FREE COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

1. The abstract submission deadline is 15 April 2010
2. All abstracts must be submitted online. Faxed, posted, and abstracts submitted via any other email address will NOT be considered
3. Abstracts must be in English language only
4. Maximum 400 words/3050 characters with NO pictures, graphs, tables or images
5. References are excluded from the word limit but must be restricted to THREE ONLY.
6. Abstracts that are submitted for oral/video presentation, but are not selected for oral/video presentation, will be referred to the poster sessions unless indicated otherwise
7. The decisions of the selection committee are final
8. All oral/video presentations will be 7 minutes in duration and 3 minutes question time, with no exception
9. Presenters of accepted abstracts are required to pay for registration to ISGE 19th International Congress / AGES XX Annual Scientific Meeting 2010 by 30 April 2010
10. Successful applicants for the Free Communication program will be notified by 23 April 2010
11. All presentations at the Congress will be via the Congress laptops. No personal laptops will be used for presentations. All presentations including videos must be sent in advance to the Congress Organiser. Details will be forwarded to you with acceptance of your abstract
12. Any conflict of interest/sponsorship must be declared in the abstract and at the commencement of any presentation and noted on all posters
13. Failure to follow the instructions for submission of abstracts may result in rejection of your document
14. By submitting an abstract you agree that ‘Copyright of the abstract (s) is assigned to ISGE/AGES only for the purpose of publication in the Congress Abstract Book and (if applicable) media releases/reports
15. NO changes to any abstracts after submission will be accepted
16. Any questions should be directed to AGES at abstracts@ages.com.au

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