Camera-ready guidelines

We look forward to seeing your work presented in New York City! This page describes how to prepare and submit the camera-ready version of your Extended Abstract.

Timeline

Camera-ready preparation

Formatting

When preparing your camera-ready copy, please ensure the following.

Fix formatting deviations

Fix any formatting deviations, especially if the TPC has notified you of such a deviation during the submission or review process. Your PDF should use one of the two available templates (LaTeX or Google Docs) from the CCN website and appear exactly like the PDF examples compiled from those templates.

LaTeX template: CCN 2026 LaTeX Template (zip)

If you encounter any issues with the LaTeX template, please file an issue on GitHub.

Docs template: CCN 2026 Extended Abstract Docs Template

Deanonymize your manuscript

Deanonymize your manuscript by replacing the anonymized author block with author names and affiliations.

The main text, including the abstract, must still adhere to the 2-page limit.

Add acknowledgments and disclosure

If appropriate, add an "Acknowledgments", "Disclosure", or "Acknowledgments and Disclosure" section, which does not count towards the main text page limit. We suggest including this section at the top of the page following the main text and immediately before the "References" section.

Add or deanonymize any acknowledgments. Acknowledgments may be omitted from the anonymized submission but should be included in the camera-ready version.

Ensure your disclosure of any use of AI tools, including large language models, is up to date. Unlike acknowledgments, disclosure of AI usage is required in both the submitted and camera-ready versions of the manuscript, per the LLM usage policy.

Cite overlapping work in press

If your Extended Abstract substantially overlaps with work you have in press, add a citation to this work to ensure transparency about related publications.

Converting from Proceedings to Extended Abstract

If your Proceedings submission has been transferred to the Extended Abstracts track, you must adapt the 8-page main text content to 2 pages to adhere to the Extended Abstract format, and remove any supplementary material or appendix sections, which are not accepted in the Extended Abstract track. You may incorporate revisions that were approved during the Proceedings review process when compiling the manuscript to 2 pages.

No significant revisions

The camera-ready version is not intended to be a significant revision of your manuscript. A significant revision would comprise new claims or new evidence that requires an adjustment of the claims in the submission. As an example, additional analysis that reverses a conclusion from your original submission would constitute a significant revision.

If you wish to make a significant revision, you will need to withdraw your Extended Abstract from CCN 2026 and resubmit to CCN 2027.

Submission

A camera-ready revision to the PDF can be made via your Author console on OpenReview using "Edit" > "Camera-Ready Revision". You may make as many camera-ready revisions as necessary until the deadline.

Camera-ready copies are due by Jun 11, 2026, anywhere on Earth. The camera-ready copy is the final version of your Extended Abstract, and must adhere to the requirements described above. We will not accept revisions past this deadline. If you need to make a revision past this deadline, you will need to withdraw your Extended Abstract from CCN 2026 and resubmit to CCN 2027. Extended Abstracts not adhering to the above requirements will be withdrawn by the TPC after the deadline.

Talk selections

A subset of accepted submissions will be selected for a Contributed Talk based on reviewer assessments. Talk selections will be announced by Jun 12, 2026, anywhere on Earth.

Regardless of its selection as a talk, your Extended Abstract must be presented as a poster at CCN 2026.

Presenter policy

Each submission must designate a unique "Presenter" (the presenting author as identified on OpenReview) who is registered for CCN 2026. If the Presenter is later unable to attend CCN in person, a co-author may present the poster on their behalf, but the Presenter must remain registered. If the contribution is also selected for a talk, the designated Presenter must give it, or forfeit the talk.

Since CCN now has two tracks with differing timelines, a Presenter may submit to both the Proceedings and Extended Abstracts tracks, but may not submit multiple contributions within the same track. If both contributions are accepted¹, the Presenter must select one for presentation and withdraw the other. This selection must be made between May 26 - Jun 11, 2026, after decisions are announced for all tracks.

If you must change the Presenter of your submission, please contact the TPC as soon as possible.

Contact Info

If you encounter a situation that you are unable to resolve on your own, please contact the Technical Program Committee (TPC) at tpc@ccneuro.org.

If the issue is a technical issue related to the OpenReview platform, email the OpenReview support team directly at info@openreview.net and CC the TPC at tpc@ccneuro.org.