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Call for abstracts

The Swiss Society of Neurology (SSN), the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) and the Association of neurosurgical nursing staff Switzerland (ANNSS) invite you to submit abstracts for posters and oral communications to be presented at their joint annual meeting, held on June 07 to 08, 2012.
Posters will be exhibited throughout the congress. The presenting author shall be prepared to discuss the research work during the congress. Presentation times will be assigned upon acceptance of the abstract, and a time table will be sent to the presenters before the meeting. The abstracts will be published in the Journal Central European Neurosurgery.

The abstracts for the Association of neurosurgical nursing staff Switzerland (ANNSS) may be submitted via email in a Word file to congress@imk.ch

 

Important dates

Submission

Please click on the link "Abstract submission" on the left.

In case you have questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact the administrative secretariat:

IMK Institute for medecine and communication Ltd
Münsterberg 1
CH-4001 Basel
Phone +41 (0)61 271 35 51
Fax +41 (0)61 271 33 38
E-Mail congress@imk.ch
Web www.imk.ch

 

Deadline

The deadline for submission of abstracts is Sunday, April 8, 2012. 

 

Acceptance notification

Abstract acceptance for posters and oral communications will be communicated to the primary author by April 15, 2012.

 

Meeting Registration Guidelines for Presenters

SSN and SBNS will not waive the registration fee for presenters. These are responsible for all personal expenses (e.g., travel, hotel) and must register for the congress. 

 

Important Information about Submission

  • Abstracts are limited to 2500 caracters (title, author’s names, and affiliation and acknowledgments excluded).
  • The abstract shall contain all authors’ names "first name (initial), last name and affiliation".
  • The corresponding author’s email and affiliation address, including phone number, must be added at the end of the abstract in order to receive confirmation.
  • The abstract shall be divided into "Aim(s)," "Methods," "Results", "Conclusions" and “Acknowledgments” if applicable.
  • References must be placed at the end of the abstract using the following format: author name, journal name, year of publication, volume, starting page, without manuscript title e.g., (Smith AG. et al. J Fant 2002:79:567).
  • Abstracts must be written in English.
  • Please do not write in capital letters

 

Selection Criteria

The abstracts will be reviewed and rated by members of the SSN and SBNS board and the scientific committee.