Share your professional knowledge, research, and experiences by submitting a poster session for program consideration. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with peers and industry leaders.
Poster session submissions will be accepted on a variety of topics related to food safety, including but not limited to:
- Research
- Research related to consumer trends or food handling habits, beliefs, perceptions, or strategies.
- Research related to unique or successful tactics for reaching students, consumers, or food handlers with fundamental food safety practices.
- Research on microbiological concepts or advances in foodborne pathogen detection and prevention.
- Food Safety Programs or Campaigns in Action
- Effective food safety campaigns (marketing, communications, etc.) or programs (trainings, engagements, etc.).
- Campaigns or programs that are food safety related or reflective of a similar public health challenge that relies on behavior change for impact (i.e., stop smoking campaigns, etc.).
- Best practices for developing public health or food safety-related campaigns and programs.
- Intersection of Nutrition and Food Safety
- Successful campaigns or programs that incorporate food safety and nutrition together.
- Resources, curriculum, or lessons that combine nutrition and food safety practices.
- Programs, trainings, or strategies for providing food safety information and resources to Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) and other credentialed food and nutrition practitioners.
For questions regarding abstract submissions, please email cfsec@fightbac.org.
Submission Deadline
All poster sessions must be submitted by the end of the day on Monday, March 30, to be considered for inclusion in the program. Please complete all sections of the form to submit your poster session for consideration.
- Poster sessions will be presented virtually in real-time during the conference on June 4, 2026.
- Each poster session will be presented twice, in back-to-back 15-minute sessions.
- During each 15-minute session, presenters will spend 5 to 10 minutes sharing about their poster, and the remaining time answering questions from session attendees.
- After the conference, a 2 to 5-minute video of each poster session, pre-recorded by presenters, will be provided to attendees.
- Each poster will consist of a single PowerPoint slide that will be shared with attendees before the conference.
- Presenters may include a second PowerPoint slide only for sources, to be shared alongside their poster.
- Posters will only be accepted as PowerPoint (.ppt or .pptx) files. If slides are prepared using an alternative application such as Canva or Google Slides, they must be converted to PowerPoint before submission.
- Posters will be shared with attendees before the conference.
- All poster sessions will take place concurrently during two back-to-back 15-minute sessions.
- To ensure the best possible conference experience, each poster session will have limited space that will be allotted based on a first come first serve sign-up one week prior to the conference.
- Attendees may attend up to two sessions during the conference.
- After the conference, 2 to 5-minute pre-recorded videos of each poster session will be provided to attendees.
- Please read carefully through all the provided information on this page prior to submitting a poster session.
- Poster session submissions will be evaluated and scored by a review committee based on the following three criteria:
- Overall quality of proposed session content
- Anticipated appeal to conference attendees
- Appropriateness of learning outcomes/objectives
- Guidance for Preparing a Session Description (300 words maximum)
- For maximum scoring, all session descriptions should be well-written and include:
- Introduction: Background, statement of the problem, or basis of the study or outreach program. (1 to 2 sentences)
- Purpose/learning objective(s): List the purpose, objectives and/or learning objectives of the study, outreach program, or what conference attendees will learn from your session. (2 to 3 sentences)
- Methods/Research-based/Evidence-based: Succinctly describe the methods used in the research or outreach program, for peers to understand the design or implementation. (2 to 3 sentences)
- Model/Framework: State or describe any model or framework used in your research or outreach program. Examples of models include: Policy, systems, or environmental change (PSE), Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health Equity & Well-Being, social ecological model (SEM), etc. If a model does not exist, please list N/A for not applicable. (1 to 2 sentences)
- Results: Describe the results or outcomes of the research or outreach program quantitatively or qualitatively. Please do not give tables, figures, or pending results. (2 to 3 sentences)
- For maximum scoring, all session descriptions should be well-written and include:
You will be contacted regarding your submissions on or before Monday, April 13. Thank you for your interest!
If you have questions about your submission, please email cfsec@fightbac.org.
Conference Tracks
Sessions will focus on three tracks:
- Food Safety for the Next Generation: Innovative Tactics for Reaching People – Presentations in this category will focus on new and innovative tactics for reaching students, consumers, or food handlers with fundamental food safety practices; including lessons and curricula, game-based learning, social media and influencer outreach, package labeling, virtual reality, technology integration, and smart devices. Demonstrations and interactive presentations such as “how to create an Instagram reel” or “high-speed handwashing” are encouraged in this category.
- Reducing Waste: The Intersection Between Sustainability and Food Safety – Presentations in this category will focus on sustainability and food waste reduction efforts at both industry and consumer levels and their implications for food safety behaviors, including the EPA’s U.S. 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal, industry sustainability commitments, new and innovative packaging, cottage food businesses, food trucks, ghost kitchens, and consumer efforts such as home gardening, food preservation, and bulk meal preparation.
- The New Landscape of Food: Food Safety and Information Delivery in the Digital Age – Presentations in this category will focus on new research on hand hygiene and food handling behaviors and on documented strategies for reaching consumers and food handlers with the information they need to prepare, handle and store food safely, such as marketing best practices, behavior change theory, and new or improved methods of information delivery such as technology integration, packaging/labels, and the impact of e-commerce and food delivery on consumer behaviors.
Posters sessions will focus on the theme:
- Food Safety Education Strategies and Successes! – Posters in this category will focus on successful and effective food safety education campaigns, lessons, and curricula, and on proven strategies for reaching consumers with information on hand hygiene and food safety handling and behaviors. (posters only)
You will be contacted regarding your submission on or prior to September 1, 2022. Thank you for your interest!
If you have questions about your submission, please email cfsec2023@fightbac.org.
Guidance for Preparing Abstracts
Abstract (300 words maximum)
For maximum scoring, all abstracts should be well written and include:
- Introduction: Background, statement of the problem, or basis of the study or outreach program (1 to 2 sentences)
- Purpose/learning objective(s): List the purpose, objectives and/or learning objectives of the study, outreach program, or what conference attendees will learn from your presentation/poster (1 to 2 sentences)
- Methods/Research-based/Evidence-based: Succinctly describe the methods used in the research or outreach program, for peers to understand the design or implementation (2 to 3 sentences)
- Model/Framework: State or describe any model or framework used in your research or outreach program. Examples of models include: Policy, systems, or environmental change (PSE), Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health Equity & Well-Being, social ecological model (SEM), etc. If a model does not exist, please list N/A for not applicable. (1 to 2 sentences)
- Results: Describe the results or outcomes of the research or outreach program quantitatively or qualitatively. Please do not give tables, figures, or pending results (2 to 3 sentences)
- Significance: How does your research or outreach program findings improve food safety education and/or public health (1 to 2 sentences).