All participants are invited to register and submit abstracts of scientific communications which will be peer-reviewed for their acceptance. The abstracts of the accepted communications will be published in the electronic book of abstracts accessible to all conference attendants.

Participants wishing to present an oral communication or a poster should submit abstracts using the abstract submission menu available on the website. The preference of oral and poster presentation should be indicated by the applicant during the submission process (please tick where appropriate on the form).

Oral Communications

After the OC selection process, the selected authors will be requested to upload a 10 minutes pre-recorded presentation which will be available for replay during the virtual conference. Dedicated OC and Poster Sessions will be scheduled within the programme. The authors will be required to be virtually present during one of the session, as a chat will allow participants to contact them regarding their presentation.

Poster Presentations

After abstract acceptance, authors will be invited to upload the corresponding poster (a one page PDF, in 16:9 landscape format) via the "My Registration" menu.

All posters will be visible via the virtual poster hall during the entire duration of the conference. Posters will be searchable by title, thematic, keywords & authors. Dedicated OC and Poster Sessions will be scheduled within the programme. The authors will be required to be virtually present during these Sessions, as a chat will allow participants to contact them regarding their presentation

Deadlines:

• Deadline for oral communications submissions is postponed to March 1, 2021!
• Deadline for poster submissions is March 17, 2021 (postponed! Final deadline: March 24, 2021!)
  

In order to submit your abstract, select “Abstract submission” under the “Registration” menu. Log in using your registration number (received upon registration) as well as your e-mail address. Select “Abstract Submission” and “Add”.

• Paste the title of your abstract in upper cases in the field “Subject”.
• Select whether you agree to be selected for an oral communication [Save].
• Under “Authors”, add the number of authors and click on [Add authors]. Fill in each author’s firstname and lastname and tick the box for the main author. If no author is ticked, the submitter will automatically be selected as main author.
• Add the author’s full address(es) under “Author’s affiliations and addresses”. If several addresses are used, please add reference numbers between brackets at the end of each author’s name to refer to the corresponding author’s affiliation.
• Paste your abstract text in the field “Abstract content” (text only).
• To insert a picture, place your cursor into the text where a picture should appear and click on [Insert Image tag]. You can use several images.
• Under “Pictures”, add the number of images to be inserted and click on [Add files]. Browse your computer to attach the right images. (Please note that if the image is too large, it will be reduced to the A4 page size. If the image is smaller, it will keep its size. Please make sure the image quality is 300 dpi).
• Under “References”, add the number of references and click on [Add references]. Fill in the number of the references and the reference texts.
• A temporary number (TempXX) is assigned to your abstract for communication purposes. Please be aware that the definitive Poster or OC number will be communicated in your last information e-mail 1 week before the event.
• Click on [submit/edit].
• Click on “PDF preview” to check the result. Please note that the abstract should be one page maximum. Therefore, only the first page on the preview will be taken into account. If the preview shows more than one page, please adapt your page accordingly so that it fits into one page.
• You can update your abstract if necessary and submit/edit or preview as many times as needed. It will not re-create a new abstract but just update it.

The pdf will be inserted in the book of abstract as shown on the preview. Please be aware that it is your responsibility to fill in all data correctly and completely. Any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact will be reproduced as typed by the author.

You can have access to your poster via the website and make changes to it, until submission deadline, by using your registration number and email address as indicated at registration.