Call for abstracts

• Microsoft Word document

• Arial, 12 point

• Maximum of 250 words

• Single spacing without justified margins

• You will be required to enter short biographies (maximum 400 words in total) on all presenting authors, during the abstract submission process.

Click here to see an example of an abstract

Oral presentation: This is a traditional presentation, which may be supported with audio visual aids. Oral presentations will be allocated 20 minutes to present with 5 minutes question time.

Poster presentation: Posters are especially effective for information that can be presented visually (e.g., photos, charts, graphs, tables). If your abstract is accepted as a poster, you have to produce the poster prior to the conference, i.e., the conference does NOT print the poster for you. Poster guidelines will be provided at time of acceptance.

All abstracts are subject to review by the programme committee. In evaluating the abstract the reviewers will be mindful of the following criteria:

• Abstracts are in plain language, free of specialist jargon, unless it is clearly appropriate.

• The degree to which the substance for the abstract contributes to the conference theme(s).

• Innovation and originality or application of existing ideas in ways that provide new insights and progress the field.

• Usefulness to a significant audience.

• Topics related to the conference theme and categories.

• If a research project or audit is presented you will also need to specify aims, methods and findings. 

Have you not submitted an abstract before? Not sure of the process? Click here for more information. We strongly encourage those who haven’t submitted an abstract to get involved and give it a go!

• Late submissions will not be accepted.

• The organising committee will review all abstracts and may contact authors or their nominated referees as part of the review process.

• A condition of acceptance is that at least one author presents at the conference, as well as provide a pre-recording of the presentation (with the confirmed time-frames outlined upon acceptance).

• Presenters must register to attend for at least one day of the conference. They are responsible for their own travel, accommodation and registration expenses. Similarly, no speaker fee is paid to authors or presenters.

• It is the responsibility of the submitting author to ensure the accuracy of the content, spelling, grammar and formatting of the abstract as it will be published as it is submitted.

• By submitting an abstract you also grant the committee permission to publish the abstract in the conference proceedings in hard copy and/or electronic format.