Speaker Terms and Conditions

The submission of a completed speaker proposal form does not in any way guarantee the submitter or presenters a speaking slot on the programme. Furthermore, it is not intended to create a legally binding relationship between the presenters and either the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd ‘BMJ’ or the Institute for Healthcare Improvement ‘IHI’. Please be advised that any offer to speak at the event will be subject to terms and conditions to be agreed at a later date.

Please note that all sessions are peer-reviewed by the International Forum Programme Planning Committee. Sessions are selected to fit with the annual theme of the conference and the content streams that will be presented each year.

Some presentations may be filmed and broadcast during the event and published online by either BMJ or IHI afterwards – by submitting a proposal, you agree for your presentation to be filmed and published in this way.

Competing interests must be declared on this proposal application otherwise the proposal will not be considered. If your presentation is selected, competing interests must be declared both verbally and on a slide at the beginning of the presentation at the International Forum.

The number of free registration places per session will be strictly limited to:

• Sessions lasting 30 minutes or less – one free presenter place
• Sessions lasting 60 minutes or more – maximum of two free presenter places
• Each session is eligible for one additional free place for a patient co-presenter (patients are also welcome to apply as lead presenters).

A patient is defined as someone who has lived experience of using health services as a patient, or as the main carer of a patient. They should have a leading role in the project/initiative and have made a significant contribution to its design, conduct, assessment of outcome and /or subsequent development based on this experience.

Funding for travel or accommodation is not provided to general programme speakers presenting at the International Forum.

If your session is selected, the session and biography information in your proposal will be used on the International Forum website and printed in the International Forum brochure/event guide.