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Abstract Submission 2020

Abstract Submission is now closed, Deadline: September 25th 2020.

Terms and Conditions

Rules for Presentation at BEAVRS

Presentations at BEAVRS this year will take 3 forms.
1. Invited Papers
2. Free papers
3. Invited finalists of VR fellows video competition

Invited Papers

Speakers of consultant level and above will be invited to give papers by the scientific committee of the meeting. These will be independent research papers.

Free papers

Open submissions for free papers will be accepted by the scientific committee of the meeting, they will be judged on merit and those with the best merit will be accepted to be presented. Presentation must be by members of BEAVRS or fellows/juniors working with BEAVRS members. If the presentation is given by a non-BEAVRS member, the member must be in the room for questions after the presentation.

These papers may be case reports, series, audits, outcome data or research paper

Terms and conditions for free paper submissions

All abstracts MUST be submitted in the presenting author’s name.
Papers will not be accepted on topics unrelated to VR surgery.

Rules & Regulations

  • Abstracts submitted in hard copy format will not be considered.
  • All submissions must be made online by the deadline, September 25th 2020.
  • Do not submit more than 1 abstract with the same title.
  • All abstracts will initially be reviewed, graded and accepted or rejected by the Programme Committee. The decision of the Committee is final.
  • If a paper is accepted for presentation, the first author must undertake to present it. This will be using the Zoom platform, which should be downloaded prior to the meeting (Zoom.us). They will be asked to upload their presentation one week prior to the meeting (30th October). Further details concerning presentation will be given to those accepted.
  • The presenter must be a registered delegate at the congress and pay all applicable fees. The BEAVRS member supporting the paper must be online during the meeting for questions.
  • Failure to present without prior notice to the Programme Committee may influence future acceptance of presentations.
  • All abstracts selected will be posted online at beavrs.org. The abstract will appear exactly as submitted.
  • All submitted abstracts must be in English and follow the structured format below:
    • Title (250 characters)
    • Purpose (50 words max)
    • Setting/Venue (20 words max)
    • Methods (100 words max)
    • Results (100 words max)
    • Conclusions (50 words max)
    • Financial Disclosure: Please indicate Yes/No

The summary of results presented must be given in sufficient detail to support the conclusions. The Programme Committee will only accept abstracts with final results or conclusions.
References and credits cannot be included as part of an abstract.
Formulae should, in general, be avoided.

When using abbreviations or acronyms for the first time, care should be taken to spell them out in full with the abbreviation in parentheses after the full word/s the first time it appears in the text. The abbreviation should be used alone thereafter.

Indicate whether the presenting author or any co-author has a financial interest in the subject matter or receives money from any mentioned company.
Any financial interest must be included on the first slide of the presentation.

Free Papers

* All accepted Free Paper abstracts will be allocated a 5 minute slot. If there are too many submissions to be accepted as free paper presentations then delegates will be given opportunity to present as an e-poster.

Abstract Submission is now closed