Standard Symposium Proposal Rules, Regulations and Guidelines
On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the ISAD 2021, thank you for submitting your work for presentation at the 11th Conference of the International Society for Affective Disorders in Milan, Italy. We have an on-line submission and evaluation process administered by Kenes; please take a moment to read the following simple guidelines.
All abstracts must be submitted on-line through the abstract submission system. Abstracts that are sent via e-mail or fax will not be included in the abstract assessment process by the Scientific Committee.
Click here to submit your symposium
Symposia submission deadline is May 24, 2021.
Kindly note that the abstract submission system will be closed after this deadline.
Symposia Submission Guideline
The Chair assumes full responsibility for the contents of the abstract and must ensure that all other authors have approved the abstract before submission.
The Chair and the additional speakers will be required to register for the conference in order to have acceptance of the abstract confirmed.
Preparation of Symposia:
1.All abstracts must be submitted in English.
The symposia will follow the following format:
Your symposium will have a maximum of FOUR speakers. (30 minute slot each which should include time for Q&A)
You may have the Chairperson as an additional NON-speaker. Or the Chair may be one of the FOUR speakers. This is at your discretion.
1.The abstract submission platform will ask you for the following details:
Title: Abstract title can contain a maximum of 250 characters.
Author(s): First and last names, institutions, and e-mail addresses of the authors must be fully indicated correctly and in the right order.
Institution(s): The institution(s) of the authors should be indicated fully with the "department" and "institution" names while avoiding any abbreviations such as Dept., Inst., Hosp., etc. The institution and city should be written in lower case while the initials of each word are written in capitals
Abstract text: Abstract text should not exceed 300 words. The title of the abstract, authors' names, institutions and key words are not included in this limit.
Keywords: Keywords should not be included in any of the sections of the abstract text. Only in the section dedicated for keywords. A maximum 5 keywords can be provided. All keywords should be written in lower case (e.g.: hydrocephalus).
2.Choose your category
Select a category (see below) that is relevant for your abstract. This must be selected during the submission process. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to change the category during the abstract assessment process.
3.The contact details of the chair and the speakers must be provided.
The symposium chairs confirm that they will register and pay to attend the conference and chair the symposium, should it be accepted. All symposium participants must register and pay to attend the conference. Chairs submitting a symposium proposal for the ISAD 2020 meeting do so with the understanding that they will abide by the conditions, deadline policies and decisions of the ISAD 2021 Committee.
The Scientific Committee reserves the right to change the presentation type according to the requirements of the scientific programme
Please do not submit multiple copies of the same abstract.
Please contact with Ms. Dilara Yalinkilinc Soylu from the Conference Secretariat (dyalinkilinc@kenes.com) for editing after submitting the abstract.
Please ensure that the e-mail address of abstract authors is entered correctly to enable the Conference Organizing Secretariat to communicate with individual presenters regarding the abstract. All information regarding the acceptance, any required adjustments, and scheduling will be communicated via e-mail to the abstract presenting author.
The abstract categories will be as follows:
Evaluation Process and Acceptance Letters:
We expect the symposia to be highly competitive. The society symposia proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
All submitted abstracts will be scored by members of the Scientific Committee following which the draft program will be drawn up.
Acceptance letters will be sent via e-mail. Relevant information about your abstract's presentation including the presentation date, time, venue, presentation number will be included in the acceptance letters.
Symposia Abstracts' Acceptance Letters: | 21 June 2021 |
Thank you for submitting your work for consideration. We are looking forward to meeting you for what promises to be a fabulous meeting in Milan! Please make contact with us directly should you have any specific enquiries.
Scientific Committee Chair
Kenes M+, Scientific Programme Coordinator
Dilara Yalinkilinc Soylu, dyalinkilinc@kenes.com
On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the ISAD 2021, thank you for submitting your work for presentation at the 11th Conference of the International Society for Affective Disorders in Milan, Italy. We have an on-line submission and evaluation process administered by Kenes; please take a moment to read the following simple guidelines.
All abstracts must be submitted on-line through the abstract submission system. Abstracts that are sent via e-mail or fax will not be included in the abstract assessment process by the Scientific Committee.
Click here to submit your abstract
Abstract submission deadline is June 21, 2021.
Kindly note that the abstract submission system will be closed after this deadline.
Note: The submitted abstracts for ISAD 2020 are planned to be evaluated for ISAD 2021 Milan.
Please note that you can update your submitted abstract in the abstract system.
If you want to update and re-submit your abstract that you submitted to the system last year, please contact with Ms. Dilara Yalinkilinc Soylu from the Conference Secretariat (dyalinkilinc@kenes.com).
Preparation of Abstracts:
- Oral Presentation
- Poster Presentation
Your preference (oral or poster) should be indicated during the submission process. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to change the presentation type according to the requirements of the scientific programme
Title: Abstract title can contain a maximum of 250 characters.
The abstract should have four sections:
- Objective
- Material and Methods
- Results
- Conclusion
Please get in contact with Ms. Dilara Yalinkilinc Soylu from the Conference Secretariat (dyalinkilinc@kenes.com) for editing after submitting the abstract.
Please ensure that the e-mail address of abstract authors are entered correctly to enable the Conference Organizing Secretariat to communicate with you regarding the abstract. All information regarding the acceptance, any required adjustments, and scheduling will be communicated via e-mail to the abstract presenting author.
The abstract categories will be as follows:
Evaluation Process and Acceptance Letters:
All submitted abstracts will be scored by 3-4 members of the Scientific Committee following which the draft program will be drawn up.
Acceptance letters will be sent via e-mail. Relevant information about your abstract's presentation including the presentation date, time, venue, presentation number will be included in the acceptance letters.
Abstracts' Acceptance Letters: | 23 July 2021 |
Thank you for submitting your work for consideration. We are looking forward to meeting you for what promises to be a fabulous meeting in Milan! Please make contact with us directly should you have any specific enquiries.
Scientific Committee Chair
Kenes M+, Scientific Programme Coordinator
Dilara Yalinkilinc Soylu, dyalinkilinc@kenes.com
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