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WFSBP 2015
Call for Symposia
Deadline for abstract submission: 11 March 2014
Applicants of symposia are hereby kindly invited to submit
an abstract for contributions to the WSFBP 2015 Athens
Congress by using the online submission form on the congress
website
.
Please note that online submission is mandatory. Each
symposium at the WSFBP 2015 Athens Congress is sche-
duled for 90 minutes which equals four speakers chaired
by two scientists.
Chairs are kindly asked to submit proposals for scientific
symposia according to the topic list on page 6. All online
submitted proposals will be considered by the International
Scientific Programme Committee. The notification about the
acceptance or rejection of a symposia will be sent by email
in May 2014. Speakers of accepted symposia will then be
asked to submit an individual abstract for their presentations.
All authors and presenters will be expected to declare any
potential conflict of interest.
The congress registration fee has been waived for all chairs
and speakers of accepted symposia. Co-chairs will only re-
ceive free registration if they are also speaking in the respec-
tive symposium. Please note that the congress does not
provide any further financial support. Travel costs and ac-
commodation should be self-financed.
Guidelines for the Preparation of Symposia
Abstracts
The symposium’s chair is kindly asked to submit a descrip-
tive abstract in English including the names of the chair,
co-chair and four speakers. As a chair, please make sure that
you have received the acceptance of all speakers involved
in the symposium.
Please note that the abstract submission constitutes a formal
commitment by the authors to present the corresponding
presentation in the session and timeslots assigned by the
International Scientific Programme Committee.
In accordance with the international approach of the WFSBP,
the speakers should have diverse geographical backgrounds.
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In your abstract, please insert the chair’s name (full first
name, family name) and place of work (institution, city,
country) as well as degrees, titles and street addresses. In
addition please add name, country and place of work of
the members of the faculty.
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Please choose a topic from the topic list, page 6.
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The text of the abstract should briefly state the content of
the symposium with a maximum of 300 words.
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Please choose a title that clearly indicates the content of
the contribution.
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Please avoid abbreviations in the title. Abbreviations may
be used in the text if they are defined when used first.
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Please note that the abstract submission must be complete.
Submission Procedure
Deadline for abstract submission: 11 March 2014
Notification of acceptance/rejection: May 2014
Abstracts for symposia have to be submitted electronically by
using the online form on the congress website
.
Detailed instructions regarding the electronic submission
procedure can be found on the website.
For any further assistance, please contact the congress and
exhibition office:
Hamburg Office
Hanser & Co GmbH
Phone: +49–40–670 882 0
Fax:
+49–40–670 32 83
Email:
