Call for 2025 Sessions

The Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRBM) is soliciting proposals from investigators worldwide for thematic symposia sessions at SfRBM’s 32nd Annual Conference, to be held November 19-22, 2025 in Washington DC, USA.  These sessions are an important way that our conference delivers a wide variety of redox research topics each year.

PLENARY SESSION FORMAT: SfRBM 2025 will feature plenary sessions consisting of (4) 30-minute segments - 25 minutes of presentation and 5 minutes of audience question and answer time for each speaker.  

PROPOSAL DEADLINE: March 3, 2025
Please submit your Plenary Session Topic/Speaker Proposal to SfRBM by March 3, 2025. Proposals covering a broad range of topics are encouraged such as the role dietary and cellular antioxidants in health and disease, redox cell signaling and the chemical biology and effects of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in biological systems.  Proposals which have a strong mechanistic basis, a clear theme, high-profile speakers and encompass basic science to clinical applications are of particular interest. 

SfRBM 2025 Scientific Program Committee encourages novel submissions that feature diversity in both the gender and geographic location of proposed speakers.

SYMPOSIA PROPOSAL FORM GUIDELINES

Please review and follow the guidelines below as this will facilitate thourough cconsideration by the SfRBM 2025 Scientific Program Committee. The review of the proposals will be strictly based upon scientific merit and the potential thematic interest to conference attendees. 

Proposal should include:

1. Name of Chairs: List your full contact information at the top of the proposal. Plenary sessions should have two chairs and it is anticipated that they will develop the session program together.
2. Topic/Title: Symposia session title and topic
3. Topic Background: Description/research (please make the case for why this topic is of general interest to the SfRBM 2025 audience)
4. Speakers: 4 potential speakers, including name, contact information, proposed title of each presentation and a brief description of their background and research. 

Keep in mind that presentations should not be focused on a review of the area, but rather presentation of new discoveries and their context.  This is a highly competitice process so if you choose to contact potential speakers at the submission stage, please make it clear that there is no guarantee of acceptance.

We ask that the proposal be no more than 2-3 pages.

Download the SfRBM 2025 Symposium Proposal Form

View Sample Completed Proposal

SPEAKER REIMBURSEMENT

Invited speakers will be reimbursed according to the guidelines indicated below*.
Please note that session chairs are not reimbursed, only session speakers. 

a) SfRBM Member Speaker: No registration or hotel reimbursement provided; travel expenses reimbursed but capped per geographic location (see below). SfRBM member speakers will be provided free conference registration for 1 student/trainee from their lab.
b) Non-member: Registration waived, 2 nights hotel covered; travel expenses reimbursed but capped per geographic location (see below).