2009 Spine Society of Australia Conference
Call for Abstracts
SUBMISSION METHOD
It is highly recommended that all authors read the presentation on “How to write a better abstract” www.spinesociety.org.au better abstracts prior to submitting their abstract.
Abstract submissions will be accepted online ONLY through the abstract submission form found on the conference website www.tayloredimages.com.au to access the conference website click on the “conference/events” icon, scroll down to “Forthcoming events – 2009” and select the “Spine Society of Australia Conference.” Or at www.spinesociety.org.au
PRESENTATION LENGTH
Papers selected should be suitable for a 8 minute presentation with an additional allocation of 5 minutes for questions & answers. Abstracts submitted for oral and poster presentation maybe accepted as a full length oral presentation or as a short oral presentation in the poster session of the program. This will be a 5 minute oral presentation using no more then 8 slides including the title slide.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Please return abstracts no later than 1700 EST on Friday 09 January 2009. Abstracts received after this date will not be accepted. Please note all selected presenters must register for the conference to be eligible to present. The conference committee regrets that it is unable to meet any travel or reimbursement of expenses incurred.
NOTIFICATION TO AUTHORS
All abstract submissions will be judged by the scientific program committee. Authors may be provided with an opportunity to revise abstracts, prior to a final decision regarding acceptance. Authors who submitted abstracts for oral presentation may be offered poster presentations.
Authors will be notified by email of the committee’s decision regarding the need for revision by Monday 26 January 2009. Revisions, if requested must be returned to the Editorial Secretary by 1700 EST on Friday 06 February 2009. Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance by Monday 16 February 2009.
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLICATION
Submission of your abstract implies your consent to the abstract, if accepted, being published in the Orthopaedic Publication Supplement of the JBJS (B) and on the SSA Website.
ABSTRACT GENERAL GUIDELINES
The abstract should provide sufficient information to allow the reader to assess fully the aims, methods, results and implications of the work undertaken. Each submission must be original work that has not been published previously. The abstract should include the following sections:
- Introduction – the purpose of the study and a brief overview of relevant literature / current state of research in the field
- Methods – a short explanation of data collection and processing
- Results – presented in the form of text, graphics or tables. Important statistical results (small p values or correlation coefficients) should be included.
- Discussion – major findings and conclusions from the work including implications for further research
It is important that methods and results are clearly defined in the abstract; therefore, general statements such as “results will be presented” are not acceptable. When a procedure or method is stated to have “advantages,” those advantages should be defined. Abstracts that simply summarise results without defining objectives and methods are equally undesirable.
Abstracts will be limited to no more than 550 words.
FIGURES AND TABLES
Figures and tables will not be accepted. Abstracts will be accepted as non formatted text only. Any tables should be converted to descriptive text.
REFERENCES
- Minimise the number of references
- References are to be assigned a number after the appropriate detail. As an example: Jones (1), technique (2-4, 6) List references at the end of the abstract according to the style – 1. Author, A.N. and Other, A.N., Title of Paper, Journal, vol: pp-pp, year
STATEMENT OF INTEREST
The Spine Society of Australia is committed to providing a transparent statement of interest (financial or otherwise) that an author may have. All papers will be selected for presentation on academic merit only and the reviewers will not have access to the statement of interest. The statement of interest will be used to produce a standard format slide which must be the second slide of an author’s presentation. Details of the statement of interest can be found on the abstract submission website.
Important Dates
| Friday 09 January 2009 |
Closing date for receipt of abstract |
| NB – abstracts received later than 1700hrs EST WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED | |
| Friday 13 March 2009 |
Closing date for Early Registration |
| Monday 16 February 2009 |
Confirmation of abstracts acceptance forwarded |