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.
Abstract Content - please consider the following questions (where applicable) in writing your abstract and paper:
Context and Rationale (Why did you do it?): Describe the context and motivation behind your work. What problem or knowledge gap were you trying to address? What prompted the project or initiative?
Method and Approach (What did you do?): Outline the methodology or process you employed to achieve your objectives.
Results and Outputs (What did you find?): What were the results or findings of your work. What did the data reveal? What were the tangible outputs created, such as models, datasets, maps or management tools?
Outcomes and Impact (Why does it matter?): What are the benefits of the findings? Discuss the broader implications of your work and its contributions to the field of river and catchment management. How might your approach or findings be applied in other contexts or situations?
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.
Submission Portal
Abstracts must be submitted through the online submission system:
If you have any questions regarding abstract submission, please contact ASN Events.