Abstacts guidelines

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION

PowerPoint Instructions

  • Please use the Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2007 (*.ppt), to guarantee they will open successfully on an on-site PC. (VISTA format will work, please come to the Speakers Preview Room at least 2 hours before presentation.
  • We recommend you to save your PowerPoint presentation using PPT format instead of PPS.
  • Please note that we cannot guarantee the quality of MacIntosh-based presentations, please check in advance their Windows compatibility

Pictures/Videos

  • JPG images are the preferred file format for inserted images. GIF, TIF or BMP formats will be accepted as well.
  • Images inserted into PowerPoint are embedded into the presentations. Images that are created at a dpi setting higher than 200 dpi are not necessary and will only increase the file size of your presentation. Try to avoid overloading your presentation with unnecessary images.
  • In case you have any videos in your presentation - please test your presentation with the on-site PC with at least 2 hours before your presentation. Generally, the MPEG-1 format should work with no difficulties.

Fonts

  • Only fonts that are included in the basic installation of MS-Windows will be available (English version of Windows). Use of other fonts not included in Windows can cause the wrong layout / style of your presentation.
  • Suggested fonts: Arial, Times New Roman, Tahoma
  • If you insist on using different fonts, these must be embedded into your presentation by choosing the right option when saving your presentation, see details below: - Click on „File“, then „Save As“ - Check the „Tools“menu and select „Embed True Type Fonts“

HOW TO SAVE YOUR PRESENTATION

  • Please submit your presentation in one of the following disc or medium: - CD-ROM (CD-R/RW), DVD-ROM (DVD±R/RW) - USB flash disc
  • Save all files associated with your presentation (PowerPoint file, movie / video files, etc.) to one folder / location.
  • In case you are presenting more than one presentation during the congress, save different presentations to different folders and name them clearly to avoid on-site misunderstandings.
  • Always make a back-up copy of your presentation and save it on a different portable disc or medium than the original presentation.
  • DVD-RAM - will not be available.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PRESENTATION

  • Please bring your presentation to the Speakers Preview Room at least 2 hours before the beginning of your session. In case your speech has been scheduled for the morning session please bring your presentation to the Speakers Preview Room the previous day.
  • Speakers Preview Room will be located at the 13th Floor – room FRANKFURT
  • Opening Hours:

    Wednesday, June 23, 2010 16:00 – 20:00
    Thursday, June 24, 2010 07:00 – 19:00
    Friday, June 25, 2010 07:00 – 19:00
    Saturday, June 26th, 2010 07:00 – 11.00

OTHER INFORMATION

  • Laser pointer will be available in all main meeting halls.
  • Your own laptop for the presentation will be not accepted
  • When your session is over, your presentation will be deleted from all computers, no copies or back-ups will be made.
  • All speakers are requested to keep the time of their presentation.

SPEAKER DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The FESSH Scientific Committee requires that all presentations are as free of commercial bias as possible and that any information on commercial products or services be based on already generally accepted medical thinking. It is also preferred that generic drug names be used wherever possible and that any presentation referring to unlabelled or research-associated commercial products should disclose this situation to session attendees.

E-Poster Presentation Guidelines

The presentation must be in PDF or POWER POINT format.
Use only standard fonts (times New Roman, Arial, Tahoma).
Please send us MS PowerPoint file saved in 2003 or lower version. We generally do not recommend to use MS PowerPoint 2007 with .pptx extension to create a poster.
It must be no longer 5 slides.
The structure of the poster must be:
POSTER TITLE – INTRODUCTION &AIM OF THE STUDY – MATERIAL & METHODS – RESULTS – CONCLUSIONS
Graphics, pictures and tables are accepted
The presentation must be sent to e-poster@fessh2010.com as an attachment the e-mail
Please mention the poster number in the subject of the e-mail
For easy identification of your file please name it with the number of abstract and name of first author (for example: A-0001-smith.ppt).

Example:
To: e-poster@fessh2010.com
Subject : e-poster A-001
Attachement: A-001 – Smith.ppt

The presentation must be sent by May 10th, 2010
Presentations submitted later will be not entered into the conference system and will not be presented during electronic-poster session.

Call for Abstracts

Please click here for the online abstract submission.

Abstracts will be submitted exclusively on the website: http://www.asszisztencia.hu/casm/casm.php?congress=58.

The abstracts will be published in The Journal of Hand Surgery (European volume). All abstracts and communications are to be presented in English.
Carefully read the guidelines printed in this announcement and the guidelines on the congress web site before submitting your abstract.
Your Abstract will be reviewed by the scientific committee. Deadline for Abstract Submission is 15th of December 2009. Acknowledgement of the acceptance of your abstract will be distributed via email until February 1st, 2010.

Submission Guidelines

The abstract submission system can only be used with a valid user name and password.
You can get username and password if you enter the abstract system and save your name and email address. To enter the system, please use the link on this page.
Abstract title: not capitalized, maximum length: 200 characters
Presenter name: full name of the presenter, no title, no affi liation or initials
Name of all authors: initials precede surnames (spaces - not full stops - between initials); presenter name should be listed here again, authors will be published as it is writt en here
Affiliation: institute’s name, city, country, no addresses or email addresses
Abstract text: maximum 500-words, not including the title, names and affi liations.
You can type your abstract directly to the on-line form or paste a previously edited text. A plain text should be used. Do not use any formatt ing elements (bold or italics typefaces, bullets, list elements, symbols, borders, lines, etc.).
The abstract system does not accept charts, tables, graphics or photos; only text formatted abstracts can be submitted.
Please use the following structure: Purpose - Methods - Results - Conclusions

On-line Help Desk

Should you need any assistance using the abstract submission system, please contact our helpdesk at casm@asszisztencia.hu

Presentation types

  • oral presentations (lecture time: 10 min, including / excluding 7 min discussion time)
  • e-poster presentations

Presentation topics

  • Bone defects reconstruction in upper limb
  • Perforator flaps in upper limb
  • Nerves
  • Compression syndromes
  • Brachial plexus
  • Cerebral palsy / tetraplegia
  • Congenital
  • Radius
  • Ulna + DRUJ
  • Wrist
  • Scaphoid / lunate
  • Dupuytren / tumours
  • Rheumatoid / systemic diseases
  • Tendons
  • Tissue transfers / microsurgery
  • Hand injuries
  • Elbow
  • Various

Deadlines

Abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2009
Abstract Evaluation Announcement: February 1, 2010