KEY DATES

• TBC – Submissions close.
• TBC – Submitting authors will be notified of acceptance/non acceptance into conference program.
• TBC – All presenting authors must have registered and paid for their attendance at the conference.
• TBC – The 2022 Conference commences.

ABSTRACT SECTION

The Scientific Programming Committee will review abstracts suitable for presentation at the conference, based on scientific validity and subject relevance.

In addition to the free papers, the scientific program will comprise keynote and invited papers, panels and clinical forums.

In submitting an abstract, authors acknowledge they may be required to present on any day (Thursday, Friday or Saturday) of the conference, as we cannot commit to time scheduling to suit all authors.

Given the limited number of oral presentation places available, the committee may determine that some abstracts are better suited to poster rather than oral presentation.

All submissions will be evaluated by the six members of the Scientific Programming Committee and the decision whether to accept or decline proposals will be final.

Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference handbook.

ABSTRACT FORMAT

Abstracts must be a maximum of 250 words and include the following:
1. Short Title (max 20 words)
2. Authors' Names (asterisk the presenting author)
3. Structure with the headings:

• background
• methods
• results
• conclusions
• Primary references (two key references advised)

4. Presenting author's contact details (including institution, address, email and telephone)
5. Preferred presentation format (oral presentation, poster, workshop, masterclass, panel/round table)

PRESENTATION TYPES

Oral Presentations

Oral Presentations will be allocated fifteen (15) minutes; consisting of twelve (12) minutes to present plus three (3) minutes to answer questions. The scientific committee at its discretion may allocate more time for presentations.
Papers should be presented using PowerPoint projection (16:9 size). Overheads will not be permitted. Video presentations of interesting cases will need to be provided prior to the conference.

Please bring your presentation PowerPoint slides on a memory stick to the audio visual speaker's preparation room on arrival at the conference for loading onto the conference laptop computers. Please also bring a back-up of your presentation on a separate memory stick in case of presentation failure.

Poster Presentations
Posters should include:

• author and co-author's names
• a short title
• the name of the institution where the work was carried out
• abstract
• background
• methods
• results
• conclusions

Workshops

Proposal for workshops will be considered for topics that lend themselves to a more informal presentation style. The focus of workshops should be on the "live" demonstration of your techniques with patients, performers or audience members. The workshop duration is 45 minutes, and we request that you plan for the majority of the session to be spent in hands-on interaction with the participants rather than powerpoint or audiovisual displays. 

Masterclasses

Proposals for performance-based teaching masterclasses should clearly outline the main focus, aims and desired number of performers (suggested maximum of 4). Biographies and testimonials from previous masterclasses or equivalent are desirable. The masterclass duration is 1 hour 20 minutes. 

Panel/Round Tables

We welcome proposals for a panel discussion or 'round table' style format with the abstract detailing the proposed topic and names of panellists. Please note all panellists will need to register for the conference in order to participate on the panel. Panel will be 50 minutes in duration.