Please follow these rules carefully. Failure to comply with abstract submission rules will result in your abstract not being accepted for review.

"Please note that the rules set out below apply to Poster/Oral abstract submission only. Invited speakers should refer to instructions provided directly from the Congress Secretariat for the submission of abstracts for invited lectures.

SUBMISSION RULES

Abstracts will not be accepted unless they are submitted according to the rules, instructions and format described and received by the Congress Secretariat on or before midnight January 21, 2008.

Late abstracts will NOT be accepted. All abstract submissions for Poster/Oral presentations must be conducted via the on-line abstract submission system at
www.geriatri2008.org.

The transmission of abstracts via fax and e-mail is not acceptable.
All abstracts should be written, submitted and presented in English only.
Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words (this limit excludes the abstract title, authors and institutions).

The presenting author in each abstract should be the contact author. Institution information should be provided for all authors, include institution, city, country.

• Abstracts should be structured in 4 sections: Purpose, Method, Results, and Conclusion. The "Purpose" section should indicate the objectives of the work being presented. The "Method" section should describe study material or subjects (e.g. number and type of patients), intervention and evaluation procedures. The "Results" section should summarize the main findings. If the work was supported by funds provided by a commercial organization this should be stated in a short acknowledgment at the end of the abstract. Other sources of funding may be acknowledged in the same way. The abstract submission system allows authors to amend their abstract before final submission for review up until the abstract submission deadline. Amendments to abstracts will not be permitted after the approval. Authors will be notified in writing whether or not their abstract has been approved by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Once an abstract has been approved, the presenting author must register for the Congress for final abstract acceptance. Abstracts will only receive final acceptance if the presenting author has registered for the entire Congress. Instructions for both Oral and poster presentations will be made available with notices of acceptance.
• All abstracts accepted for presentation at the congress will be published, subject to editorial review, in the congress abstract book. Each participant will receive a copy free of charge. All abstracts must be submitted ONLINE. Abstracts sent by e-mail, fax or post will not be accepted. Submitted abstracts cannot be withdrawn or changed. Notification of acceptance will be communicated to the contact author's e-mail address.

Online Abstact Sumission