TACT 2025 Student Oral and Poster Presentation Competition Information

Eligibility

Applicants must be the submitting author, currently hold student status during the competition period, and be listed as one of the authors of the submitted paper.

Registration

Those wishing to enter the competition must complete their submission on the official conference website before the announced deadline. Submissions not received within the deadline will be ineligible.
Each student and topic can only select either the oral or the poster competition, not both.
Oral Presentation Competition — Select "Oral Presentation Competition" during submission and upload a one-page abstract and a two-page extended abstract in the required format.
Poster Presentation Competition — Select "Poster Presentation Competition" during submission and upload a one-page abstract and a two-page extended abstract in the required format.
Incomplete submissions or missing uploads will result in disqualification.

Review Process

Oral Presentation Competition: Submissions will be reviewed by a committee organized by the TACT Academic Committee. Finalists will be announced on the conference website by Sunday, August 31, 2025. To encourage student participation in the presentation competition, submissions not selected as finalists for the Oral Presentation Competition may still be presented orally and, upon review by the Academic Committee, may be given the option to participate in the Poster Presentation Competition finals.
Poster Presentation Competition: Submissions will be reviewed by the TACT Academic Committee. Finalists will be announced on the conference website by Monday, September 15, 2025. Submissions not selected as finalists can still be presented during the poster session for the Best Poster Popularity Awards.

Final Evaluation

Oral Presentation: Evaluated based on originality (20%), presentation skills (20%), analytical ability (20%), significance of findings (20%), and conclusion including Q&A (20%). Rankings are determined by total score. In the case of a tie, the originality and significance of the findings scores will be used as tiebreakers.
Poster Presentation: Evaluated based on on-site Q&A (30%), originality (20%), content quality (20%), research outcome (20%), and poster design (10%). Rankings are determined by total score. Ties will be broken using originality and research outcome scores.

Presentation Guidelines

Oral Presentation Finals will be held on Sunday, October 26, 2025, from 13:30 to 18:00. Each presentation is limited to 15 minutes (including 3 minutes for Q&A). Participants must prepare and upload the slides before the beginning of the session and give their oral presentation on-site and on time to be eligible for awards.
Poster Presentation Finals will be held on Monday, October 27, 2025. Posters should be 90 cm (W) × 120 cm (H), portrait orientation. Participants must present their posters on-site and on time to be eligible for awards.

Awards

Oral Presentation Competition: The Awards committee will select the top three presenters to receive the TACT 2025 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards, with prize money of USD $500, $400, and $300 respectively. Several Merit Awards will also be presented with certificates, and Finalist Certificates will be awarded to other outstanding finalists.
Poster Presentation Competition: Several Best Poster Awards will be selected from fields A–G, with each recipient receiving USD $150 and an Honored Certificate. In addition, several Poster Presentation Merit Awards and Best Poster Popularity Awards will also be presented.

Contact Persons

For inquiries regarding the Oral Presentation Competition, please contact Prof. Po-Shiuan Lee, National Sun Yat-sen University. (bsli@mail.nsysu.edu.tw)
For inquiries regarding the Poster Presentation Competition, please contact Prof. Fan-Bean Wu, National United University. (fbwu@nuu.edu.tw)
For other submission-related inquiries, please contact the TACT 2025 Secretariat at: 2025tact@gmail.com or tact.secretary@gmail.com.

TACT2025 Extended Abstract Template