Oral Presentations
The Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts to the Congress and Meeting. Instructions for authors contained on this page must be followed carefully. Abstracts will be selected based on a scientific merit. Power Point presentation will be available. The Congress Organizing Bureau will supply all necessary equipment therefore personal laptops are not needed.

Poster Presentations
Selected Posters will be discussed in the Speaker’s Corner in the Poster area of the Congress center. Posters must fit the size of the poster board: 120 cm height by 80 cm width.

Submission deadline and general policies
Abstract submission deadline EXTENDED till July 15th, 2005. All abstracts, regardless of whether they are submitted for oral or poster presentation will be reviewed to appraise the quality of the work presented. The Scientific Committee will select and evaluate all abstracts submitted for presentation. The authors will be notified by the Scientific Committee for the acceptance of their abstracts and the type of presentation.

Registration fees should accompany all abstract submissions. Presenters are expected to attend the Congress/Meeting and are required to pay the registration fee and all expenses involved.

The presentation of the abstract and its publication in the Final Programme and the Abstract Book is conditional upon payment of the registration fee by the presenting author. Please note that in case we do not receive the requested payment, the abstract, much to our regret, will not be included neither in the Abstract Book nor in the Scientific Program of the Conference. Abstracts must be submitted in English language.

IMPORTANT :
Any person submitting an abstract can only be the first author for one abstract.

Abstract content and format
Abstracts should be structured and consist of the following parts:

I) Introduction or Aims – should be informative and brief, stating why the study was conducted;

II) Material & Method – stating the locale, number and type of human subjects, non­human species or material being studied, the principal test(s) held, and the types of statistical analysis if appropriate;

III) Results – confirming or confuting the hypothesis, backed up by statistics if appropriate;
IV) Conclusions – indicating the effect of the study on patient management, our  understanding of basic processes with the organism, or the way in which we teach students or patients.

Abstracts must be computer generated, single­spaced and the font should ideally be 12­point (10­point is acceptable, but certainly not smaller).

Begin with the title of the abstract in capitals. Use lower­case letters for the rest and do not indent. The title should portray the contents and should be no longer than 50 characters.
Skip the line after the title and list the authors with the family name first, followed by the initials (i.e. Richardson B., Cable J. and Former A.). Do not add in professional title or degrees. Skip a line after the authors list and add institutions. A number in parentheses should correspond to each author and institution, when authors come from more than one institution (i.e. Richardson B. (1), Cable J. (2) etc.)

Then start with Introduction, followed by Material, Results and Conclusion. Skip a line between the authors’ address(­es) and the body of the abstract. Do not leave a blank line between paragraphs. The text must be maximum 350 words. The several sections of the abstract – introduction or aims, material and methods, result, conclusions – are not to be typed in bold.

Submission procedure

Abstract should be submitted preferably through Internet. An on­line electronic submission form is at your disposal on the ERASMUS CONFERENCE TOURS & TRAVEL S.A. web site: www.erasmus.gr (click on the Congress/Meeting logo).  

No abstracts will be accepted for review without the accompanying “Abstract Submission Form”.