10th Congress of the European Society of Contraception

APRIL
30 – MAY 3 2008 PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND
INSTRUCTIONS

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here to submit an abstract for the 10th ESC Congress

The Organizing and Scientific Committee cordially invite
all those involved in any aspect of contraception, sexual and reproductive
health care to participate actively by submitting abstracts, either for
oral or poster presentation. All abstracts will be peer reviewed and those
accepted will be published in a Supplement of the European Journal of
Contraception and Reproductive Health Care.

Oral
Communications

Young
Scientist Session

Poster
presentations      

Awards

Topics
for Free Communications and Posters

Procedure
and general policy

• Original scientific material is welcome and should not have been
  previously published. Abstracts presented at local, regional or
  national meetings may be submitted.
• Abstracts must reach the online system not later than 1 January
  2008. Receipt of the abstract will be confirmed.
• Any person submitting an abstract can only be the first author for
  two abstracts.
• Authors will need to indicate their preference on the online form:
  oral communication only, poster only, either oral or poster.
• Authors who wish their abstract to be considered for one of the
  awards (see elsewhere) or/and for presentation during the Young
  Scientist session, should indicate this on the online submission form.
• Abstracts will be peer reviewed (blind) by at least two referees.
• Confirmation of acceptance or rejection by the Scientific Committee
  will be mailed to the corresponding author. Detailed practical
  information regarding the presentation, will be included in the
  confirmation.
• Accepted abstracts will be published in the Book of Abstracts of the
  Congress, Supplement of the European Journal of Contraception and
  Reproductive Health Care.
• Presenting authors, whose abstracts are accepted for presentation,
  must register for the congress and pay the (early) registration fee.
  In case of no show at the time of the congress, the author may be
  blacklisted for the next congress. 

How
to submit an abstract?

1. Abstracts can only be submitted electronically through the
   online system on www.contraception-esc.com (congress section) –
   "Click here to submit an abstract". Hard copy abstracts (sent by
   fax or post) will not be considered.
2. As a first step, you need to register as a first time user. The system
   will ask you to enter your name and contact details and to create a
   personal password. After having submitted this information, you will
   receive (download) an abstract template together with an instruction file
   by email.
3. Open the template file (offline) and enter your abstract into it
   following the instructions in the instruction file. In case you intend to
   submit more than one abstract, you can duplicate the template file.
4. Log in to the submission system when your abstract is completed and
   ready to be sent (upload). To log in, enter your email address and the
   password you chose when you first registered with the system (see 2).
5. When you click the "log in" button you will be taken to a
   screen from which the submission process starts. Please read the
   instructions on this screen carefully. If you have not yet submitted an
   abstract to the system you should click the link that says "Click
   here to submit a new abstract".
6. Should you want to submit several abstracts, you have to login each
   time you want to submit an abstract.
7. Please contact the administrator by email ([email protected])
   if you have any problems with this process.

Typing
and other instructions

1. Abstracts must be written in English (English, not
   American spelling).
2. Use Arial font, size 10.
3. The abstract must fit
   into the abstract frame.
4. Type the title of the abstract in bold and
   Sentence case (no capitals!) in the first textbox.
5. Do not enter names
   of authors or affiliations in the abstract template as your abstract needs
   to remain unidentified (blinded) to the reviewers. As you will need to
   enter this information elsewhere online, the system will make the correct
   link between your name etc. and your abstract.
6. Preferably do not enter
   references.
7. The text of the abstract should briefly state: 

1. Objective(s): indicate the purpose of the study or the hypothesis that was
   tested.
2. Design & Methods: include the setting for the study, the
   subjects (number and type), the diagnosis or intervention, and statistical
   analysis.
3. Results: present as clearly as possible the outcome of the
   study and statistical significance if appropriate.
4. Conclusions: briefly
   discuss the data and emphasize the significance of the results.

8. Type
   the text of the abstract single-spaced with no indentations, using the
   full width of the document.
9. Avoid the use of symbols.
10. Standard
    abbreviations are accepted in the text. Unusual ones should be in brackets
    after the word first appears. Do not use abbreviations in the title.
11. Please ensure that your abstract does not contain any errors in spelling,
    grammar or scientific facts as it will be reproduced exactly as you type
    it.

Abstract
submission deadline 13 January
2008

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