Abstract guidelines
General Guidelines:
• Prior registration to the conference is mandatory for any submission.
• Abstracts are to be submitted for 3 categories – Award Paper, Free Paper and Poster.
• ‘Dr. Khwairakpam Tamubi PG Award’ session is open to all PG students of Manipur who are potential life members (PLMs) of IADVL.
• Only original research studies (no case report/case series) shall be considered for Award Paper.
• Free papers and posters are open to all delegates.
• All abstracts must be submitted online to the email id: dermazone.east2024@gmail.com by 15th September 2024.
• All PG students should submit a letter from the Head of Department certifying the authenticity of the paper and the category of paper submission.
Abstract type:
• Case report/series
• Original research
Abstract Guidelines:
• All abstracts must be submitted in English using the font Times New Roman, with a font size of 12 and double spacing.
• Title should be written using ‘Sentence case’ and should be brief and self-explanatory.
• Abbreviations should be avoided in the title and text.
• Word limit of the abstract is 200 words. (Excluding title, authors, their affiliations etc.)
• Structure of the abstract for original study should be:
• Introduction
• Aims and objectives
• Materials and Methods
• Results, limitations and conclusions
• Structure of the abstract for case reports and case series should be:
• Introduction
• Case report/series
• Discussion
• Abstracts must be original and must not have been published or presented at any other meeting or conferences. Abstracts should report on results of truly original research. The proposal will be reviewed according to the scientific content and ethical considerations. Keywords, graphs, figures, tables or references should not be included in the abstract.
• Conflict of interest statement and declaration of conflict is mandatory.
• Commercial names of drugs/companies should be avoided.
• Abstracts may be reproduced as such, therefore onus of ensuring proper language, factual accuracy & responsibility of avoiding plagiarism lies with the authors.
• Non-adherence to any guideline may result in an automatic rejection of the abstract.
• Once submitted, a communication acknowledgement will be sent via email.