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Abstracts Online

Please find the abstracts from the Joint Congress of SOE/AAO 2011 on this link:

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Abstract Submission is now closed. Please email soe2011.scientific@congrex.com should you have any questions

Deadline for abstract submission: January 10, 2011 Notification on acceptance/rejection: End February, 2011

Review Process

By submitting an abstract the authors thereby guarantee that the abstract submitted describes unpublished results; and human and experimental studies have been undertaken with the appropriate ethics approval and official permission from the proper authorities. The criteria for accepting abstracts will be based on the degree of originality. In order to make the reviewers work as efficient and the selection as objective as possible, the following instructions should be observed.

Abstract Submission Instructions

• Deadline – 10 January, 2011.
• Abstracts shall be submitted electronically via the SOE/AAO 2011 website www.soe2011.org
• The abstract must be written in English.
• The title or text is not to indicate the country of origin, unless it is pertinent to the topic.
• Maximum 300 words / 2 000 characters (including spaces) and excluding the title and contact information of authors.
• The structure of the abstract should be as follows:
    a. Purpose – Aim of investigation.
    b. Methods – Study design, patients or animals, methods of investigation and analysis, etc.
    c. Results – Results of research with specific data and statistical significance.
    d. Conclusions – Conclusions drawn from the results obtained.  Statements like “results are 
    under discussion” are not acceptable.

• Figures or tables are NOT to be included in the abstract.

• Classify the abstract with the topic which best describes the abstract:
– Cataract
– Contact lenses
– Cornea
– Education
– Electrophysiology
– External Eye
– Glaucoma
– Neuro-ophthalmology
– Oculoplastics
– Oncology and Pathology
– Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
– Refractive Surgery
– Retina
– Uveitis

• It is the author’s responsibility to submit a correct abstract; any errors in spelling, grammar, or scientific fact will be published as typed by the author, if accepted. Poor English may be a cause for rejection.

• Each author may serve as Presenting Author for a maximum of one oral abstract (Free Paper/Rapid Fire). However, there is no limit for posters.

• Full presentation specification will be made available on the Congress website and forwarded together with the abstract acceptance.

• All abstract presenters must register and pay the registration fee and are committed to make their presentation in the session allocated by the Scientific Programme Committee. Deadline for Early Registration fee is 28 February, 2011. If the abstract is not accepted the registration fee is refundable.

• The Presenting Author will receive all correspondence concerning the abstract and is responsible for informing the other authors of the status of the abstract.

• Acknowledgement of abstract receipt will be sent to the stated email address. If you do not receive the confirmation within 24 hours of submission, please contact: soe2011.scientific@congrex.com

• Notification of acceptance/rejection of the abstracts will be emailed at the end of February 2011.

• Changes to the abstract are possible until January 10, 2011 through your Personal Page, which can be accessed with the password included in the electronic confirmation of receipt.

Disclosure – Conflict of Interest

All presenters (invited and abstract submitters) must declare any potential conflict of interest. Oral presenters will also have to incorporate a disclosure slide in their presentation (a template will be sent with the presentation guidelines). Disclosure is mandatory for all presenters, whether they have a conflict of interest to disclose or not.

Personal Page

You can follow the progress of your abstract online by entering your Personal Page with the log in details sent to you upon submission. Your Personal Page makes it possible for you to:

- make changes to your submitted abstract until submission deadline (10 January, 2011)
- read and print your abstract

Click here to access your Personal Page