Conference

Abstracts must be written in English.

Abstracts that are submitted in other language will not be accepted.

The title and body of the abstract must be sent in a single document in both languages in a Word format (.doc; .docx).

The author is required to enter the following data in the form: name, surname, organisation, city, degree and specialisation.

Title: the title, which must be written in English, should be concise and without abbreviations. The title must not exceed 150 characters.

Abstract: the body of the abstract must be written in English, and must not exceed 300 words, excluding the word count for the bibliography.

Abstracts made up of less than 200 words will not be accepted.

Please use “Times New Roman” as font, size 12, with a line spacing of 1.5.

You may include images and/or charts, and a relevant bibliography in your abstract.

Please proofread the abstract carefully to make sure that there are no mistakes in typing and/or grammatical errors. Please consider that the abstract will be published as submitted.

In case of studies conducted on human beings, the authors should state that the study has been approved by the Ethics Committee.

The authors should also state that the research referred to in their work was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the international principles governing any research involving an animal.

The author may not submit more than 3 presentations.

Topics

When submitting an abstract, please indicate the topic associated with the abstract. You may choose one topic for each abstract.

The topic indicated in the form will not be considered binding, and the Scientific Committee may change it when categorizing it within the congress sessions.

Abstracts must be submitted using the online abstract submission form.

All abstracts submitted must be original work and the following must be clearly indicated:

• Objectives
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Conclusions

All abstract citations must be cited according to the AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) CITATION STYLE

Any abstracts that have been previously presented at other congresses and/or events will not be accepted.

Abstracts are subject to acceptance by the Scientific Committee, which will evaluate the work on the basis of the following criteria:

Originality and relevance of the topic
Scientific validity
The author is required to send his/her Curriculum Vitae in the European format, which must be a signed original document including personal details (address, phone and mobile number, email). The CV must be sent in an online format through the abstract registration form.

The abstracts of authors who have not submitted their CV will not be accepted.