Abstract Submission

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Abstract submission for the EOS2008 congress

The Scientific Committee invites authors to submit abstracts for consideration and inclusion in the programme. All abstracts must be written in English and in the required format (see below). Abstracts can be submitted only via the congress website, abstracts sent by fax cannot be accepted.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 24.00 hrs GMT on Saturday, December 1st, 2007. Abstracts received after this date will not be considered for evaluation.

Notifications about acceptance will be mailed out March 1, 2008. Together with the confirmation of acceptance, authors will be asked to confirm their attendance by completing the congress registration form and paying the appropriate fee.

Publication of abstracts
All accepted abstracts will be published in the congress programme. Scientific abstracts accepted by the European Orthodontic Society will be published in the European Journal of Orthodontics.

Oral presentations
While the names of five authors can be included in the abstract, only one author is allowed to give the presentation. The scheduled time for each presentation is 9 minutes; at the end of each lecture section all the previously presented lectures will be discussed. At this time the presence of the presenter is required.

Posters
Posters will be grouped according to the congress topics, and listed and numbered according to the abstract book. Furthermore, they will be distinguished according to their content into scientific posters and clinical posters. All posters must be displayed and removed on the dates that will be communicated after the acceptance of an abstract. Authors must be present in the poster area to discuss their poster on the time which also will be communicated.

Table clinics
Facilities for table clinics will be provided in the poster area. All table clinics must be displayed and removed on the dates that will be communicated after the acceptance of an abstract. Authors must be present at their table clinic to discuss their display on the time which will also be communicated.

Online abstract submission guidelines
When you click on Abstract submission you will be asked to login, to do so you will have to sign up first. Click on the sign up button and create your user name and password. Once you have done this you will receive an e-mail confirming your username and password. Now you can proceed with logging in and submit your abstract.
With your user name and password you will be able to consult/change or edit your abstract until the deadline given above.

Instructions for authors:

• All abstracts must be written in English.
• Title, maximum 80 characters
• Maximum of five authors’ names per abstract.
• Institution, only name, city and country of the institution.
• Abstract, maximum 2500 characters, structured into:
  • AIM of investigation
  • MATERIAL (SUBJECTS) and METHODS
  • RESULTS and DISCUSSION (most informative and relevant, statements such as “the results will be discussed” are insufficient)
  • CONCLUSIONS (most informative and relevant).

All registered congress participants will be limited to two presentations as first/presenting author i.e. an oral presentation and a poster, two posters or one poster and a table clinic. Please note that if more than two abstracts are submitted then none of the abstracts will be considered.

Please note that all abstracts submitted to the EOS congress 2008 in Lisbon are subject to independent, anonymous review process by a panel of 9 reviewers. Only those abstracts with the highest total scores can be accepted as oral presentations. Abstracts with lower scores will be offered a scientific poster presentation, while those without a scientific base, such as patient reports or clinical tips, will be offered either a clinical poster or a table clinic presentation. If the number of submitted abstracts exceeds the space available, then it may be necessary to restrict the number of presentations offered to delegates.

AWARDS

WJB Houston Research Award

This award will be given for the best lecture and for the best poster, presenting the results of original, unpublished research on a topic of Orthodontic interest. The winners will each receive a certificate and a prize of £ 1000 (approximately € 1500).
Applicants for the WJB Houston Award must be members of the EOS and under 35 years of age before January 1, 2008. Together with their abstract they must submit a written article in order to participate.
Lectures and posters must be presented personally by the participant, who must have registered for the Congress and paid the registration fee. Lectures and posters under joint authorship are eligible provided that the senior author confirms that the research is mainly that of the junior author. The abstract has to be submitted online, fulfil the general abstract requirements and indicate the interest to participate in the lecture or the poster award competition. The article on the research project (maximum 10 A4 pages including references, double spaced, font size Times New Roman 11; 10 copies) must be sent to the Scientific Secretariat. One work cannot be submitted to both awards.

EOS poster award

This award will be given for the three best poster presentations. Evaluation criteria are originality of research, value of information and layout of the poster. All posters participate and each award values £ 500 (approximately € 750).

Deadline for Abstract submission is officialy closed.