ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION

Abstract submission is now closed and has been very successful.
Thank you for having submitted over 400 papers.

Authors will be notified of the selection results by email in early June 2009 and will receive all technical information and presentation instructions prior to the Congress.

• All abstracts must be written in English and submitted via this Congress web site.
• Remember that ONLY electronically submitted abstracts will be considered.
• Abstracts received after the deadline will not be accepted and will therefore not be considered for the programme or for publication.
• Abstracts must contain work that has not been previously presented at any national or international meeting.
• Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the Committee without knowledge of their source.
• Acceptance or rejection of an abstract will be based on the overage grade awarded by the reviewers.
• Authors will be notified by email end of May 2009 and will receive all technical information and presentation instructions prior to the Congress.
• The abstracts should be presented in such a way that the contribution of the research to advance knowledge can be assessed.
• The authors’ conclusion should be clearly stated. General statements such as “the significance of these findings will be discussed” will be regarded unfavourably and will generally lead to exclusion of abstracts.
• Initials and abbreviations which are not in common use should be avoided unless they are essential.
• Remember to check spelling and grammar carefully. Your electronically submitted abstract text will be reproduced as submitted.
• Accepted abstracts will be officially published.

PRESENTATION TYPES

Authors will be required to select their preferred type of presentation on their online submission form. Presentations types and topics are described below.

Please remember that final decision on presentation type will be made by Abstracts Reviewing Committee upon selection.

DISTRACTION CASE: abstracts submitted under this presentation type will be considered for inclusion in the Distraction symposium interactive sessions ONLY held on 26 SEPTEMBER 2009.

This presentation type refers to TOPIC 1 from the list below. No other topics allowed.

DISTRACTION ORAL PRESENTATION: abstracts submitted under this presentation type will be considered for inclusion in the Distraction symposium sessions held on 26 SEPTEMBER 2009.

This presentation type refers to TOPIC 1 from the list below. No other topics allowed.

MAIN CONGRESS ORAL PRESENTATIONm>: abstracts submitted under this presentation type will be considered for inclusion in the ISCFS congress sessions held on 28-30 SEPTEMBER 2009.

This presentation type refers to TOPIC 2 to 10 from the list below.

MAIN CONGRESS POSTER PRESENTATION: abstracts submitted under this presentation type will be considered for poster display on 27-30 SEPTEMBER 2009.

This presentation type refers to TOPIC 2 to 10 from the list below.

TOPICS

REGISTRATION

Submission of an abstract implies the commitment that the presenting author will attend the ISCFS XIII Biennial International Congress/Distraction Symposium and the expectation that financial resources to attend are available. The presenting author must register to the congress, in order for the accepted abstracts to be officially published and included in the meeting programme.