Abstract Submission

Participants are invited to submit original scientific abstracts for oral and poster presentation provided that the abstracts have not been previously published as a full paper. If you have submitted your paper to a journal for publication, please ensure that the publication date will be after the congress.

Note that abstracts presented previously at national or international meetings may be submitted providing this is declared, but that we particularly welcome work not previously presented at international meetings.

Authors are requested to conform to guidelines for submission of abstracts. Abstracts not conforming to the guidelines will not be referred for review. The abstracts must be submitted in English and must also be presented in that language.

Abstracts will be reviewed by a panel of experts and, if accepted, may be selected for oral or poster presentation (or may be rejected).

Submission of an abstract constitutes a formal commitment by the author to present the abstract in the session and at the time decided upon by the NGM Scientific Committee.
Any change in the presenting author needs to be communicated in the form of a written statement. If the original presenting author is unable to present the abstract, it is that person’s responsibility to ensure that one of the co-authors takes over this role. The registration fee for the presenting author will not be waived, but is considered valid for his / her replacement.

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be mailed to the submitting author at the e-mail address supplied in the course of the 2nd half of May 2012. Detailed information, guidelines and recommendations for oral or poster presentation, as well as time allotment, date, hour and venue, will be sent in advance to authors whose abstracts are accepted for presentation.

Registration to the Congress is compulsory to be able to present the abstract and get it published in the journal – and must be completed by 30 June 2012.

Abstract submission must be accompanied by a declaration of any potential conflict of interest for all authors, since it is in the intent of NGM to provide high-quality sessions focused on educational content that is free from commercial influence or bias.

• Abstracts may be submitted only electronically by using the online form.

• Abstracts sent by mail, email or fax will not be accepted.

• The length of the abstract should not exceed 350 words.

• The abstract text should be structured in 4 paragraphs: objective, methods, results and conclusion. One table can be included.

• Abstracts can be saved in draft status and completed before the deadline.

• The submission system will generate a temporary submission number that must be used in all correspondence. If you do not receive this number immediately after your submission, your abstract has not been registered.

• Choose one primary topic listed on the website which best corresponds to the content of your abstract.

• Tick the relevant box corresponding to your preferred method of presentation. Note that the NGM Scientific Committee may or may not consider this choice.

• Please tick the box “Basic”, “Translational” or “Clinical” that best applies to your abstract.

• If you need to withdraw your abstract, a written statement reflecting the reasons for this decision needs to be sent to ngm2012@cpo-hanser.de not later than 31 July 2012. Thereafter, NGM cannot make any changes within its printed matters.