CALL FOR LATE-BREAKING RESEARCH RESULTS (POSTER PRESENTATIONS)
The 2026 International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR) will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the University of Tennessee Conference Center from April 22-24, 2026. The symposium will begin with the workshop(s)/tutorial(s) held on April 22, and the subsequent single-track symposium presentations from April 23-34. This symposium will feature invited talk(s) and workshops in addition to single-track oral/poster presentations of original research.
The goal of ISMR is to bring together world-class researchers to present state-of-the-art research achievements and advances in surgical robotics, image-guided interventions, rehabilitation and assistive robotics, and prosthetics, as well as discuss challenges from the clinical point of view and address industry needs. It is envisioned that medical robots will integrate emerging technologies including soft robotics, smart materials, ergonomics, co-robotics, and artificial intelligence in the near future, and these topics will be featured in the symposium.
Potential topics for the symposium submissions include, but are not limited to, state-of-the-art research achievements and advances in surgical robotics, rehabilitation and assistive robotics, prosthetics, image-guided interventions, haptics, safety of robot-assisted procedures, training of medical personnel, and discussing potential challenges from the clinical point of view.
Call for Posters
We invite researchers to present their late-breaking research results in the form of posters in the symposium. To do so, a 1-page abstract for poster presentations should be submitted. The abstract should include:
- Title
- List of authors and their affiliations, and
- Maximum 500-words abstract
All submissions will be judged based on relevance to the symposium topics, technical quality, and novelty. Authors of accepted poster proposals are expected to attend the symposium and to present their work during the poster session. Authors are required to submit their poster proposals via email to mahdi.tavakoli@ualberta.ca and iordachita@jhu.edu by March 1, 2026. The email subject should be “ISMR2026_Poster_(last name of first author)”.