European Society of Retina Specialists European Society of Retina SpecialistsPlease read the following rules and regulations before submitting your abstract. You can then submit your abstract by using the link at the end of this page.
If you have already submitted an abstract for this meeting you may view your abstract or enter a new abstract by clicking on the SPEAKER ZONE and entering the Access Key which you recieved by email.
Abstracts may be submitted for the following presentation types:
Free Paper
Poster
Video Competition
Free Paper and Poster presentations will be considered on the following topics:
AMD
Anterior/posterior segment surgery
Imaging
Intraocular tumours
New drug treatment and technology
Uveitis
Vascular diseases and diabetic retinopathy
Vitreoretinal surgery
Accepted Free Paper abstracts will be allocated either a 3 or a 6 minute slot as decided by the Programme Committee.
Please note that Poster presentations will be displayed electronically at the Nice Congress. Instead of presenting a graphical poster on a board, authors present their Poster as a maximum of 6 Powerpoint slides. On acceptance of a Poster Abstract for presentation in Nice, the author will be fully informed of the process for the submission and display of their presentation.
All submissions must be made online by the deadline. Once you have submitted your abstract online you will be given access to the Speaker Zone, where you must check your abstract. If you are not given access to the Speaker Zone or if your abstract is not visible in the Speaker Zone, this means that your abstract has not been submitted properly. If this happens, please contact abstracts@euretina.org. The organisers will not accept any responsibility for abstracts that have not been submitted properly.
Each author may submit a maximum of 2 Free Paper abstracts, 2 Poster abstracts and 2 Video Competition abstracts.
You must ensure to indicate whether you are submitting a Free Paper, Poster or Video Competition abstract and indicate the relevant Free Paper and Poster Topic.
All abstracts will initially be reviewed, graded and accepted or rejected by the Programme Committee. The Committee reserves the right to determine whether a submission is accepted as a presentation or a poster. The decision of the Committee is final.
If a paper or poster is accepted for presentation, the first author must undertake to present it.
The presenter must be a registered delegate at the congress and pay all applicable fees.
Failure to present without prior notice to the Programme Committee may influence future acceptance of presentations.
Submitted abstracts must include the following information:
All abstracts must be in English and follow the structured format below
TITLE (20 words max)
PURPOSE (50 words max)
SETTING (20 words max)
METHODS (100 words max)
RESULTS (100 words max)
CONCLUSIONS (50 words max)
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE (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 have a financial interest in the subject matter or receive money from any mentioned company.
An international team of experts will judge the entries. A prize will be awarded for the best video.
Winners must be present at the Opening Ceremony on Thursday 14th May in order to receive their prize.
Videos on any aspect of vitreoretinal surgery will be considered.
The total duration of the video, including title and credits, must not exceed 8 minutes.
The video must include a narration, music alone will not be accepted.
The title and narration of the video must be in English.
As your video will not be returned, please do not send the master copy.
Both an abstract form and a videotape must be submitted in order for an entry to be considered by the judges.
The abstract submission deadline is 16th January 2009 and the video submission deadline is 31st January 2009.
Only VHS, SVHS and mini DV PAL format will be accepted for the Video Competiton. DVDs in PAL format will also be accepted.
Under no circumstances will CD-ROMS and videotapes in NTSC format be accepted.
Videos which promote a company name or logo, acknowledge sponsorship or promote commercial products, will not be accepted.
Generic names should be used instead of product names, where possible.
Instruments can be shown briefly, but not exceeding 10 seconds.
Videos will not be accepted for the Video Competition if they have been presented anywhere in the world in previous years. However, videos shown at other congresses during the current year will be accepted.
No more than 2 videos will be accepted from any author.
The decision of the Video Competition Judges will be final and binding.
Send only 1 copy of your video and make sure it is labelled.
Send your video to:
EURETINA Video Competition,
2nd Floor, Temple House,
Temple Road,
Blackrock,
Co. Dublin,
Ireland