ABSTRACTS GUIDELINES

All abstracts must be in English and must be submitted online through the abstract submission system.

• Authors: Include the author(s’) name(s) (full first name, family name) and place of work (institution, city, country), and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
The name of the presenting author should appear first on the list of authors.

• Preferred format of presentation: Poster, Oral/Poster

• Body of the abstract: The body of the abstract should not exceed 1800 characters. The following format is recommended: Introduction - brief and informative, defining the purpose of the study; Methods - a concise description of the research methodology; Results - a description of the main results (Do not use figures, graphs, or tables in the abstract). The data provided should be sufficient to permit peer review of the abstract; Conclusion - provide a summary and relevance of the main findings.
Up to 3 references are acceptable.

• The abstracts must be submitted and presented in English. It is strongly recommended that the abstract be edited for English composition, grammar, and style before submission. The presenting author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors are aware of and accept the content of the abstract before submission.

• One submission per presenting author only, please.

• The presenting author is expected to register for the conference

• Notification of acceptance or rejection by the Scientific Committee will be sent by e-mail to the first author. Detailed information about the form of presentation (oral or poster) for which the abstract was accepted, guidelines and recommendations for each abstract type as well as time allotment, date, hour, and venue will be sent in due time to registered first authors.

Poster Dimensions: The maximum size of your poster should be equivalent to A0 format: in millimeters, 1189 mm (height) × 841 mm (width); in inches, 33,11" x 46,81"

All Posters should be posted in the Poster Hall on the first day of the conference. Presenting Authors should be present in the poster room for the session on the day of their scheduled presentation. 

• Length and Format of Presentation
The time for oral presenters will be: for a lengthier presentation, 15 minutes of talk plus 5 minutes for questions and answers with the audience; for a shorter presentation, it will be 8 plus 2 minutes, respectively. If the presentation exceeds the time limit, the session chair may shorten the question-and-answer period following the presentation. Please keep the length of your presentation such as to allow the audience to ask questions.

• Format of Slides
Only MS PowerPoint PPT / PPTX files and PDF files will be supported. Please ensure that all presentations are in the supported format. Please apply standard formatting when preparing your slides (aspect ratio 16:9; resolution 1920×1080). MAC users can export their presentations to PowerPoint. The minimal font size for the presentation should be 16 points.