

Abstract Submission
Authors are invited to submit their abstracts for Symposia, Workshops, Oral and Poster presentations for the inaugural Pan-American Conference in November 2024.
The portal for Symposia and Workshop presentations will be closed on: 7 July 2024.
The portal for Oral presentations will be closed on: 28 July 2024.
The portal for Poster presentations will be closed on: 11 August 2024.
All Abstracts will be reviewed and given a weighted score based on:
- Level of content
- Excellence relevant to the field
- Originality
- Methodology

If submitting for Symposium presentations,
- Ensure that you supply ALL related abstracts, authors and their affiliations and nominate a chair. Symposia abstracts should include an overall abstract/concept (200 words) and 5 presentation abstracts (400 words) each with one learning objective. If accepted, the time allowance will be a total of 90 minutes. This will be inclusive of Q&A.
- The portal will provide you with a ‘theme’ selection.
- The maximum total word count for your abstract submission is 2200. This is exclusive of the title, authors, and affiliations.

If submitting for Workshop presentations,
- Ensure that you supply ALL related abstracts, authors and their affiliations and nominate 2 facilitators. Workshop abstracts should include 3 learning objectives, background and format/session plan.
- By definition, a workshop should be interactive with delegates, this should be reflected in your abstract.
- The time allowance will be a total of 90 minutes. This will be inclusive of Q&A.
- The portal will provide you with a ‘theme’ selection.
- The total word count for your abstract submission is 500. This is exclusive of the title, authors, and affiliations.

If submitting for an Oral presentation,
- Ensure that you supply your abstract, authors and their affiliations and nominate your presenter. Oral abstracts should include one learning objective, background, methods, result and discussion.
- All accepted oral presentations will be provided with a 10-minute presentation allowance, with a collective Q&A session if time permits, after the final session speaker.
- The submission portal will provide you with a ‘theme’ selection.
- The total word count for your abstract submission is 400. This is exclusive of the title, authors, and affiliations.

If submitting for a Poster presentation,
- Ensure that you supply your abstract, authors and their affiliations and nominate your presenter. Poster abstracts should include one learning objective, background, methods, result and discussion.
- All accepted poster presentations will be in digital form. Authors will receive a schedule to ‘talk to their posters’ closer to the congress opening date.
- The submission portal will provide you with a ‘theme’ selection.
- The total word count for your abstract submission is 400. This is exclusive of the title, authors, and affiliations.