Important Dates
February 14, 2012
Papers, posters, symposia, video sessions and workshops submission deadline
April 1, 2012
New research submission deadline
April 15, 2012
Status for authors on the web
June 1, 2012
Status for authors sent by e-mail
General Information
The Scientific Committee invites authors to submit abstracts to be considered for inclusion in the programme. Authors must follow the guidelines for abstract submission set out below. Abstracts not conforming to these guidelines will not be considered for presentation.
All abstracts must be submitted in English and must be presented in English at the meeting.
Submitted abstracts must be original. Abstracts previously published or presented at an international scientific meeting cannot be submitted.
All abstracts can be submitted only via this online form.
Please note that on the abstract submission website you have to 'register' first (click to "Abstract submission registration"). Note that this is the registration to abstracts submission system, different from the one for regular participation registration. Each system has its own password!
Authors will have access to their abstracts by deadline and will have possibility to edit it.
Fill in the author’s e-mail address properly – these contact details will be used in further correspondence.
Abstract will be reviewed by a panel of experts and selected on the basis of merit for oral or poster presentation. The time allotted for each oral presentation will depend on the session to which the abstract is allocated.
Notification of acceptance or rejection by the Scientific Committee will be on the web by April 15, 2012 and it will be mailed to the corresponding author by June 1, 2012.
The authors of oral presentations will not receive the letters with the instructions including the date, time, place of their lecture. All instructions will be on the website.
Accepted abstracts will be published on the Abstract CD which will be distributed at the Congress.
The registration fee must be paid by July 1, 2012. In case the fee is not paid, the abstract will not be included on the Abstract CD.
In case of the abstract acceptance the presenting author is expected to attend the Congress and present the abstract in the session at the time decided upon by the Programme (Scientific) Committee.
Abstract Layout Instructions
Abstracts will contain text only – graphs and pictures can not be inserted and will not be printed.
TITLE
Make the title of the abstract brief, clearly indicating the nature of the investigation. Use a capital letter for the first letter in the title only.
NAME OF THE AUTHOR(S)
Type the family name(s) which should be followed only by the initial of the first name(s), Do not include degrees or professional titles.
ADDRESS/INSTITUTION
Type name and location of the department or institution in which your work was performed.
TEXT OF THE ABSTRACT
Maximum length of the abstract is 200 words (it is automatically limited).
We recommend that the format for an abstract follows the following outlines:
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Aims/Objectives
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Methods
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Results
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Conclusion
All symposia and workshops need to have two educational objectives. Each abstract needs to have 2–3 references.
References should be numbered consecutively in the text and listed at the end according to the following style:
1. Bathe KJ, Wilson EL. Int J Num Math Engng, 1973; 6:213-226.
2. McRae TW. The impact of computers on accounting. London: Wiley, 1964.
3. Fraeijs de Veubeke B. In: Zienkiewicz OC, Hollister GS (eds). Stress analysis. London: Wiley, 1965: 145-197.
Do not include footnotes in the abstract. Please avoid boldfacing, italics and underlining within the text.
Drug products should be identified by their non-proprietary names only. Trade names are not allowed.
Please check spelling and grammar carefully – direct reproduction from your electronically sent abstract text means that any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific data will be reproduced as submitted.
ABBREVIATIONS
Standard abbreviations may be used. Place special or unusual abbreviations in parentheses after the full wording at the first time it appears in the body of the text.