WFSBP 2019 1st Announcement

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WFSBP 2019
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Deadline for abstract submission: 10 April 2018
Applicants of symposia and workshops are hereby kindly
invited to submit an abstract for contributions to the
14th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry inVancouver
by using the online submission form on the congress web-
site
Please note that online submission is mandatory. Each
symposium and workshop at the 14th World Congress of
Biological Psychiatry in Vancouver is scheduled for 90
minutes which equals four speakers chaired by two scien-
tists.
Chairs are kindly asked to submit proposals for scientific
symposia and workshops according to the topic list on
page 10. All proposals submitted online will be consid-
ered by the International Scientific Programme Commit-
tee. The notification about the acceptance or rejection of
symposia and workshops will be sent by email in June
2018. Speakers of accepted symposia and workshops will
later on be asked to submit individual abstracts for their
presentations. All authors and presenters will be expected
to declare any potential conflict of interest in the first slide
of their presentation.
Chairs, co-chairs and speakers of accepted symposia and
workshops will receive a 50% discount on the regular
congress fees. Please note that the congress does not pro-
vide any further financial support.
Travel costs and accommodation should be self-financed.
GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF SYMPOSIA
AND WORKSHOP ABSTRACTS
The chairs of symposia and workshops are kindly asked to
submit a descriptive abstract in English including the
names of the chair, co-chair, and four speakers. As a chair,
please make sure that you have received the acceptance
of all speakers involved in the symposium or workshop.
Please note that the abstract submission constitutes a for-
mal commitment by the authors to present the correspond-
ing presentation in the session and time slots assigned by
the International Scientific Programme Committee.
In accordance with the international approach of the
WFSBP, the speakers should have diverse geographical
backgrounds.
aaPlease provide the chair’s name (full first name, family
name) and place of work (institution, city, country) as
well as degrees, titles and street address when submit-
ting the abstract.
aaIn addition, please submit names, countries and affilia-
tions of the co-chair and the speakers.
aaPlease choose a topic from the topic list on page 10.
aaThe text of the abstract should briefly state the content
of the symposium or workshop with a maximum of 300
words.
aaPlease choose a title that clearly indicates the content of
the contribution.
aaPlease avoid abbreviations in the title. Abbreviations
may be used in the text if they are defined when used
first.
aaCAPITALS in titles, abstracts or affiliations should only
be used if necessary (e.g. DNA).
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Deadline for abstract submission: 10 April 2018
Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 2018
Abstracts for symposia and workshops have to be submit-
ted electronically by using the online form on the con-
gress website
Detailed instructions regarding the electronic submission
procedure can be found on the website.
For any further assistance, please contact the congress and
exhibition office:
Phone:
Email:
Call for Symposia and Workshops