Presentation Information
Call for Presentations: Oral and Poster
Rural and public health professionals are encouraged to submit abstracts for the 2026 Dakota Conference on Rural Health.
Deadline to Submit: 5:00 pm Central on January 9, 2026
Presentation Topics
Presentations should feature community or research projects that use creative strategies, facilitate the
collaboration between rural entities, can be replicated, and have an emphasis on educating and
developing partnerships. Presentation topic options include, but are not limited to:
Primary presentation categories:
- Leadership/administration
- Workforce
- Innovation in practice
Topic suggestions within these categories include, but are not limited to:
- Access
- Creative strategies
- Diverse populations
- Financing
- Prevention
- Professional development
- Quality
Oral Presentations
Sessions are 45 minutes in length and should allow for discussion time. This is a competitive process and not all abstracts are accepted for oral presentations.
Presentations with more than three speakers must send additional speaker information to nicole.threadgold@UND.edu. Be sure to include the name of the presentation and the names of all authors presenting.
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all submission questions
Reviewing all questions will make submission go smoothly!
Poster Presentations
Poster presentation sessions occur during the Exhibitor/Attendee Networking lunch on day two of the conference.
If there is more than one author on a poster, only one author/presenter is required to register for the conference (but all presenters are welcome to attend and receive the discounted presenter registration fee). Any author attending/presenting/displaying at the conference must be registered as a conference attendee. Those selected to give an oral presentation of their poster must submit a slide of their poster (as a PowerPoint) by April 30, 2026 for continuing education review and approval. A physical copy of the poster is required for display during the oral poster presentation time slot. Handouts must be submitted by April 30, 2026 to be posted online for participants to access.
Posters with more than three authors must send additional speaker information to nicole.threadgold@UND.edu. Be sure to include the name of the poster and the names of all authors presenting.
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submission questions
Reviewing all questions will make submission go smoothly!
Presenter Guidelines
- Presenters for oral and poster (oral and display only) sessions receive a discounted full conference registration fee.
- Presenters must be registered as a conference participant for, at minimum, the day(s) they are presenting. Full conference registration at the reduced presenters' registration fee is highly encouraged.
- Abstract submissions must be received no later than 5:00 pm Central on January 9, 2026.
- No honorarium or travel expense reimbursement will be provided for presenters submitting through the "Call for Presentations" process.
- Presentation abstracts may not exceed 2,000 characters. Reviewers will use this to select presentations for the conference.
- Description for conference program may not exceed 400 characters.
- Lead presenter's biography should be 2-3 sentences.
- Letters of acceptance will be sent electronically no later than February 6, 2026.
- All correspondence, including acknowledgment of receipt of submission, will be conducted electronically.
- Continuing education is sought for ALL presentations. Presenter agreements must be completed electronically by 5:00 pm Central on March 13, 2026 in order to allow time for credit approval. All slides must be received by April 30, 2026, so they can be reviewed by the Office of Continuing Medical Education prior to the conference. Further information will be sent via email to the accepted oral and poster presentations.