Over 100 posters are submitted to ECC every year. Be part of it in 2026.
Submit your scientific work or case report for the ECC Main Congress or the 6th International Pilonidal Conference. Win one of the ECC poster and case report prizes, and apply for the Springer Award for young surgeons.
Print deadlinecloses in
Before you submit
- Register firstThe first author needs a paid registration. Presenting authors must be registered onsite. Go to registration
- Max. 500 wordsTitle in upper case. Structured into Background, Methods, Results and Conclusion. Authors and affiliations don’t count.
- Two abstracts per first authorScientific work or case report, in English ready for publication. For clinical trials, include the registration number.
- Submit via ExordoLog in or create an account on the submission platform. You get a confirmation once your abstract is received.
Presented at ECC and additionally published in print in European Surgery as congress supplement, handed out at the congress.
Published online and presented at ECC. Publication in the European Surgery supplement is no longer possible.
Rolling review: you get an early decision on your abstract.
Poster Awards 2026
Every accepted abstract competes for the ECC Poster Awards. The winners receive their award on Tuesday afternoon and present their work in a short talk on the main stage.
For the best scientific posters of the congress.
For the most instructive case from clinical practice.
For accepted abstracts with a presenting first author under 40.
From submission to stage
- 19 MarchCall for abstracts opensNext
- 26 SeptemberDeadline with supplement publicationNext
- 6 NovemberFinal deadline, online publicationNext
- 29 NovemberPilonidal Conference: best abstracts on stageNext
- 1 DecemberPoster Session and award ceremonyNext
Poster Session
The Poster Session takes place during the ECC Main Congress on Tuesday, 1 December 2026.
Publication
Accepted posters for the ECC Main Congress and the International Pilonidal Conference are published, in print or online depending on your submission date (see deadlines above). By submitting, you agree to the publication. See the 2025 publications online.
Posters for the International Pilonidal Conference
The best abstracts are selected for oral presentation on Sunday, 29 November, during the International Pilonidal Conference. The presenting author must be registered onsite.
All accepted pilonidal posters can also be presented in the Poster Session and compete in the Poster Award Session of the ECC Main Congress on Tuesday, 1 December. To present at ECC as well, the presenting author also needs a Main Congress registration. Combined Master Tickets cover both.
- Abstract length must not exceed 500 words, including the headers Title, Background, Methods, Results and Conclusion. The title shall be written in upper case. Authors and affiliations do not count towards this limit.
- Submission of an abstract requires a paid registration of the first author.
- Two abstracts may be submitted per first author.
- Abstracts can only be submitted via this website, in clear English with spelling and grammar suitable for publication. Once received, a confirmation is sent to the submitting author.
- The submitting author is responsible for the content of the abstract and for the consent to submit on behalf of all co-authors.
- If a clinical trial is presented, its registration number must be included.
All presenting authors have to be registered onsite.
- Abstract submission deadline is September 26, 2026, to be additionally published in European Surgery as congress supplement.
- Abstract submission deadline is November 6, 2026, to be published online and presented during ECC. Publication in European Surgery as congress supplement is not possible anymore.
Rolling review enables an early decision on the acceptance of your submitted abstract.
- Submission of an abstract to the European Colorectal Congress (ECC) constitutes consent to publication exactly as submitted in any media (electronic, print, webcast/podcast, social media, other promotion).
- Submission of an abstract grants the organizers of the ECC and European Surgery a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, publish, translate, distribute and display the content of the abstract.
- Submission of an abstract constitutes a declaration by the submitting author that all authors have been informed about and agreed to the present rules, and that the authors are the sole owners of, or hold the rights to, all information and content. In particular, the authors declare that publication of the abstract does not infringe any third-party rights, including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights.
- The submitting author is responsible for informing the other authors about the rules of submission and the status of the abstract.
- The organizers reserve the right to remove from presentation and publication any abstract that does not comply with the rules of submission.