ALL congress participants are required to register for the congress. One can register as an active or passive participant. Active participants of the congress are those who submit their abstract to the congress, either as the lead (presenting) author or the co-author. All participants are obligated pay the registration fee for participation in the congress according to the instructions that you can find under the REGISTRATION FEES tab.
Active participants send their abstract alongside their registration, and the lead author must attach it to the application form. Also, the lead authors are required to enter the Name and Surname of their mentor, who are exempt from paying the registration fee. You can find detailed instructions for preparing and sending the abstract below.
For a successful registration, you can select the yellow-marked form titles below that apply to you, or click on the tab REGISTRATIONS → REGISTRATION – ACTIVE PARTICIPANT / REGISTRATION – PASSIVE PARTICIPANT.
ACTIVE
Participation in all congress activites.
Abstract author/ co - author
Registration – Lead author and Registration – Co – author
(only the lead author submits the abstract)
All abstracts must be written in English, in a language suitable for publication by January 31, 2024. Please check the grammar and spelling of the text in English before sending it. Abstracts must be original and must not be published or presented at any other congress before OSCON. Abstracts containing new information and modified contents of previously published or presented abstracts will not be considered nor accepted for presentation. Each person may submit only 1 abstract as a lead (presenting) author. Total number of authors/co-authors is limited to 5, including the mentor.
Upon submission, the Abstract Submitter confirms that the abstract has been reviewed and that all information is correct. He or she accepts that the content of this abstract cannot be modified or corrected after final submission and is aware that it will be published exactly as submitted. Abstracts received after the Abstract Submission Deadline will not be considered.
Submission of the abstract constitutes the authors’ consent to publication. The Organisers reserve the right to remove an abstract from any publication that does not comply with the mentioned above. The Organisers will notify the author of the current status of the abstract. Also, the corresponding author is responsible for informing the other authors about the status of the abstract.
The abstract must be ATTACHED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE LEAD AUTHOR'S REGISTRATION as an active participant, in Word format. You can find the form with which you attach the abstract under REGISTRATIONS → REGISTRATION – ACTIVE PARTICIPANT → REGISTRATION – LEAD AUTHOR.
The number of abstracts that will be published in the congress' Book of abstracts is limited to 200. All abstracts received by January 31, 2024 will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. If the Committee does not accept the abstract, you automatically become a passive participant without the need for additional payment.
After the application deadline, the scientific committee of OSCON will study all of the received abstracts. Within 30 days, a confirmation of the acceptance of the abstract will be sent to the e-mail written in the application form. E-posters are sent after the abstract was accepted by the Scientific Committee, and the deadline for sending posters is March 5, 2024. All accepted abstracts will be notified by e-mail about detailed information and the presentation schedule.
The topic of your abstract does not have to be in close relation to this year's theme. This year's theme pertains to expert lectures and organized workshops.
To receive the Certificate of attendance, the participant must attend the booked workshop and a minimum of 2 lectures. If one does not meet the participation criteria, he or she will not receive the Certificate of attendance. The PDF version of the Certificate of attendance will be sent via e-mail within 2 weeks after the congress.
By attending the congress, physicians who are members of the Croatian Medical Chamber will recieve 10 points as Passive participants and 15 points as Active participants.
Carefully read the general rules before submitting your abstract.
Set the margin in the document to Normal, to 2.5 cm; left 2.5 cm; down 2.5 cm; right 2.5 cm.
ABSTRACT TITLE: limited to 20 words (font: Times New Roman, size 14, bold; align: center)AUTHORS: full name of each author (font: Times New Roman, size 12; align: center; presenting author has to be underlined)
name of the institution (name of department/institution, city, state); under the author's name (font: Times New Roman, size 12, italic; align: left)
***IMPROTANT! There is a maximum of 5 authors on one abstract – including the mentors.
STRUCTURE OF THE ABSTRACT: The abstract text (without title and author) is limited to 250 words +/- 10% (font: Times New Roman, size 11; alignment: two-sided).
Abstract title* (bold)
Authors: Name Surname1; Name Surname2; ... ; Name Surname (Menthor)3
(underlined author = presenting author)
1 - Department / Institution, City, State
2 - Department / Institution, City, State
3 - Department / Institution, City, State
Abstract text (250 words):
Introduction:
Materials and methods + Results / Case report / Review:
Conclusion:
Keywords: Word A ; Word B ; Word C ; Word D ; Word E
(3 – 5 keywords selected according to the MeSH thesaurus, arranged in alphabetical order)
Advice of the Scientific Committee - what does an ideal abstract look like?
If you have studied the general rules and abstract submission guidelines, please submit your abstract here.
Electronic posters or e-posters are posters that are displayed on LCD screens instead of a paper format. They do not require printing or production of additional materials.
Format: PDF
In pixels: 1920 width x 1080 height (Landscape orientation)
In inches: 16:9
To upload your poster, please follow the following steps:
Note: The poster design does not have to be the same as our template, however, the dimensions must be the same.
Below is a template for a properly written abstract and a well crafted poster. You can download these two templates and use them as an example to make your own abstract and poster.
