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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.
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