The Conference Scientific Committee invites abstracts for oral or poster presentation at our 2026 Virtual Conference Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies, which is taking place on Wednesday 20 May 2026.
We are excited to announce that this year, all accepted abstracts will have the opportunity to be published without charge (usual APC $3,000) in Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, the SAGE peer-reviewed gold open access journal. Our Conference abstracts are available online for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
We recommend that you submit abstracts well before the submission deadline (midnight (23:59 GMT) Sunday 15 March 2026).
Presentations of original data not yet published or presented elsewhere before the conference are highly recommended. We will consider abstracts related to 2024 and 2025 publications, contingent on compliance with applicable copyright laws with publishing journals. Authors are responsible for ensuring that there is no copyright infringement. All those who submit abstracts will be sent a 20% discount code for themselves and coauthors to attend the conference.
For more information, please contact the Conference Secretariat on admin@gbss.org.uk
FAQs
All abstracts must be submitted by midnight (23:59 GMT) Sunday 15 March 2026
First Stage: Abstract Notification of Acceptance or Rejection will be by 5pm Friday 10 April 2026
Second Stage: The deadline for abstract authors registration is midnight (23:59 BST) Sunday 19 April 2026.
Final Paper/Poster Submission Deadline is 5pm Friday 24 April 2026.
On or before Wednesday 30 April 2026, the author(s) of up to six abstracts selected will be asked to make a video recording with the GBSS team for presentation at the conference. If your abstract is selected, we will be in touch before the conference with further details and to arrange a time to record your presentation with us.
Abstracts should be related to the conference themes, which are:
Group B Strep Epidemiology
Group B Strep Vaccines
Group B Strep in practice (microbiology and testing)
Group B Strep in practice (clinical care)
All abstracts must be in English.
Yes, though a maximum of five (5) abstracts per author will be accepted for submission. Additional submissions will not be considered.
Abstracts which have been previously published cannot be submitted, unless there are new methods, findings, updated data or other acceptable reasons for submitting.
The allocation of oral presentations will be decided by the Scientific Committee and based on abstract scores. If you tick the box and opt for an oral presentation, you will be considered but may be offered a poster presentation instead. Should the first author be unable to present their poster, one of the co-authors should take over their responsibility.
No. Judging and allocation of the abstracts takes place through our online form, so only abstracts submitted online will be considered. If you are having any technical difficulties with the online form, please contact the conference secretariat at admin@gbss.org.uk
No, there is no charge for submitting an abstract. However, the presenting author(s) of all abstracts selected for oral presentation will need to register to attend the conference in order to present. If an author registers for the conference on the condition that their abstract is accepted and the abstract is then rejected, the registration fee will be refunded.
We welcome abstracts from pharmaceutical and other companies, however please note that you will need to be a sponsor of the event to be considered for publication. To discuss your company’s participation, please contact Group B Strep Support’s Advocacy and Information Manager Oliver Plumb
Academic Partner
If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities for this conference, please contact our Advocacy and Information Manager, Oliver Plumb at oliver.plumb@gbss.org.uk or call him on 0330 120 0798.
