Registration and abstract submission

Registration and payment policy

  • Online registration will be open on December 1st, 2021 and it is to be completed by each attendee and is non-transferable.
  • The full conference registration fee covers admission to all lectures, poster and panel sessions, lunches, conference materials, coffee breaks, welcome reception on May 26th, Conference Banquet on May 27th, electronic version of abstracts (available as pdf to download).
  • Payments can be made by standard bank transfer (details below) or automatic payments by credit card (Visa Classic, Visa Electron, EuroCard/MasterCard, Diners Club, PBK, JCB) in Euro.

IMPORTANT: In the subject box of your bank transfer, please fill out your SURNAME, REGISTRATION NUMBER (sent in the login confirmation e-mail) and add “ACCORD 2022

Account in €:
IBAN account number: PL 39 1160 2202 0000 0004 7415 5017
Bank’s SWIFT code: BIGBPLPW
Bank name: Bank Millennium S.A
Bank address: 2A Stanisława Żaryna, 02-593 Warsaw, Poland
Recipient’s bank country: Poland
Account owner:  Medical University of Warsaw (ACCORD 2022)
Registration fee for: name of the participant

  • To participate in the Conference, both as an active participant, presenting a short presentation or a poster (standard or poster spotlight presentation), or as a passive participant without any presentation, covering the registration fee is required before the opening of the Conference.
  • All registered participants will receive the complete conference package.
  • In case of any queries concerning the registration, please contact the organizers using the website form.

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be made in writing by e-mail to the Conference Office, accord@wum.edu.pl according to the following policy:

  • Cancellations received in writing between December 1st, 2021 and March 31st, 2022 are entitled to an 80% refund.
  • Cancellations received between April 1st and April 30th, 2022 are entitled to a 50% refund.
  • For cancellations received after April 30th, 2022 the conference fee will not be refunded.

All refunds will be made within 30 days after the end of the Conference. Refunds will be made to the credit card or bank account used for the payment.

Organizers reserve the right to cancel any events due to unforeseen circumstances. In case of event is cancelled by organizers, the refund of the full event fee will be made within 30 days.

Abstract Submission Guidelines

General info

  1. The person delivering the poster (paper poster and/or Poster Spotlight Presentation) or oral presentation must be a registered participant.  
  2. There are no limits to the number of abstracts per participant. However, each participant will be invited to present only one oral presentation or one poster at the Poster Spotlight Presentation. The other accepted abstracts will therefore be posted as printed posters only.

Guidelines for the abstract structure

  1. Your abstract should be in written English.
  2. The abstract title should be no longer than 200 characters, while the abstract is limited to 2500 characters, including spaces.
  3. The title of the presentation should indicate the content of the contribution. Please avoid abbreviations in the title. Abbreviations may be used in the text and explained when first used.
  4. Abstracts must be divided into the following sections: Objectives, Materials and Methods, Results, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, Keywords.
  5. References are not obligatory, and the word count is affected by the inclusion of references.
  6. All tables, figures, and reference citations must be referred to in the text of the abstract.
  7. A maximum of 2 tables of up to 10 rows x 8 columns can be included in abstract. One table is worth 250 characters.
  8. Graphs and images – It is important to note that each image included in the abstract is worth 250 characters. A maximum of 2 images can be included per abstract.
  9. The maximum file size of each graph/image is 500 KB. The maximum pixel size of the graph/image is 600(w) x 800(h) pixels.
  10. Please indicate 3 keywords describing the abstract the best and select the category of your research.

Abstract submission recipe

  1. Enter the abstract submission module and fill in all the required data. Please see the detailed instruction. Abstracts must be submitted via this website. Faxed or e-mailed abstracts will not be considered.
  2. The submission form allows you to store your abstract as a draft to make changes. Please note that abstracts must be submitted before the deadline to be sent to the reviewer for inclusion in the Scientific Program.
  3. Click on the SUBMIT button at the end of the process to submit your abstract. Changes will not be possible to your abstract after it is submitted.
  4. Submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee, and you will be notified and invited to the Poster Spotlight Presentation if you applied for, within four weeks.
  5. Abstracts may be submitted for the Oral Session, Poster Spotlight Presentation, or Poster Session. Nevertheless, all the posters will be posted in a printed form in the poster room.

Responsibilities

  1. All abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in the Abstract Book at Conference website before the Conference. Submission of the abstract constitutes the consent of all authors to publication.
  2. The presenting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract before submission.
  3. You will receive an abstract ID number automatically during submitting your abstract. Please refer to this abstract number in all correspondence regarding your abstract.
  4. Please contact the organizers if you have not received confirmation that your abstract has been submitted.
  5. Upon submission, the Abstract submitting author confirms that the abstract has been reviewed by all the authors and that all information is correct and that the authors accept that the content of this abstract cannot be modified or corrected after final submission and that they are aware that it will be published exactly as submitted.
  6. Upon submission, the Abstract submitting author confirms that the contact details saved in the system are those of the corresponding author, who will be notified about the status of the abstract. The corresponding author is responsible for keeping the other authors informed about the current status of the abstract.the