Call for papers

All papers are to be submitted via the NBRUC 2026 paper submission portal by Friday 26 September 2025.

You are invited to submit a one page paper within one of the following themes:

• Beef cattle production, management and sustainability
• Pasture, rangelands and ecosystem services
• Technology, data, animal welfare
• Human capacity, social science, extension.

The content of the one page papers will not be peer-reviewed but layout and format will be checked by the Program Sub-committee. The one page papers will appear in the conference proceedings.

The conference organisers will advise you:

• if your paper has been accepted for the proceedings and
• if you will deliver a three minute or ten minute oral presentation.

Presentation types

• Three minute oral presentation with three slides. The first slide should introduce your topic.  The second slide should present the main points of your topic.  The final slide should discuss the impact of your topic.  Presentations will be given from the podium and there will be no deviation from the allotted time. Questions will be taken at the end of the session. Each short oral presenter will be required to provide a 3 slide PowerPoint presentation as well as a one page paper (no paper, no oral presentation).
• Ten minute oral presentation with a maximum of 10 slides including opening slide and acknowledgments if appropriate. Presentations will be given from the podium and there will be no deviation from the allotted time. Group panel discussion at the end of a block of presentations, i.e. questions are held until the panel session where they can be open to session speakers collectively.  Each 10 minute oral presenter will be required to provide a PowerPoint presentation as well as a one page paper (no paper, no oral presentation).