Please read the following rules and regulations before submitting your abstract. You can then submit your abstract by using the link at the end of this page.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
 All submissions must be made online by the deadline, 15th April 2008.
Abstracts submitted in hard copy format will not be considered.
Once you have submitted your abstract you will be given access to the Speaker Zone, where you must check your abstract. If you are not given access to the Speaker Zone or if your abstract is not visible in the Speaker Zone, this means that your abstract has not been submitted properly. If this happens, please contact niall.slowey@escrs.org in the ESCRS Office. The organisers will not accept any responsibility for abstracts that have not been submitted properly.
Each author may submit a maximum of 2 abstracts in any one category (ie. free papers, posters, video competition, video library, video symposium).
All abstracts MUST be submitted in the presenting author's name.
You must ensure to indicate what type of abstract you are submitting.
If you are submitting a free paper or a poster, you must ensure to choose a theme from the options given.
All abstracts will initially be reviewed, graded and accepted or rejected by the Programme Committee. The Committee reserves the right to determine whether a free paper submission is accepted as an oral presentation or a poster. The decision of the Committee is final.
If a paper or poster is accepted for presentation, the first author must undertake to present it. The presenter must be a registered delegate at the congress and pay all applicable fees.
Failure to present without prior notice to the Programme Committee may influence future acceptance of presentations.
All abstracts selected will be published in the Book of Abstracts. The abstract will appear exactly as submitted.
The Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery and ESCRS on Demand (the online portal of the ESCRS) retain right of first refusal for all presentations made at ESCRS meetings.
ALL SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS MUST BE IN ENGLISH AND FOLLOW THE STRUCTURED FORMAT BELOW:
Title (20 words max)
Purpose (50 words max)
Setting/Venue (20 words max)
Methods (100 words max)
Results (100 words max)
Conclusions (50 words max)
Financial Disclosure: Please indicate relevant numbers
The summary of results presented must be given in sufficient detail to support the conclusions. The Programme Committee will only accept abstracts with final results or conclusions.
References and credits cannot be included as part of an abstract.
Formulae should, in general, be avoided.
When using abbreviations or acronyms for the first time, care should be taken to spell them out in full with the abbreviation in parentheses after the full word/s the first time it appears in the text. The abbreviation should be used alone thereafter.
Indicate whether the presenting author or any co-author has a financial interest in the subject matter or receives money from any mentioned company.
Any financial interest must be included on the first slide of the presentation.
ABSTRACTS MAY BE SUBMITTED FOR THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION TYPES
Free Papers (These will be allocated either a 3 or a 6 minute slot)
Posters - Cataract
Posters - Refractive
Posters - Miscellaneous
Video Competition - Educational
Video Competition - Innovative
Video Competition - Scientific
Video Competition - Special Cases
Video Competition - Young Ophthalmologists
Video Library
Video Symposium on Challenging Cases
FREE PAPER & POSTER PRESENTATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE FOLLOWING THEMES:
Accommodation
Anaesthesia
Cataract demographics
Cataract surgery complications/management
Cataract surgery equipment/instrumentation/surgical devices/OVDs
Cataract surgery outcomes
Cataract surgery - paediatric
Cataract surgery practice styles
Cataract surgery special cases
Combined cataract surgery techniques
Combined refractive surgery
Cornea - medical
Cornea - surgical
Corneal biomechanics
Endophthalmitis/ocular infections
Femtosecond laser
Glaucoma
Imaging anterior segment
IOL technology
Keratorefractive surgery outcomes - hyperopia
Keratorefractive surgery outcomes - myopia
Keratorefractive surgery outcomes - presbyopia
Laser Refractive Surgery (LASERS/LASIK/LASEK/Epi-LASIK)
Ocular pathologies
Optical properties of the eye
Phakic IOLs
Posterior capsule opacification
Presbyopia
Pseudophakic IOLs
Quality of vision evaluation techniques
Refractive lens exchange
Refractive surgery complications
Refractive surgery new techniques/instrumentation/devices
Refractive surgery practice styles
Surgery centers and practice management
Training and innovation in education
Visual Rehabilitation
ELECTRONIC POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Authors must present their Poster as a maximum of 6 Powerpoint slides. On acceptance of a Poster Abstract for presentation in Berlin, the author will be fully informed of the process for the submission and display of their presentation.
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE POSTER PRESENTATIONS OF THE CONGRESS.
Please note: Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their Free Papers and Posters by mid June
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