PRESENTATION TYPES

• Promoted Talks in Parallel Sessions. Each parallel session will feature promoted talks selected from submitted abstracts. These contributions will be presented alongside the invited speakers in each parallel session.

• Lightning Talks. The program will also feature daily Lightning Talks following the plenary lectures. The Lightning Talks provide an opportunity for students and postdocs poster presenters to generate enthusiasm and traffic at their poster. How can you be considered for a lightning talk? During the abstract submission process you will be asked to indicate if the presenting author is a graduate student or post-doc. If you answer yes to either of these questions, you will also be asked if you would like to be considered for a lightning talk.

• Poster Sessions. We anticipate all posters will be on display throughout the conference week.

BEFORE YOU START

• Ensure you use one of the following browsers: INTERNET EXPLORER (v11 or newer) MOZILLA FIREFOX (v44 or newer) SAFARI (v5 or newer)

• Mac Users: if you have trouble submitting your abstract, try submitting from a PC. If you are still have issues, please contact the secretariat.

• Mozilla Users: the security policy in Mozilla often prevents pasting from your clipboard without using the menu commands. You can still cut and paste your abstract into the submission, but you may have to use the menu command rather than ‘control v’ shortcut.

  * Ensure your abstract text is less than 300 words as the system will not accept submissions over this limit. The word count does NOT include your title, authoring or cited references

  * Have your abstract open on your own computer to enable you to cut and paste it into the submission system.

SUBMISSION STEPS

1. Select the presentation type and category

2. Provide some keywords to assist in categorisation of your abstract

3. Enter the title of your abstract. Please type the title in sentence case (that is lowercase with only the first letter or the first word in capitals) and without any punctuation. A correctly formatted example follows: Title of my presentation for the conference

4. Enter the name of all authors and their organisations and indicate the presenting author by ticking the relevant box.

5. Type or cut and paste the text of your abstract/synopsis into the relevant field. Please ensure the abstract is no more than 300 words. (Does not include title, authoring or cited references)

6. Preview your abstract, make any changes required and finalise your submission and return to your dashboard

7. You will receive an email confirmation that your abstract has been successfully submitted. Please check your email junk file in case it has been captured there.

8. Should you wish to make any changes to your abstract after you have submitted it, please log onto your online registration dashboard. Click on the “View Submission” then “Preview/edit abstract”.

   ****Please note you will only be able to make changes to your abstract until the submission deadline, after which any changes should be sent to Jordyn Trolove**

COMMITTEE REVIEW

The Organizing Committee will review all submissions before selecting the presentations which will be included in the conference program.

ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION

Once the reviewing has been completed the conference organizers will notify abstract presenters of their acceptance. Specific presentation instructions will be included in the notification.

All rates are processed in US Dollars (USD).
STUDENT* - Student must be enrolled as a full-time student at the time of the conference.

BANQUET DINNER

The Conference Banquet Dinner is a ticketed event. Tickets can be purchased as an ‘add-on’ when completing your registration using the online registration system.

• Full Conference Registration - $80 USD

• Student Full Conference Registration - $50 USD