AuPS Meeting

Free Communication and Poster Presentations

Free communciation sessions will consist of a 10min oral presention plus 5min of question time. Presentations will take place at the Gold Coast and may be live streamed to the hubs. If you are attending the Gold Coast, and wish to be considered for an oral presentaion, please select 'oral presentation' when submitting your abstract.
Abstract submissions for Oral presentations close 15^th October 2021.

Poster presentations will have two components and require presenters to create a short video and a poster for presentation at the poster session. Poster sessions will be take place at both the host conference venue at the Gold Coast and at each of the conference hubs. Videos will be uploaded to the website and be made available for viewing by conference attendees. If you wish to be considered for a poster presentation, please select 'poster' when submitting your abstract.
Abstract submissions for Poster presentations close 15^th October 2021.

Further guidelines will be provided to presenters once the program is finalised.

Abstract Preparation

Abstracts should conform to the following guidelines:

• Length and format: The entire abstract must fit on a single A4 page with 11pt type. For guidance, this is a maximum of about 800 words. Abstracts should be submitted as a Word document (.doc or .docx format)
• Title: should be in bold and in grammatical English. Avoid abbreviations that are specific to a narrow field.
• Author(s): The name of the presenting author should be underlined and listed first. Author(s) name(s) should be listed in full (First and Last name). Do not list authors by initials only.
• Affliations: Institute address of author(s) should be ordered according to author list. The address(es) should identify where the work was done but may indicate other institutional affiliations.
  For free communication abstracts, where no author is a Society member there must be an introducing member who will be identified in parentheses immediately following the address i.e. (Introduced by ...........).
• Body of Abstract: Abstracts must contain reasons for the work, methods employed, results obtained, and conclusions drawn. The text should not make reference to the talk that will be given. Statements such as "the results will be discussed" are unacceptable. If abbreviations are used, they must be defined at first appearance. S.I. units should be used. Latin and other non-English words should appear in Italics.
• Figures: should be restricted to one and referenced in the body of the abstract. (Note: Figures must be uploaded as separate files and not embedded in the document. Please upload figures separately as one of the portable image formats - PNG, GIF, JPG, TIFF).
• Tables: should be restricted to one and referenced in the body of the abstract.
• References and Citations: Articles cited within the abstract must be listed after the text, alphabetically by the authors' surnames, then chronologically if necessary. The reference must include all authors' names, year of publication, optional: title of article, abbreviated title of the journal using the standard PubMed form in Italics, volume number in bold, and first and last pages of the article. For a book, include the title, editor, edition if applicable, specific page references if applicable, city of publication and publisher.
• Animal Experiments: Note that Domestic rule 11(5) states that "All abstracts that deal with animal experimentation in vivo should include the names, doses (where applicable) and modes of administration of all anaesthetic, tranquilizing and muscle relaxant drugs employed". Users of in vitro materials should make it clear that tissue was removed from anaesthetised or dead animals. The inclusion of such information is for the protection of authors and the Society.

Abstract Submission

When submitting your abstract you will be asked what type of abstract you are submitting for the free communication sessions. Please enter your preference to present an oral presentation or poster.

*We request that speakers presenting invited talks, symposia and free communication sessions attend the conference on the Gold Coast (please contact Deanne Skelly (d.skelly@griffith.edu.au), the local organising committee Chair if COVID restrictions prevent this). Those presenting poster sessions can do so from the hubs.

Please follow the abstract preparation instructions and upload your abstract as a Word document (.doc or .docx format).

Figures must be uploaded as separate files and not embedded in the document. Please upload figures separately as one of the portable image formats (PNG, GIF, JPG, TIFF).

Please note you must be a financial registrant before submitting an abstract.
Student members can nominate if they wish to be considered for student prizes (oral and poster) during the registration process

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