Process for submitting abstracts

Guidelines for submission and presentation of abstracts

Only abstracts submitted via the on line form will be considered for the conference. Abstracts exceeding the 250 word limit (for content) will be returned automatically for amendment. Once successfully submitted you will receive notification of receipt by email so please ensure your email address is accurate. Your abstract will then be reviewed by the society, the results of this review will be emailed to you. This will be a simple email stating whether or not your abstract has been accepted and the format for presentation (oral or poster). 

Where appropriate the abstract should:

  1. indicate clearly that ethical committee approval was obtained;
  2. include numerical data; if presented as mean values, such must include the standard deviation or standard error; n values should also be given;
  3. specify which statistical tests were used;
  4. include, where possible, only those abbreviations accepted in the field (new abbreviations should be explained within the text);
  5. include succinct descriptions of the methods used and clear descriptions of the results and conclusions.

Please note that if the Meetings Secretary or Committee members note deficiencies in the submitted abstract, the authors may be requested to amend the abstract prior to the Meeting.

  1. Acceptance of the abstract for publication is dependent upon successful communication to the Society. The Society may request resubmission of a revised abstract prior to such publication.
  2. Oral Communications must not exceed 10 minutes; up to 5 minutes question time is allowed. It is recommended that not more than 6 slides are shown and these do not include excessive amounts of data. In respect of the latter, it is recommended that graphs should contain not more than three curves and that tables are a maximum of 4 columns wide.