IPATH Annual Meeting Abstract Submission
IPATH Annual Meeting 1-Day Conference Series Dates:
- Thursday, 29 June - Active Travel
- Thursday, 28 September - TBD/Abstract Submission OPENS Friday, 14 July 2023
- Thursday, 7 December - TBD/Abstract Submission OPENS Friday, 13 October 2023
Abstract Submission OPENS Friday, 14 July 2023 for the Thursday, 28 September 2023 1-Day Conference Series
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Submit your abstract by clicking on the appropriate button below:
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PLEASE NOTE that we are using a NEW software platform for abstract submission. You should double check the following prior to submitting your abstract:
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Submission of an abstract represents a commitment to participate in the IPATH Annual Meeting, irrespective of acceptance of an abstract. The opportunity to submit an abstract for consideration is available only to those who plan to attend the conference for educational and networking purposes and not to those who wish to attend exclusively for the opportunity to present. Presenters of accepted abstracts will be REQUIRED to register by the Early Registration deadline. Failure to register will result in the automatic withdrawal of the abstract.
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Abstract Submission Guidelines
Each abstract considered for presentation at the IPATH Annual Meeting will go through a formal peer-review and scoring process. Final abstract scores are calculated as the average of three (3) individual peer-review assessments. Scientific/research abstracts and practitioner/policy/case study abstracts will be assessed separately. Only the highest scoring abstracts will be given the option for oral presentation. All others that are accepted will be presented as pecha kucha or a poster based on peer-review scoring and recommendations.
Authors will be asked to select and submit an abstract in their preferred presentation format:
The author's presentation preference will be taken into consideration along with scoring and recommendations received by each of the three peer-reviewers. Final decisions with regard to presentation format are at the discretion of the IPATH Annual Meeting Program Committee.
Co-Authors
The author attending the IPATH Annual Meeting and presenting the abstract must submit the abstract under their name. If co-authors will be in attendance, either one of the authors may submit the abstract. The author submitting the abstract must be the presenter at the conference. This author will receive all communications from IPATH. Other authors are encouraged to attend but will not be considered as a presenter of the abstract at IPATH unless approved by the assigned session team members. Other authors listed on the abstract will be included in the on-line, printed program and on the MDPI Sustainability published abstract.
Invited Abstract Categories
Abstracts are invited on the general headings below with sub-headings indicating the specific categories; all within the overarching theme of transport and health. Note that an "Other" category will be included under each main heading. The overall theme is the impact of transport (and urban/rural) planning and design on quality of life, health and well-being in communities.
Transport and Health Behavior
Innovative Technologies
Transport and Health Impacts
Urban/Rural Planning
If you do not see a specific transport and health abstract category that your abstract fits, submit it anyway under the "Other" category option. The Program Committee will take a look and figure out a way to work your unique research into the program. The IPATH platform is all about a different way of thinking.
Abstract Submission Details
Excluding the title, your abstract should not exceed 400 words. Word counts will be automatically limited by the online submission software.
You will be asked to indicate your professional discipline. This information is important to ensure that each team has an equal mix of transdisciplinary professionals. If you consider yourself as fitting into more than ONE category, please indicate your university degree field of study.
Professional Category
You will be asked to self-identify what professional category your work falls under.
NOTE: If you are employed by an academic institution, you are NOT considered a practitioner.
Researcher Abstracts
Four (4) major headings of a scientific abstract must be included: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Authors are encouraged to use additional sub-headings where appropriate.
The results section must include a formal statistical analysis of quantitative or qualitative research investigation (where appropriate). Hence, robust results should be presented. For quantitative studies, this would usually mean including statistics, such as confidence intervals.
Abstracts stating that ‘results will be presented’ will not be considered (however results of ongoing analyses are acceptable).
Results of a systematic review are acceptable.
Case Study/Practitioner Abstracts
Relevant sub-headings are at the discretion of the submitting author. Case study and practitioner abstracts should be descriptive enough to outline the project or idea including the methods used and a statistical data analysis (if applicable) and include any outcomes of the work. Case Study/Practitioner Abstracts will be subjected to a different scoring criterion from the Research Abstracts.
General Abstract Guidelines
If you will be performing a content cut and paste, we recommend using the “paste as plain text” button in the tool bar along with the “custom character” button. If any erroneous characters remain you will be alerted upon submission and provided with the opportunity to amend the submission.
Cash Awards
Cash prizes ($200 USD) will be awarded to the two (2) highest scoring abstracts (including oral, pecha kucha and poster) and BEST poster. NOTE: Winners of a high abstract award will not be considered eligible to compete in the BEST poster award
Each abstract considered for presentation at the IPATH Annual Meeting will go through a formal peer-review and scoring process. Final abstract scores are calculated as the average of three (3) individual peer-review assessments. Scientific/research abstracts and practitioner/policy/case study abstracts will be assessed separately. Only the highest scoring abstracts will be given the option for oral presentation. All others that are accepted will be presented as pecha kucha or a poster based on peer-review scoring and recommendations.
Authors will be asked to select and submit an abstract in their preferred presentation format:
- Standard Oral (15 Minutes)
- Pecha Kucha - An oral presentation of 20 slides for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total). This is a fast-paced and FUN alternative! Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PechaKucha for details.
- Poster - Presentation and judging will be completed on the session day assigned to each author
The author's presentation preference will be taken into consideration along with scoring and recommendations received by each of the three peer-reviewers. Final decisions with regard to presentation format are at the discretion of the IPATH Annual Meeting Program Committee.
Co-Authors
The author attending the IPATH Annual Meeting and presenting the abstract must submit the abstract under their name. If co-authors will be in attendance, either one of the authors may submit the abstract. The author submitting the abstract must be the presenter at the conference. This author will receive all communications from IPATH. Other authors are encouraged to attend but will not be considered as a presenter of the abstract at IPATH unless approved by the assigned session team members. Other authors listed on the abstract will be included in the on-line, printed program and on the MDPI Sustainability published abstract.
Invited Abstract Categories
Abstracts are invited on the general headings below with sub-headings indicating the specific categories; all within the overarching theme of transport and health. Note that an "Other" category will be included under each main heading. The overall theme is the impact of transport (and urban/rural) planning and design on quality of life, health and well-being in communities.
Transport and Health Behavior
- Active travel
- Disruptive mobility & cultural shifts
- Methods, performance measures & outcomes
- Public education/public involvement
- Social marketing & other behavioral interventions
- Gender and Transport
Innovative Technologies
- Autonomous/connected vehicle technologies
- Transport Network Companies (TNC); Uber, Lyft and others
- Technologies to assist active travel (i.e., Wayfinding apps, etc.)
- Infrastructure adaptations & technologies
- Electric vehicles (including e-bikes)
- Renewable energies
Transport and Health Impacts
- Road safety danger reduction & injury
- Health/environmental impact assessments
- Air quality
- Noise pollution
- Water Contamination
- Climate change
- Community severance
- Mental health
Urban/Rural Planning
- Complete/healthy streets/governance
- Aging populations
- Disability assisted mobility (paratransit)
- Planning & infrastructure challenges
- Built environment density, distance
- Monitoring & evaluation
- Socio-technical challenge
- City trials, Intervention studies and natural experiments
- Work/school travel plans
- Green/natural space (biodiversity)
- Environment/social justice/inequities
- Transport economics
- Infrastructure for transport beyond the private car (i.e., walking/cycling)
If you do not see a specific transport and health abstract category that your abstract fits, submit it anyway under the "Other" category option. The Program Committee will take a look and figure out a way to work your unique research into the program. The IPATH platform is all about a different way of thinking.
Abstract Submission Details
Excluding the title, your abstract should not exceed 400 words. Word counts will be automatically limited by the online submission software.
You will be asked to indicate your professional discipline. This information is important to ensure that each team has an equal mix of transdisciplinary professionals. If you consider yourself as fitting into more than ONE category, please indicate your university degree field of study.
- Health/Public Health
- Transport
- Urban Planning
- Other:________________
Professional Category
You will be asked to self-identify what professional category your work falls under.
NOTE: If you are employed by an academic institution, you are NOT considered a practitioner.
- Practitioner
- Researcher
- Undergraduate or Masters’ Student
- Doctoral Student
- Post-Doctoral Early Career Researcher (aged <35 years old or within 5 years of degree completion)
Researcher Abstracts
Four (4) major headings of a scientific abstract must be included: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Authors are encouraged to use additional sub-headings where appropriate.
The results section must include a formal statistical analysis of quantitative or qualitative research investigation (where appropriate). Hence, robust results should be presented. For quantitative studies, this would usually mean including statistics, such as confidence intervals.
Abstracts stating that ‘results will be presented’ will not be considered (however results of ongoing analyses are acceptable).
Results of a systematic review are acceptable.
Case Study/Practitioner Abstracts
Relevant sub-headings are at the discretion of the submitting author. Case study and practitioner abstracts should be descriptive enough to outline the project or idea including the methods used and a statistical data analysis (if applicable) and include any outcomes of the work. Case Study/Practitioner Abstracts will be subjected to a different scoring criterion from the Research Abstracts.
General Abstract Guidelines
- No references, tables or figures are permitted
- Use International characters only
- Type in normal sentence case DO NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
- Do not use abbreviations - You may know what they mean, but we don't
- Use only accepted keyboard characters
- Separate each paragraph with one hard return
If you will be performing a content cut and paste, we recommend using the “paste as plain text” button in the tool bar along with the “custom character” button. If any erroneous characters remain you will be alerted upon submission and provided with the opportunity to amend the submission.
Cash Awards
Cash prizes ($200 USD) will be awarded to the two (2) highest scoring abstracts (including oral, pecha kucha and poster) and BEST poster. NOTE: Winners of a high abstract award will not be considered eligible to compete in the BEST poster award
Publication Opportunity
All accepted/presented abstracts will be published in an online supplement to the MDPI Journal of Sustainability as a Supplemental Issue. Based on the topic area of interest, selected abstract authors will be asked to submit a full manuscript to the following the conference. NOTE: YOU MUST PRESENT AT THE IPATH ANNUAL MEETING TO RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO PUBLISH. Submitted manuscripts will undergo a formal peer-review process. Accepted manuscripts will be published in the next suitable issue of the MDPI Sustainability and also as a virtual conference issue online. For more information, please contact
All accepted/presented abstracts will be published in an online supplement to the MDPI Journal of Sustainability as a Supplemental Issue. Based on the topic area of interest, selected abstract authors will be asked to submit a full manuscript to the following the conference. NOTE: YOU MUST PRESENT AT THE IPATH ANNUAL MEETING TO RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO PUBLISH. Submitted manuscripts will undergo a formal peer-review process. Accepted manuscripts will be published in the next suitable issue of the MDPI Sustainability and also as a virtual conference issue online. For more information, please contact