Abstracts must be submitted through the online submission platform, Oxford Abstracts. To begin, you will need to create an account and follow the simple step-by-step submission process, which will guide you through the required information.

Once registered, you can log back into your account at any time to view or edit existing submissions, or submit additional abstracts, up until the submission deadline.

The person submitting the abstract will be designated as the abstract contact and must create an account on the online submission portal using their email address and a password. These login details should be retained for future access.

The abstract contact must provide the details of all authors, identify the presenting author and ensure that all authors have given their permission before submission.

Once an abstract has been successfully submitted, a confirmation email will be sent to the abstract contact. If no confirmation is received, please log back into the portal to check that the abstract has been fully submitted and is not still in draft.

Abstracts can be saved as drafts and edited at any time before the submission deadline (see Key Dates). Draft abstracts will not be considered for review, and no changes can be made after the deadline.

For assistance with your submission, please contact [email protected].

The online submission system will guide you through the process and ask you to provide the following information:

• Abstract details: Title, preferred presentation format (oral, flash poster or e-poster; or e-poster only) and topic.
• Author information: Names, affiliations and email addresses for all authors.
• Publication consent: Agreement to the publication of accepted abstracts in the conference app and on the website. Abstracts may be subject to editing.
• BMJ Gut Licence Agreement: Accepted abstracts will be published in a special edition of Gut (BMJ). The submitting author must confirm agreement to the BMJ’s exclusive worldwide publication licence on behalf of all co-authors and provide evidence of consent if requested. Abstracts without this agreement will not be included in the Gut publication.
• Copyright declaration: Any third-party copyrighted material must be identified, and permission obtained for BMJ and BSG to reproduce and publish it. If no restrictions apply, please state N/A. Abstracts without the necessary permissions cannot be published.
• Publication status: Confirmation that the work has not been published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal before submission.
• Conflicts of interest: Declaration of any potential conflicts of interest on behalf of all authors to ensure scientific content remains free from commercial influence or bias.
• Co-author consent: Confirmation that all co-authors have agreed to their contact details being shared with conference organisers, reviewers and session chairs/moderators for the purposes of abstract review and programme planning. Abstracts without this consent cannot be considered.

Important: Please provide a non-NHS email address for both the abstract contact and presenting author to ensure important conference communications are received and not blocked by NHS email security systems.

Abstracts must be entered directly into the text box within the online submission system. There is no abstract template to download.

All abstracts must follow the structure below:

• Introduction: 1–2 sentences outlining the scientific question and its clinical or wider significance.
• Methods: A summary of the study design, analytical techniques and statistical methods used.
• Results: Objective data addressing the scientific question(s).
• Conclusions: Conclusions supported by the results, including implications for clinical practice. Avoid speculation or over-generalisation.

• Character limit: Maximum 3,000 characters, including spaces, title and any figure/table content.
• Title: Maximum 20 words and must clearly reflect the abstract’s content.
• Anonymous review: Do not include author names or affiliations in the abstract text.
• References: Must be included within the main text and count towards the character limit. Footnotes are not permitted.
• Terminology: Use generic names for drugs and therapeutic agents.

A maximum of one figure or table may be included, subject to the following requirements:

• Must be in monochrome and kept as simple as possible for clear reproduction.
• Must be referenced in the abstract text as Figure 1 or Table 1.
• Figure legends and table titles must appear within the abstract text, not within the image.
• Figures will be resized to fit a single column; complex or highly detailed images are discouraged.
• Images must meet the following specifications:
  • Minimum width: 83 mm
  • File size: 35 KB–1,000 KB
  • Resolution: Minimum 300 DPI

Please note that text within figures and tables counts towards the 3,000-character limit and may significantly reduce the space available for the main abstract.

Accepted abstracts will be published in Gut (BMJ), which enforces a strict 3,000-character limit. Any abstract exceeding this limit will be automatically truncated for publication, without exception.

Authors are responsible for ensuring their submission meets all formatting requirements before the deadline.

Please ensure your abstract is free from spelling, grammatical and scientific errors, as it will be published exactly as submitted. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their submissions, and no proofreading will be undertaken by BSG, TFI Lodestar or Gut.

• Abstracts must be submitted in English.
• Abbreviations must be defined when first used.
• Trade names may be included in both the title and main text.
• Special characters should be avoided where possible or replaced with suitable alternatives to ensure they display correctly in the published abstract.

Abstracts can be saved, edited and resubmitted as many times as required until the submission deadline of 25 January 2027. To make changes, simply log in to the submission portal and select View/Edit Abstracts.

After the submission deadline, no further edits can be made directly through the portal. However, accepted abstract presenters will have an opportunity to request amendments to the abstract text, authors, affiliations or presenting author until 12 April 2027.

The BSG recognises that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT or Large Language Models in research publications is expanding rapidly. As such, the BSG requires that authors who use AI tools in the preparation of an abstract or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent in disclosing this upon the submission of their abstract. Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy and content of their abstract, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics. AI tools cannot be listed as an author of an abstract as AI tools do not meet the requirements for authorship; as non-legal entities, they cannot assert the presence or absence of conflicts of interest nor manage copyright and license agreements.

BSG welcomes submissions of videos demonstrating endoscopic procedures. All videos must be accompanied by a written abstract submitted through the online submission portal.

Abstracts and their accompanying videos will be reviewed and scored together. Accepted submissions may be selected for either an oral presentation or an Endoscopy poster, with facilities available to display the video.

Video requirements

• Videos must be no longer than 5 minutes.
• Accepted formats include MPG, MP4, WMV and AVI.
• The maximum upload file size is 500 MB.
• Patient confidentiality must be maintained throughout.
• Video files must be labelled with the submitting author’s surname and the title of the accompanying abstract.

How to submit

1. Submit your written abstract through the online submission portal, selecting “02. ENDOSCOPY VIDEO” as the topic.
2. Upload your video directly to the submission platform (maximum 500 MB).
3. If you are unable to upload your video, you may send it via WeTransfer to [email protected].

Submission deadline: 25 January 2027

Both the written abstract and accompanying video must be received by the submission deadline. Incomplete submissions will not be considered for review.

All abstracts will undergo blind peer review by reviewers appointed by the BSG Programme Committee.

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to the abstract contact, in accordance with the published Key Dates. Information about presenter bursaries will also be provided at this stage.

Presenter registration

Presenting authors of accepted abstracts must register for the conference and pay in full by the presenter registration deadline (see Key Dates).

Accepted presenters will be eligible for the early bird registration rate until this deadline. A dedicated registration link will be included in the acceptance email and must be used to access this rate. Otherwise, the prevailing registration rate will apply.

Failure to register and pay by the deadline will result in:

• The abstract being excluded from publication in Gut.
• The abstract being withdrawn from the conference programme and all BSG-related publications.

Please ensure your abstract title and text are accurate and final before the submission deadline of 25 January 2027. Abstracts remaining in draft format will not be considered for review.

Accepted abstract presenters may request amendments until 12 April 2027. No further changes will be permitted after this date, and abstracts will be published as finalised.

Requests to withdraw an accepted abstract must be submitted in writing to [email protected] by the withdrawal deadline (see Key Dates) to prevent publication in the Gut supplement and final conference programme.

Changes to the author list or presenting author may also be requested until this deadline. Any additions or removals of authors must have written agreement from all authors.

Requests received after the withdrawal deadline will not be accepted, and the abstract will be published in Gut as finalised.

It is the responsibility of the abstract submitter to check that the abstract as published in Gut supplement shortly after the conference is correct. If there is an error, this must be raised no later than 4 weeks after the conference, no changes can be made after this time.