Limitations

• The same person may submit up to 5 abstracts regardless of presenting author.
• The same person may serve as the presenting author on up to 3 abstracts.
• Presenting authors must be registered participants. Only abstracts of authors who have paid their registration fees by the Early Registration Deadline will be scheduled for presentation and included for publication.
• Submission of an abstract acknowledges your acceptance for the abstract to be published in the official congress publications.
• The presenting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract and agree to its submission, before submitting the abstract.
• Previously Presented/Published Policy: Abstracts that have been previously presented at another meeting may be submitted.
• Abstracts must be submitted in English.
  All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear English with accurate grammar and spelling of a quality suitable for publication. If you need help, please arrange for the review of your abstract by a colleague who is a native English speaker, by a university-specific publications office (or other similar facilities), or by a copy editor, prior to submission.
• Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest: Abstract submitters will be required to disclose any conflict of interests in the submission form.
• Instructions for the preparation of presentations will be made available on the congress website.

Before you begin, please prepare the following information:

• ​Presenting author’s contact details:
  – Full first and family name(s)
  – Email address
  – Affiliation details: department, institution / hospital, city, state (if relevant), country
  – Phone number
• Author and co-authors’ details 
• Preferred Presentation type: oral presentation or poster viewing.
• Abstract title – must be in UPPER CASE and limited to 25 words. Please submit symbols as words.
• Abstract text- limited to 250 words including acknowledgments. Please note: word count is affected when tables are included.
• Abstract topic – select the abstract topic per the list of topics.
• Images - The maximum file size of each image is 500 KB. The maximum pixel size of the graph/image is 600(w) x 800(h) pixels. You may upload images in JPG, GIF, or PNG format.
• Abstracts should clearly state:
  Background and aims
  Methods
  Results
  Conclusions
• Use only standard abbreviations. Place special or unusual abbreviations in parentheses after the full word the first time it appears.
• Use generic names of drugs. The presentation must be balanced and contain no commercial promotional content.
• Submissions may not contain patient names, hospital ID numbers, or other identifying information.
• Click on the SUBMIT button at the end of the process in order to save your abstract. You may log in to the system later to make changes to your abstract, up to the submission deadline. After the deadline, changes will not be possible.
• You will receive an abstract ID number via email after you have submitted your abstract. Please refer to this abstract number in all correspondence regarding the abstract.
• Please contact us if you have not received confirmation that your abstract has been submitted.
• Please do not submit multiple copies of the same abstract.