Hello,

say you sent an abstract for a conference and received acknowledgement of receipt, how long do you wait until you are told the outcome of the application?
On the date stipulated in their submission guidelines, or after that date?

Thanks.

Usually the evaluation of the abstracts starts after all abstracts have been sent - i.e. after the submission deadline is over. Depending on how many abstracts are there and how many reviewers/what review procedure they apply, they will need a few weeks before coming out with the selection of papers for the conference.

In my experience so far, response comes about 4-12 weeks after submission deadline, it depends a lot on the conference timeplan of course - and also if they plan to print out proceedings during or after the conference.

Best
Wanderingbit