NEW in 2025 – Rapid-Fire Abstract Competition
Have a big idea, a controversial topic, or a provocative case?
- Get expert feedback from an international audience while competing for prizes and recognition.
- Submit Abstracts for the fast-paced and energetic Rapid-Fire Abstract Session!
- 12 abstracts will be selected from both early and late-breaking submissions.
- Final deadline to submit an abstract: December 2, 2024.
- Click here for more information.
Dates to Remember
New Date This Year: July 1, 2024
Distribution of exhibitor prospectus and support opportunities to all prior supporting companies, and also available by request.
July 15, 2024
Nominations for 2025 Patient Advocate Leader Award, the Roscoe O. Brady Award, the Catalyst Award and the New Treatment Award (corporations achieving regulatory approval milestones) open.
New Date This Year: August 1, 2024
Call for abstracts: Abstract submission website open. Registration for the conference and hotel block opens.
October 1, 2024 (17:00 CDT)
Deadline for abstract submission to WORLDSymposium 2025.
October 15, 2024
Deadline for submission of full-length manuscripts for peer-review in the “Lysosomes” issue of Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, February, 2025. Click here to access the Guide for Authors or to submit a paper. If you have any questions regarding the process for submitting a manuscript for the lysosomes issue, please contact the journal at mgm@elsevier.com.
November 1 – December 2, 2024
Late-breaking abstract submission open.
Due to the shorter schedule this year, a limited number of late-breaking abstracts will be selected for platform presentation.
November 4, 2024
Notification of abstract acceptance for poster or platform presentation at WORLDSymposium 2025.
November 15, 2024
Notification of WORLDSymposium 2025 Young Investigator Awards.
IMPORTANT REMINDER for the 2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCESS:
- EACH individual listed as an author or co-author will be required to submit THEIR OWN disclosure prior to the submission of the scientific abstract.
- Each listed author must complete THEIR OWN DISCLOSURE; NO ONE ELSE may submit the disclosure on behalf of another individual.
- Abstracts cannot be submitted until all disclosures for all authors are completed.
- Once an author completes their own disclosure, that same disclosure will be applied to ALL abstracts on which the individual is a listed author or co-author.
- More details will be available once the abstract submission system is opened on August 1, 2024.
WORLDSymposium 2025 AWARD NOMINATIONS OPEN JULY 15, 2024
Preliminary Schedule at a Glance
Download Schedule at a Glance (PDF)
| Day | Monday Feb. 3, 2025 | Tuesday Feb. 4, 2025 | Wednesday Feb. 5, 2025 | Thursday Feb. 6, 2025 | Friday Feb. 7, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satellite Symposia | Satellite Symposia | Satellite Symposia | Satellite Symposia | ||
| Morning | Roscoe. O. Brady Award Basic Science | Patient Advocate Leader & Young Investigator Awards Translational Research | Keynote Address Clinical Applications | New Treatment Award Contemporary Forum & Late-breaking Science | |
| Basic Science | Translational Research | Clinical Applications | Contemporary Forum & Late-breaking Science | ||
| Midday | Satellite Symposia | Satellite Symposia | Satellite Symposia | Satellite Symposia | |
| Afternoon | The Patient Voice | Basic Science | Translational Research | Clinical Applications | Rapid Fire Abstract Challenge |
| Speed Mentoring Event | Industry Expert Theater Poster Session I | Industry Expert Theater Poster Session II | Industry Expert Theater Poster Session III | ||
| Evening | Be the Catalyst Event | Satellite Symposia | Satellite Symposia | Robert J. Gorlin Symposium |
Plan on attending the
21st Annual WORLDSymposium
February 3, 2025: The Patient Voice
February 3 - 7, 2025: Research Meeting
February 6, 2025: Robert J. Gorlin Symposium
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Scientific Meeting Location & Accommodations
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
1 Market Place,
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: +1 619 232 1234
Website: hyatt.com
Letters of Invitation
Your meeting registration confirmation will include a link to generate a customized letter of invitation, which can be used when applying for a visa.
About WORLDSymposium
WORLDSymposium™ is an annual research conference dedicated to lysosomal diseases.
WORLD is an acronym that stands for We’re Organizing Research on Lysosomal Diseases.
The goal of WORLDSymposium is to provide an interdisciplinary forum to explore and discuss specific areas of interest, research and clinical applicability related to lysosomal diseases. Each year, WORLDSymposium hosts a scientific meeting presenting the latest information from basic science, translational research, and clinical trials for lysosomal diseases.
This symposium is designed to help researchers and clinicians to better manage and understand diagnostic options for patients with lysosomal diseases, identify areas requiring additional basic and clinical research, public policy and regulatory attention, and identify the latest findings in the natural history of lysosomal diseases.
