Abstracts
The Steering Committee of the 12th Australian Stream Management Conference (12ASM) invites you to enhance your participation by submitting a conference paper for the peer reviewed 12ASM conference proceedings. The below outlines the process for the submission of conference abstracts and papers, the peer review process, and the finalisation of papers for the conference proceedings.
Call for Abstracts
It is time to tell the Australian stream management community about the projects that you and your colleagues have been working on, your ideas, your plans, what has worked and what hasn’t! We want to hear from managers, policy makers, community representatives, scientists and those who are involved in some way in understanding and managing streams. We are particularly seeking submissions that encourage debate and will allow participants to explore new ideas that challenge existing paradigms and engage participants in collaborative discussions.
Abstracts are welcome on any topic related to the understanding and management of rivers and streams. Thirty years on from the inaugural Australian Stream Management Conference, the 2026 conference theme, Living and Evolving with Change, provides an opportunity to reflect on lessons from the past three decades while considering recent developments and emerging challenges in stream management. Focus areas may include strategic waterway management, innovation in methods and techniques, catchment and riparian management, environmental flows, community engagement, drought and flood recovery, the role of physical interventions, translating practice into policy, and monitoring and evaluation programs.
Abstracts should provide a concise synopsis of your proposed presentation and paper and must be no more than 250 words.
Abstract Guidelines
All abstracts are to be submitted online via the Conference Website at www.12asm.org.au
Abstracts on any topic related to the river and catchment management will be considered.
Maximum length 250 words.
Abstracts can be provided as a paragraph of description or as dot points if preferred.
Submissions must include a biography of the presenter of up to 150 words.
Abstracts for papers should be submitted by no later than Monday, 9th March, 2026.
A preference may be indicated to present a long or short presentation, or a poster, for the abstract.
Whilst rare, the Editorial Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any submissions. In this case, notification will be provided by no later than Monday, 23rd March, 2026.
Submitting your Paper
People presenting papers or posters to 12ASM are strongly encouraged to prepare a paper for the conference proceedings. Papers are between 2-8 pages in length.
Publishing your conference presentation as a paper means that it will be an important and permanent legacy of your work. Papers from past ASM conferences are available online and have been read and cited many thousands of time. The papers ensure knowledge exchange across the industry nationwide and internationally and have broad appeal to local groups, managers, policy makers and researchers.
Papers describe new techniques, tools, theories or inventions, or present case histories that extend our understanding of stream management. Papers should present new ideas, methods, applications, techniques, management approaches or policy. The conference proceedings can be considered as an industry journal.
Details of Your Paper
Final papers are to be between 2 and 8 pages in length, including figures and tables. Diagrams, figures, flow charts, and images are highly recommended. Proceedings will be digitally distributed in colour.
Submissions must be in English, a minimum of 11 point Times New Roman font.
Manuscripts should conform to the template provided.
The Oxford English Dictionary is the journal's standard for spelling.
Documents are to be prepared in Microsoft Word. No pdf documents will be accepted.
Any graphics included in the document are to separately attached to the final document as jpeg files.
No headers and footers are to be used.
Substantial quotations should be indented without quotation marks. Other quotations should be enclosed by single quotation marks. Double quotation marks should be used only as innermost quotation marks within single quotation marks.
Published works referred to in the text should be in parentheses containing author, date (and page number(s) if necessary).
Books and journal articles should be listed as follows:
Macpherson, C.B. (1972). The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke. Oxford
University Press, London.
Trimble, S. W., Mendel, A. C. (1995). The cow as a geomorphic agent — A critical review,
Geomorphology 13 (1), 233-253.
Completed papers to be reviewed MUST be submitted to the Scientific Committee through ASN Event Management by no later than Monday, 27th April, 2026.
Please note that the Conference Organisers and/or Committee will communicate only with the 'first author' of a paper. In the case of co-authored papers it will be the responsibility of the 'first author' to pass on to the co-author(s) communications from the editors.
Peer Review Process
All papers are reviewed by other conference participants (who are also authoring papers themselves), and revised, before being published online in formal conference proceedings. You will receive constructive evaluation from peers and leaders in the field. Specialist feedback improves the quality of papers, and therefore the quality of the conference.
As a participant in the conference you are strongly encouraged to review at least one other paper. This is not an onerous task and should take less than an hour. The Editorial team will endeavor to match the paper to your interests so that the review is valuable for the author as well as the reviewer. Simple guidelines for reviewers will be made available.
Once your paper is reviewed you will need to make changes you feel are acceptable before final submission. The Editorial Committee is there to assist with any questions or concerns about the submission or review.
Submission Portal
Abstracts must be submitted through the online submission system:
If you have any questions regarding abstract submission, please contact ASN Events.