The acceptance, timing, presentation, and discussion of all papers are at the discretion of the Organising Committee
The closing date and time – AEST 17:00 on Monday 29 August 2022 is not negotiable, unless otherwise stated
A maximum of two papers per author will be accepted.
Late submissions will not be considered under any circumstance
All outlined requirements pertaining to FORMAT must be adhered to. Any submitted abstract that exceeds the advertised word count, will have all words over the word count deleted prior to the formal review process.
Changes to, or re-submission, will not be considered after the close date.
All submitted papers will be reviewed by the Organising Committee following the close of the abstract submission process
Each abstract will be reviewed based on the following criteria:
Is the abstract original?
Does it address an important scientific question?
Is the abstract clearly written with all salient facts?
Does the work adhere to ethical guidelines?
Is there evidence of statistical method if appropriate?
Are the conclusions justified by the results?
Successful applicants will be notified of the outcome by email only, no later than Monday 26 September
The allocation of date and time for verbal presentations is not negotiable or changeable
The person who has submitted the abstract is therefore the presenter, and the person who will be recognised for the research in the form of a certificate. This is not changeable under any circumstance and requests to change presenters will not be considered
If authors wish to withdraw their abstracts from presentation or publication they are requested to notify the Event Manager via e-mail to sally.erickson@generalsurgeons.com.au
In order to present selected verbal and/or poster free papers, a completed CR 2022 registration must be submitted prior to presentation date/time. Failure to complete this process will result in an incomplete submission and a certificate of presentation will not be issued
