Abstract Submission
Guidelines
Please read all the guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract.
General Instructions
General Instructions
- Abstracts may not promote a research institute, consortium/project, commercial product, process, or service.
- The abstract should not have been previously published or presented.
- Only online submitted abstracts will be accepted.
- Students can opt to compete for the Best Student Presentation Award.
- Each presenter can only give one platform presentation at the meeting. While the number of abstracts is unlimited, the presenter has to be prepared that abstracts are converted to posters if more than one platform application is accepted as such.
- By submitting an abstract, you are agreeing to abide by the SETAC participant policies, especially the copyright and presenter responsibilities, the recording and photographing policy, and the SETAC code of conduct.
- Please note that the fact that a session is included in the call for abstracts does not guarantee that this session will be programed at the meeting. Depending on the number of abstracts received, the Program Committee will decide to accept, merge or cancel the session. In the latter case, the committee will make suggestions to move your abstract to another session.
- Presenting authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their abstract on 1 July.
- The presenting author must be registered for the meeting by the early bird registration deadline. Accepted abstracts from presenters not having registered by this date will be cancelled and excluded from the program.
- Acceptance of your abstract and invitation to present during the meeting does not include a free registration nor any other financial compensation.
Abstract Details
Abstracts Details
When submitting your abstract, you will be asked to provide the following information:
- Session: Submit abstract to a session to which the subject matter is applicable
- Title: Use title case for your title (for example, “Recommended Minimum Reporting Information for Environmental Toxicity Data”), maximum 200 characters (including spaces) and spell out abbreviations and acronyms in the title.
- Abstract: Maximum 2500 characters (including spaces), do not include citations, tables or figures and keep abbreviations and acronyms to a minimum in the abstract and fully define at first reference.
- Write for your audience: session chairs and colleagues.
- Be clear and concise. Suggested outline:
- Include one of two sentences on background
- Identify the challenge, problem, question or purpose of the work
- Explain how you plan to address the challenge
- Describe methods or approach without getting into excessive detail
- Report results or hypothesis, as appropriate
- Summarize main conclusions if research is complete
- Note the relevance of the study: How findings advance the topic or how they can be applied
- (Co-)authors: name and affiliation name (no address); specify the presenting author;
- Preferred Presentation Type:
- Platform presentation
- Poster presentation
Questions?
In case of any questions concerning abstract submission, please do not hesitate to contact us.