48th Annual Meeting & Pediatric Specialty Day
- Pediatric Specialty Day: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
- Annual Meeting: Thursday, October 23 – Saturday, October 25, 2025
- Location: Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
- Hotels: Radisson Downtown Hotel & Marriott Salt Lake City Center
Call for Abstracts Now Open!
The American Society of Hand Therapists invites you to share the results of your research and contribute to the excellence of the 48th Annual Meeting being held October 23-25, 2025 in Salt Lake City, UT.
The 2025 theme – “Blaze a New Trail: Embracing Our Future, Committing to Sustainability” – carries forward our history of sharing wisdom, experience and expertise while highlighting the steps forward to sustain us as a profession and organization, ensuring long-term efficacy and resilience of our practices and the overall healthcare landscape.
All abstract submissions for the ASHT 2025 Annual Meeting are scored with blinded peer review. Abstracts can be submitted on any aspect of hand and upper extremity-related research. It is integral that abstract submissions follow the correct formatting guidelines and criteria for the corresponding submission for Scientific Abstracts, Critically Appraised Paper (CAP), or Critically Appraised Topic (CAT). ASHT will be accepting Critically Appraised Papers (CAPs) and Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) as a separate category of submission. All scientific abstracts to be delivered as an oral presentation at the annual meeting will require a registered presenter in attendance at the annual meeting. At least one author for each accepted poster is expected to be registered for the Annual Meeting, either in-person or virtually. An author may submit multiple abstract proposals but will be selected for a maximum of 2 submissions per category for the meeting: scientific abstract (oral and poster), CAT, and CAP. Please see the submission guidelines below. Scientific abstracts will be selected either for oral presentation or e-poster presentation. All CAT and CAPs will be e-poster presentations. All accepted abstracts will be published in the Journal of Hand Therapy, the official journal of ASHT.
Submission Guidelines
Submission Deadline: Friday, May 2 at 11:59 PM EST
Key Dates (subject to change)
- Call for Abstracts Submissions - March 18-May 2, 2025
- Registration Opens - May 20, 2025
- Pediatric Specialty Day - October 22, 2025
- Annual Meeting - October 23-25, 2025
Contact meetings@asht.org or call 856-380-6851 with questions.
Program Code of Conduct
View ASHT's Program Code of Conduct, which applies to any virtual or face-to-face event hosted or sponsored by ASHT. This policy pertains to any/all participants in ASHT events, including but not limited to employees, members, volunteers, guests, vendors, contractors, exhibitors, faculty and other attendees. By registering for an ASHT event (virtual or face-to-face), you acknowledge your registration is subject to ASHT’s Program Code of Conduct.
Future Meetings
49th Annual Meeting & 3rd Pediatric Specialty Day
Pediatric Specialty Day: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Annual Meeting: Thursday, October 8 to Saturday, October 10, 2026
Milwaukee, WI
Recent Meetings
47th Annual Meeting & Inaugural Pediatric Specialty Day
September 26-29, 2024
St. Louis, MO
46th Annual Meeting
September 28-October 1, 2023
San Antonio, TX
45th Annual Meeting
October 13-16, 2022
Washington, DC
44th Annual Meeting
October 7-10, 2021
St. Louis, MO
43rd Annual Meeting
2020 Virtual Conference
Contact meetings@asht.org or call 856-380-6851 for questions related to the Annual Meeting.