Call for Industry Poster Abstract Submission

Welcome to the Industry Poster Submission Portal for Masterclasses in Dermatology 2026, which will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota from February 19-22, 2026. Your comprehensive industry poster abstract proposal(s) MUST be submitted by Friday, December 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET to be considered for acceptance at this year's event. Abstracts are subject to acceptance by the Conference Co-Chairs. Accepted abstracts will be displayed in a digital format at the 2026 MCD conference. Only abstracts received by the submission deadline will be considered. There will be no additional deadlines for late-breaking data. Acceptance notifications will be sent on or before January 9, 2026. If accepted, a $750 fee per poster will be invoiced to the submitting author.

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

Abstracts must be in English

504-word count limit (additional 4 words allows for inclusion of tiles for each section - i.e. Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion(s))

Use a concise title in title case only. (Example: This is the Title of my Presentation)

Provide names and affiliations of ALL author(s) in correct sequence of order

Use standard and well-accepted abbreviations

References do not need to be submitted in the Abstract. Please include them in the final digital poster.

Abstract content should be single-spaced and typed in lower case; abstract title should not include any formatting

No uploaded tables or graphs shall be included in submitted abstract. If the abstract is accepted, you can include it in the digital poster

Please include the following four (4) parts of your abstract: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion(s). Conclusions must be supported by your results and summarized within your abstract at the time of submission. Results 'to be completed' and/or conclusions 'to be discussed' are not acceptable

Previous Presentation, Publication and Duplication of Abstracts

Encore abstracts will be allowed if they contain new data. During the submission process you will be asked if the abstract has been presented before, when you say yes you will be prompted to submit the original abstract as a reference

Abstracts will not be considered for presentation if they have been or will be published as an article (includes manuscripts accepted for publication) in either printed or electronic format before the embargo date of February 22, 2026.

Abstracts will not be considered for presentation if they have been duplicated in any way

Abstracts that have been submitted to the MCD conference in previous years, and have not been accepted for poster presentation, are eligible for submission but must contain new, additionalinformation to be considered
Violations of these policies could result in a sanction from submitting abstracts to this conference for the submitting author

Commitment
Submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the author(s) to submit an appropriately formatted digital abstract poster to showcase in the online MCD poster gallery.
The conference will withdraw abstracts upon written notification from the submitting author by January 23, 2026. Acceptance of the abstract obligates the author to present the digital poster.

Digital Poster Advantages

No Paper Required- Poster presenters do not produce a paper version of the poster

No Setup time or tear down time is required