GUIDELINES & INSTRUCTIONS

IMPORTANT DATES

GUIDELINES & INSTRUCTIONS

• Abstract submission will close automatically at the end of 27 February 2023.
• Abstracts must be submitted in English via the official conference website: www.eca2023.org Abstracts sent by e-mail or fax will not be accepted.
• All abstracts may be sent in for a poster presentation. The most significant and original abstracts will be selected for oral presentation in either one of the workshops or in a scientific session. Please indicate in the system, when submitting your abstract, if you do not wish to have your abstract evaluated for an oral presentation.
• Please note that at least one author of each abstract must register for the conference. Each registered author is allowed to present one (1) abstract only and may not register for multiple abstracts. Abstracts submitted without corresponding conference registration will be refused.
• Each submitting author may submit only one (1) abstract to the conference. Please remember that the online abstract submission system does not allow more than one abstract submission per submitting author.
• Please do not send multiple versions of the same abstract.
• The submitting author will be informed by e-mail about the acceptance of his/her abstract soon after the evaluation process is complete. Acceptance is at the discretion of the committee.

CONTENT

• The abstract should contain the title of the paper, the names of the authors and their departments and affiliations (including the cities and the countries), and the e-mail address of the presenting author.
• Please note that the abstract system does not allow submissions exceeding 300 words (including the title).
• Please do not use tables, images or graphics. If you think it is necessary to have tables or graphics in the abstract, please contact DEKON by e-mail (eca2023@eca2023.org
• Please use only standard abbreviations. If necessary, please place special or unusual abbreviations in parentheses after the full word appears for the first time.

LIST OF TOPICS

• Abstracts must be allocated to one the following topics:
  • Clinical Cytogenomics
  • Tumour Cytogenomics
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Animal and Plant Cytogenomics
  • Accreditation, Quality Control, Education
  • Genomics
  • Other Cytogenomics topics
• Please prepare the content of your abstract and paste it to the online form.
• The online system allows you to prepare your draft and edit it later, right up to the moment you decide to submit your final abstract.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

• The submitting author will be informed by e-mail about the acceptance of his/her abstract soon after the evaluation process is complete.
• The most significant and original abstracts will be selected for oral presentation in either one of the workshops or in a scientific session. Further information about oral presentations (time, date and length) will be provided to authors upon abstract acceptance. Full presentation guidelines will be included in the acceptance letter and will be posted on the conference website.
• Poster presentations will be in the poster hall. Detailed instructions for the poster presentations will be included in the acceptance letter and will be posted on the conference website.

ABSTRACT PREPARATION

Please have the following information ready before you begin:

• For the presenting author:
  • Full first and family name
  • Department and affiliation
  • Full postal address
  • City and country
  • E-mail address
  • Phone and fax number
• For each of the co-authors:
  • Full first and family name
  • Department and affiliation
  • City and country