Call for Abstracts

Submit your Abstract Here

The Australian Centre for Health Law Research invites you to participate in the 5th International Conference on Assisted Dying and Other End-of-Life Care (ICEL5). The conference will be held in Brisbane, Australia from Wednesday 8th April to Saturday 11th April 2026 and will be an engaging program of interdisciplinary research.

The call to submit abstracts for oral, poster, workshop, and panel presentations for the 2026 international conference is now open. 

ICEL5 is an interdisciplinary conference and we welcome abstracts that highlight legal, ethical, clinical, health policy, sociological, and other aspects of assisted dying internationally and within specific jurisdictions. We use ‘assisted dying’ as an umbrella term and recognise that countries use different terminology such as voluntary assisted dying, medical assistance in dying, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

We welcome abstracts that situate assisted dying in its broader end-of-life and health-care contexts, including research which sits at the intersection between assisted dying and other relevant issues, such as advance care planning, other forms of hastened death, and organ donation. 

This program will be of interest to all interested in assisted dying including:

• researchers from a range of disciplines 

• health care professionals

• philosophers and bioethicists

• legal practitioners and academics

• policymakers and regulators

• and many more.

The call for abstracts closes on Sunday 31 August 2025.


Submit your Abstract Here

Guidelines for Abstracts

Individuals are able to submit up to 3 abstracts as presenting author, with up to 2 of these being eligible for acceptance.

When submitting an abstract, individuals will be able to indicate whether they would like to request expedited review of their abstract. This option is being provided for individuals whose ability to attend the conference depends on early notification of the outcome of the abstract submission process. Individuals will be asked to provide a reason why they are requesting expedited review. These requests will only be considered for individuals who will need to travel from outside Australia to attend the conference.

Please include the below information with the submission of each abstract.

Contact information for each speaker

  1. First and last name
  2. Affiliation
  3. Address: City, state, post code, country
  4. Email address

Speaker biography
Maximum 100 words
Presentation title
Maximum 15 words
Type of presentation
  • Individual
  • Group
  • Workshop/Panel
Format of presentation
  • Oral (individual or group presentation)
  • Oral (workshop presentation)
  • Poster
  • Either oral or poster
Is expedited abstract review requested? If yes, please indicate the reason                                                                                    
  • Yes (please indicate the reason, maximum 200 words)
  • No
Abstract
Maximum 300 words

All individuals whose abstract has been accepted must register to attend the conference. Your place in the program will not be confirmed until you have confirmed your acceptance and registered for the conference.

Conference Key Dates

Call for abstracts opens                                                                                                             
Monday 9 June 2025
Call for abstracts closes
Sunday 31 August 2025
Notified of outcome
Friday 31 October 2025
Registration deadline for presenting authors Sunday 30 November 2025
Early bird registration closes
Sunday 30 November 2025