Spine Society Australia

Submissions for both Scientific abstracts and for the
Spinal research award are invited. Submission will be by online submission only.

online abstract centre is NOW CLOSED
Deadline for submission: 1500 hrs Fri 11 Jan 2008
Authors acceptance: 12 Feb 2008

Anyone considering submitting an abstract is encouraged to read at 'How to write a better abstract'

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

Symposium - The Osteoporotic Spine

Allan Dwyer Medal
Presented for a lifetime achievement in spinal research

HOTEL INFORMATION

Hilton Hotel
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

233 Victoria Square
Adelaide, South Australia 5000
Tel: 61-8-82172000 Fax: 61-8-82172001
Phone : +61 (3) 6235 4535
Facsimile : +61 (3) 6223 8175

The Hilton Adelaide hotel is near the city centre, adjacent to the Adelaide attractions like the Central Market.

INTERNATIONAL REGISTRANTS

If you are coming from afar and want to make the most of your trip, 3- 5 day post conference tour packages can be organized by the conference convenor. Suggested packages include - Ayres Rock Outback trip and Great Barrier Reef trip.

For more information contact the conference organizer at Taylored Images

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION

Companies wishing to conduct a trade exhibit are welcome. Contact conference organizer for further details.

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

Presentation Length
Papers selected should be suitable for a 10 minute presentation with an additional allocation of
5 minutes for questions & answers. Abstracts submitted for oral and poster presentation maybe accepted as a full length oral presentation or as a short oral presentation in the poster session of the program. This will be a 5 minute oral presentation using no more then 8 slides including the title slide.

General Guidelines
The abstract should provide sufficient information to allow the reader to assess fully the aims, methods,
results and implications of the work undertaken. Each submission must be original work that has not been published previously. The abstract should include the following sections:

INTRODUCTION – the purpose of the study and a brief overview of relevant literature/current state of research in the field
METHODS – a short explanation of data collection and processing
RESULTS – presented in the form of text only. Important statistical results (small p values or correlation coefficients) should be included.
DISCUSSION – major findings and conclusions from the work including implications for further research. It is important that methods and results are clearly defined in the abstract; therefore, general statements such as “results will be presented” are not acceptable. When a procedure or method is stated to have “advantages,” those advantages should be defined. Abstracts that simply summarise results without defining objectives and methods are equally undesirable.

Abstracts will be limited to no more than 550 words