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| Abstracts are invited from Consultants, Surgical Trainees and Aspirants. There is a vast amount of untapped experience and knowledge within our membership base and we encourage you to share your wisdom, research and findings by submitting abstracts which will potentially enhance the topics our guests are presenting. These sessions have become both entertaining and informative, we look forward to your contribution. Please note, that in previous meetings we have been able to include most of submitted presentations, however the number of papers submitted has increased each year and we are unable to accept all of the free papers offered. Submissions must conform to the Abstract Preparation Guidelines as outlined below. Abstracts which do not comply with the rules of submission or layout guidelines, will be declined and returned to the author. Abstracts without results (or with “results pending”, “results to be discussed” or similar) will not be considered for presentation. Presentations will be selected on the basis of scientific merit, clinical merit and topicality. There may be only one presenting author, but multiple authors may be listed on the submission. Authors must disclose if their abstract has been previously submitted, published or presented. You will be required to indicate your disclosures and whether the presentation is industry supported or initiated. Where applicable, all studies must have been approved by institutional committees on ethics of experimental and human/animal investigations. Submission of an abstract acknowledges your acceptance for the abstract to be published in all printed material of the 2018 ASAPS / NZAPS meeting. Only abstracts from authors who have paid their registration fees by 30 June 2018 will be scheduled for presentation and included in the conference handbook. |
| Submission Guidelines |
| Oral Presentations ASAPS and NZAPS Full Members / FRACS equivalent: Oral presentations are usually 15 minutes or as appropriate for the programme. All other authors: Oral presentations are 7 minutes and will be scheduled on the morning of Sunday, 5 August during the NZAPS Research Session. Posters: Unfortunately there is no availability for research posters this year. Prizes: The following prizes are on offer: Best Registrar Presentation and Best Registrar Presentation, 2nd Place, for the NZAPS Research Session. ASAPS Best Maiden and Best Overall Presentation Best STOCS Presentation Audiovisual Equipment Each lecture room will be equipped for the presentation of PowerPoint slides and include a data projector, laptop, lectern and microphone. Multimedia clips should be embedded in your slides. Other audiovisual aids, such as overhead projectors, are not available. All presentations must be digital in either PowerPoint or Keynote. Speakers will be required to bring their presentations on a USB stick with them to the conference. Your presentation must be given to the audio visual team at least four (4) hours prior to the start of the session in which you are presenting. It is disruptive to be changing computer connections at the lectern so presenting on your own laptop is not permitted. Submission All abstracts are to be submitted via the on-line submission process on the conference website. Submission by email, fax or post will not be accepted. Abstracts open: Wednesday, 4 April 2018 Selection and Notification All abstracts will be reviewed by members of the Joint Scientific Meeting Committee.Presenting authors will be notified by Thursday, 31 May 2018 regarding the status of their abstract. All presenters will be required to register for the conference by Saturday, 30 June 2018 and pay the appropriate registration fee. All presenters also need to meet their own travel and accommodation costs.
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