Congress Submissions

Please carefully read the following guidelines to ensure that you have submitted your symposia proposal correctly:

• The symposia summary must not exceed a 300-word limit. The word limit relates only to the text of the summary of the symposium and does not include title, authors and institutions.
• No tables, figures or images are allowed.
• Proposals must be free of typographical and grammatical errors.
• Standard abbreviations may be used for common terms only. Otherwise, any abbreviation should be given in brackets after the first full use of the word. Abbreviations may be used in the title, provided the name in full is outlined in the body of the abstract.
• You will be asked to provide a divesity statement (up to 200 words) with your submission. Here, you will need describe how the composition of speakers demonstrates a commitment to diverse and inclusive participation 
• Please include degrees or professional titles (e.g. Dr, Prof., etc).
• You will be required to provide the names, affiliations, role, emails and country of all proposed speakers and chair(s)/discussant in the symposia proposal submission. Maximum 4 speakers.
• It is the author’s responsibility to ensure the title, author and affiliation details entered for all speakers and chair(s)/or discussant in the paper submission site are correct and exactly as they should be published on the Symposia and all Congress materials.

Please carefully read the following guidelines to ensure that you have submitted your abstract correctly:

• The abstract must not exceed a 250-word limit. The word limit relates only to the text of the summary of the symposium and does not include title, authors and institutions.
• No tables, figures or images are allowed.
• Abstract(s) must be free of typographical and grammatical errors.
• Standard abbreviations may be used for common terms only. Otherwise, any abbreviation should be given in brackets after the first full use of the word. Abbreviations may be used in the title, provided the name in full is outlined in the body of the abstract.
• Please include degrees or professional titles (e.g. Dr, Prof., etc).
• You will be required to provide the names, affiliations and emails of all co-authors of the abstract.
• It is the author’s responsibility to ensure the title, author and affiliation details entered in the paper submission site are correct and exactly as they should be published on the abstract and all Congress materials.