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Petfood Forum 2025 call for papers is now open

It’s the TED talk for the Petfood Industry.

Call for Entries

Petfood Forum 2025 is seeking abstracts for noncommercial oral presentations and research posters. The deadline to submit is November 1, 2024.

The conference is scheduled for April 28-30 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Please do not submit an abstract, especially for an oral presentation, if you are not sure you will be able to attend Petfood Forum in Kansas City during those dates.

Also, please limit submissions to no more than two per company/organization.

Abstracts due by November 1, 2024

Submit Abstract

What to submit

Potential speakers are invited to submit noncommercial abstracts on topics including:

  • New research on companion animal nutrition;
  • Novel ingredients and their potential applications in pet food or treat formulations;
  • Data, trends and predictions for the pet food market, either global or focusing on a specific market, including opportunities for innovation;
  • Macro-economic factors and outlook, specifically what they mean for pet food;
  • Career development specific to pet food professionals;
  • Pet food types and categories, including newer formats and technologies;
  • New pet retailing information pertinent to the selling or distribution of pet food, including via e-commerce, direct-to-consumer and subscription;
  • New information or ideas for marketing pet food, including via social media;
  • New information, techniques or processes for product development in pet food;
  • Update on regulatory information relevant to pet food in the U.S. or other specific markets;
  • New research, technology or processes for pet food production;
  • New research, technology or other information on pet food packaging;
  • Other new technologies applicable to pet food;
  • New, specific information on one focused aspect of pet food safety (no general overviews of regulations or pet food safety programs);
  • Sustainability in pet food.

An advisory board of pet food industry experts will evaluate all submissions.

How to submit

Submission guidelines

  • Abstracts must be written in English.
  • The abstract should sufficiently explain the topic, especially how it is unique or based on new information — but please do not submit a full paper.
  • The potential speaker’s expertise in or knowledge of the topic should also be clear.
  • For oral presentations, public speaking experience must be included.
  • Please do not submit more than two abstracts from a single company or organization.

Abstracts must be received no later than Nov. 1.

After this deadline, the abstract submission system will no longer accept submissions. Any requests for late submissions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Submit Your Abstract

After review of submissions

All submissions will be reviewed within six to eight weeks after the November 1 deadline; you will receive an email about whether your submission has been accepted.

If your abstract is chosen for an oral presentation, you will receive a PowerPoint template to use to create your presentation, including a set range of number of slides and amount of information or bullet points to include on each slide. Please use and follow this template.

Authors will be required to sign a copyright release to permit publication of the abstract and the use or re-use of other materials. For oral presentations, you will also be required to provide a photo (head shot) by a specified date, as well as other files.

Failure to provide required files and information by the specified deadlines could result in your being replaced as a speaker or poster presenter for Petfood Forum 2025.