Abstract/Presentation/Poster Submission Instructions

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Important Dates:

Extended deadline for abstract submission
We are pleased to inform you that we have extended the deadline for the ESM abstract submission, in order to accommodate requests from the authors.
You will be able to submit your abstract until Friday 27 April 2012.

Abstract Submission:

Please download the following Word templates for submission of abstracts. Each abstract should be limited to one page. Abstracts should be submitted in .doc or .docx format to Daniela Jirova at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Please do not send any email attachments larger than 4 MB. To send larger files please contact
Alexander Grahammer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Daniela Jirova at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Please note that abstracts will be printed within the booklet in black & white, so please organize pictures/charts etc accordingly.

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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL WHEN SUBMITTING THE ABSTRACT

Abstract Title, Presenting Author, Co-Author(s), Affiliation(s).
 
Would you like to submit the abstract for the art in science award? Please answer Yes or No.
 
If you are not submitting your abstract for the art in science award, or your abstract is not accepted for the award, would you prefer to present it as an oral presentation, or as a poster presentation.
 
In order to register your abstract for the art in science award please download the declaration of authenticity.
 
If you are submitting additional abstracts, please include separate information for each abstract.


Please consider also our new award: MPP award - Most Promising Proposal (details see below).


Contact for abstract submission:
novel gmbh
Daniela Jirova - Enzmann
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+49 (89) 49-4177 67-0
Ismaninger Strasse 51
81675 Munich, Germany
 
art in science award:
The art in science award 2012 award, with a prize of EUR 5,000 will be presented for the best scientific manuscript in the field of dynamic pressure distribution analysis. The paper must be entirely original, not published at the time of the meeting in any journal nor submitted for publication to any journal or book.
The paper must describe a scientific study including pressure distribution measurement. Deadline for submission of abstracts is April 27, 2012. Six of these abstracts will be nominated for the novel award by May 21, 2012. The nominated authors will be requested to send a full length (25 pages maximum, double spaced) paper by June 18, 2012.
And will present the paper at the meeting in an approximately 25 minute talk. The review of the papers will be conducted by a prominent panel of experts. The novel award will be presented to the winner at the banquet. The general abstract instruction to authors may be found in the Authors section at www.elsevier.com/locate/clinbiomech.
 
Oral presentation/Poster Awards:
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations in the field of pressure distribution measurements not participating in the novel award must be submitted by April 27, 2012.
Participants will be informed of presentation acceptance by May 21, 2012. Awards for the Best Poster and Best Oral Presentation will also be presented and each award recipient will receive EUR 1,000.

MPP award - Most Promising Proposal:

• Competitors are asked to outline a scientific project proposal which includes the distribution of load on the human or animal body. The topic area can be freely chosen but the document should be limited to 5 pages only (excl. reference list).
  
• Age limit: Eligible candidates shall not be older than 27 years on the first day of the ESM 2012 conference (birthdate earlier than August 2, 1985).

Poster Instructions:
The poster should be in A0 (841 x 1189 mm) format with the text not smaller than font size 32. The title and authors, with affiliations, should be clearly stated. The poster should be broadly divided into sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions.
Poster will be viewed during the poster session. All poster should be hang in the morning of August 2 2012. Posters are expected to remain up for the duration of the conference.
 
Presentation Instructions:
Presenters will be given 10 minutes for their presentation, with a 2 minute question period.  Please keep in mind the schedule must be maintained, so please organize your slides appropriately. Presentations should be made in either .ppt or .pptx format.  All presentations will be copied to one computer for presentation purposes. Please organize your imbedded files for transport prior to your presentation day.