Call for Late Breaking Abstracts

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Late-breaking abstract submission provides an opportunity for individuals to submit important research advance. A brief statement justifying why the abstract is important or late breaking is a submission requirement.

What are late breaking abstracts?

Abstracts that describe important current research advances that have not been submitted previously. Please note: Late breaking abstracts are not a second chance to submit a study for the second time in hope to be selected for an oral presentation. Individuals listed as first authors of standard abstracts are not prohibited from submitting late-breaking abstracts, provided that the late breaking abstract describes a study different from the previously submitted study. Individuals submitting a late breaking abstract must indicate authors and co-authors that have already submitted a standard abstract.

Selection of abstracts will be based on scientific quality and novelty of research either in basic or clinical science. In order to be considered for presentation at the EAACI Annual Meeting 2009, late breaking abstracts must be submitted via this website. The submission deadline for late breaking abstracts is 15 April 2009 at 12.00 CET. For more information, contact Congrex at: eaaci2009abstract@congrex.com.

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT
The presenting author must register for the congress and pay the registration when submitting the abstract, otherwise it will not be reviewed. If the abstract is not accepted the registration fee is refundable.

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Instructions to Authors

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Carefully read the guidelines below before submitting your abstract. Acknowledgement of the receipt of your submission will be sent to your e-mail address immediately upon submission. If you do not receive the confirmation e-mail, please don’t submit the abstract again, instead we ask you to contact eaaci2009abstract@congrex.com for consultancy. If you are just testing the system, make sure to write TEST in the title field.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Carefully read the guidelines in this announcement before submitting your abstract. Abstracts can only be submitted electronically through this web page.

Acknowledgement of receipt of your submission will be returned to your e-mail address immediately upon submission. If you do not receive the e-mail, your submission was not completed and your abstract needs to be re-submitted.

Invited speakers are not supposed to submit abstracts to the lectures they are invited for. 

Abstracts must be written in English and the presentations must be in English. Use maximum 2500 characters (approximately 350 words) including blank steps for the abstract text. The abstract title and the author(s) or names of institutions are not to be included in the 2500 characters.

In order to make the abstract as informative as possible, please include a brief statement of the purpose of the study, the method used, the result observed, and the conclusions based upon the results. It is inadequate to state "The results will be discussed" or "The data will be presented". You may subtitle the paragraphs in bold format in the following order: Background, Method, Results, and Conclusion.

The abstract title and body text should only include pharmacopeia names printed in lower case. Trade names are not allowed. Non-proprietary (generic) names of drugs, written in lower case, are required at the first place a drug is mentioned. References, credits or the authors' academic degrees or grant support are not to be included in the abstract. Standard abbreviations may be employed in the text. Place special or unusual abbreviations in parentheses after the full wording at the first time it appears in the body of the text.

Accepted abstracts selected by expert reviewers will be presented in oral and poster discussion sessions. Authors should indicate in the space provided the preferred method of presentation. It is the author's responsibility to submit a correct abstract. Any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact will be reproduced as typed by the author. Abstracts will be rejected if they contain no data or if the English is unacceptable.

Changes to abstracts can only be accepted until the submission deadline by using the Personal Page. You can access your Personal Page by using your password included in the e-mail received upon submission.

ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
The accepted abstracts will be presented in two formats; Oral abstract sessions and Poster presentations. All presenter authors will receive detailed guidelines as soon as their abstract has been accepted.

Oral abstract session
The Oral abstract session contains of 6 abstracts that will be presented orally and with 2 complementary power point slides. Each presentation will be 6 minutes followed by 4 minutes discussion.

Poster session
The Poster session takes place during lunch time. Sandwiches and beverage will be provided. All posters will be presented in guided poster discussion sessions. The Poster presenters will stand by their posters during the whole Poster session and be prepared to deliver a "two minute take home message" which will allow the moderators to select the best posters for cash awards.

Please note that also Oral Abstract Presenters presenters can win cash awards. The awards will be given at the Closing Ceremony of the Congress, so please keep this in mind when making your flight arrangements.

EAACI can not guarantee that presenting authors who do not show up during the session will be accepted for abstract presentations on future Congresses.     

TOPICS
One of the following topics that best describes the abstract should be indicated upon submission:

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
Notification of acceptance/rejection will be e-mailed end April (contact Congrex if you have not received your notification e-mail by the beginning of May). The corresponding author will receive all correspondence concerning the abstract. The corresponding author is responsible for informing all authors of the status of the abstract.

PUBLICATION OF ABSTRACTS
Accepted abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book which can be requested on the registration form or bought on site for a fee of 20 EUR. Please note that there will be a limited number of books on site. They will also be published on a CD-ROM and/or on the Internet.

For submission support please contact the Congress secretariat at eaaci2009abstract@congrex.com