.

Commercial product promotion is not permitted. References to products are acceptable only when they enhance the educational value.

Submission Guidelines

  • Submissions open: September 1–30, 2025
  • When submitting an abstract, you are the point of contact for that submission, and you will be the only person notified by email with information about the abstract. Additional speakers listed will not be notified directly; only the submitter whose account was used will be notified. It is your responsibility, as the submitter, to forward communications to other speakers/presenters or other relevant parties.
  • Individuals may submit up to three unique abstracts.
  • To submit an abstract, you must be a speaker, panelist, or otherwise directly connected to the abstract. ßÏÀÖÔ° does not accept abstracts submitted by a third party.
  • All speakers, presenters, poster presenters, or panelists must be at least 18 years old.
  • Submitted abstracts must be in their final form. Revisions or edits are not possible.

Be Part of the Tapestry

The AEC conference is where ideas, research, and experiences come together to create a stronger profession.

Your voice matters, and without it, the fabric is incomplete.