Abstract Submittal Guidelines

Welcome to the PETEX 2008 Online Abstract Submission System.

This system has been designed to allow all presenters to submit abstracts from any location and to allow our team of theme convenors to review abstracts with ease. The system will decrease the time required to process abstracts and will result in the early publication of our provisional conference programme.

Abstract submittal to PETEX 2008 is a two stage process:

1.  Abstract to be submitted by 14th March 2008.

On notification that your abstract has been successful you will be requested to submit your extended abstract.

2.  Extended Abstract to be submitted by 17th July 2008

In order to submit your short abstract for acceptance to this conference you should follow the instructions and guidelines given in this document. We would recommend that you print and read these instructions prior to starting your submission process.

GENERAL RULES FOR SHORT ABSTRACT SUBMITTAL:

  • Abstract should be no more than 500 words
  • No images can be included in short abstracts
  • The abstract should be entered in plain text
  • Once submitted an abstract can not be changed

PLEASE NOTE once an abstract has been submitted it cannot be changed so please ensure your abstract is the final version you wish to submit. Should you wish to cancel a submission please contact HELP

PLEASE NOTE that oral presentations will be 20 minutes in length with a further 5 minutes allocated to questions. When compiling your abstract you should bare this in mind.

USER GUIDELINES

REGISTRATION

Before being able to submit an abstract you will need to register yourself as a user on the system.

You should complete the registration form with all your personal details. This will allow us to contact you at any point to discuss your abstract and update you on all conference developments.

PLEASE NOTE All fields on this form are mandatory.
Email Address You should use the email address that you wish to be contacted through.
Password You should create your own password ensuring it is one that you will remember as this will give you access to the site on all future occasions.

PLEASE NOTE should any of your details change prior to the start of the conference you should logon to the system and update them.

Once all personal details have been completed you should SUBMIT these details. A confirmation email will then be sent. Please keep these details in a safe place to ensure future access to the site.

You will also see a message at the top of the page stating that registration has been successful. You can then Login to the site using the link on the page or in the left hand column of the site.

LOGIN

In order to access the site you should complete email address and password. These should be the same as the ones used to register. If completed successfully your Personal Home Page will appear.

If you have forgotten your Login details please DO NOT REGISTER again. You should click on the FORGOTTEN USERNAME AND PASSWORD link and a reminder email will be sent direct to your registered Email address.

PERSONAL HOME PAGE

Your personal home page will show the status of your account, detailing any abstracts that have been submitted previously.

If no abstracts have been submitted you will see a message saying “You have not submitted any abstracts yet”

If you need to change your personal details you can do so from your personal home page by clicking on the link UPDATE YOUR DETAILS. It is imperative that these details are kept up to date in order that we can contact you and your details appear correctly on the PETEX CD-ROM.

UPDATE PERSONAL DETAILS PAGE

This is the place to change any of your personal details.

To update your details just type over the information already displayed and click SUBMIT.

Should you wish to change your password then click the CHANGE PASSWORD link.

You will then be asked to type in your original password, new password and verification of that password.

You should then click the SUBMIT button. Your new details will then be emailed to you at the email address provided.

PLEASE NOTE your correct email address is used at all times.

SUBMIT ABSTRACT

Enter the title of the abstract in the box provided.

Using the drop down menu choose whether you wish your abstract to be submitted as a

POSTER OR ORAL presentation.

Highlight the theme you wish to submit your abstract to.

It is recommended that the abstract is “copy and pasted” from a Word document into the abstract box. That way if there are any problems the abstract doesn’t have to be re-typed. Please ensure that your abstract consists of plain, unformatted text.

Complete the author(s) details. Information required: firstname, surname and affiliation

If the details completed are correct then you should click the SAVE AUTHOR button.

Additional authors can be added by clicking ADD AUTHOR button, saving each one when completed.

You MUST then indicate which author will be presenting the paper by ticking the PRESENTER box next to the appropriate author.

Finally, click the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page to submit your abstract to PETEX 2008.

 

You should repeat the above process for all abstracts you wish to submit.

By clicking MY HOME PAGE you will see all abstracts that you have submitted.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES USING THE SITE THEN PLEASE CLICK THE HELP LINK

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