Conference Abstract and Proposal Submission

Abstract and Proposal Submission

Abstract submission for contributed oral and poster presentations has now closed. Reviewing is in progress.

Instructions to authors

Step 1 - Short Abstract submission has now closed.
Information on accepted abstract for oral and poster was provided by Tuesday 24 June 2014.

Step 2 - Extended Abstract
For those participants who will have confirmation from the SERA conference committee that their abstract is accepted, an extended abstract needed to be prepared by 25 July 2014.
The deadline for extended abstract submission has now closed.

Instructions for preparing extended abstracts:
Abstracts will be reviewed and edited, and will be provided to conference delegates as a printed volume at the meeting.

  • The abstract file should be in a PC compatible Microsoft Word file type. Abstracts are restricted to one letter size pages (8½ x 11 inches; 215 x 280 mm) in length. Abstracts may include up to two tables or figures. Text should be typed using size 10 Arial font (unless otherwise specified), single line spaced throughout. Page margins should be 30 mm left hand margin, and 20 mm right hand, top and bottom margins.
  • The title should be centered on the page, in upper and lower case bold type and be informative, containing key words. Authors and institutional address(es) should be centered on the page. Where necessary, each author's name should be followed by an identifying superscript number (1, 2, 3) associated with the appropriate institutional address. The same superscript number should precede the institutional address. For papers with more than one author, the corresponding author's name should be followed by a superscript asterisk*. Please provide an email address for the corresponding author immediately below the institutional address(es).
  • The text should be divided into sections of Introduction, Methods, Results and Conclusions, References. All headings should be in upper and lower case, bold type and left justified.
  • Up to five references should be listed chronologically in the text. Use "et al." where there are more than one author. At the end of the paper, list references in chronological order. Please refer to the sample abstract for referencing styles. References should be in size 8 Arial font.
  • Generic and specific names in the text should be in italics, with the nomenclatural authorities included upon first mention.
  • Up to two tables and/or figures may be included within the 1-page limit. Tables and figures should be numbered in the order they appear in the text. Table headings and figure captions should be in size 8 Arial font. Tables and/or figures should appear at the end of the text. Figures for publication must only be submitted in high-resolution (i.e., at a minimum resolution of 300 ppi) TIFF format. Figure text must be in Arial font, 8 point. Make sure that the visual information is readable at the size you select.

Symposium Proposals
Presenters within a symposium were expected to have submitted individual abstracts through the online abstract submission system, and to register for the conference by the 9 August 2014 to ensure the symposium is included in the conference, and were to indicate in brackets the symposium title following the presentation title.

Symposia will consist of oral presentations and may include a panel discussion. Presentations and discussions should be arranged into five, 20 minutes slots to align with the concurrent sessions.

Authors must strictly adhere to the following instructions, otherwise abstracts cannot be considered for presentation.

Please select a category under which the abstract is to be reviewed after consulting the list of themes.