UCSD Laparoscopic Hands-on Course
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ISUCRS XXII BIENNIAL CONGRESS
San Diego, California, USA
September 13-17, 2008

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2008 abstract submission system is closed. Congratulations to all accepted authors. For questions regarding the abstract process, please contact abstracts@isucrs.org.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Presenters are required to register for the ISUCRS XXII Biennial Congress by the early registration deadline, August 8, 2008.  Registration and housing information will be available in May. 

ORAL PAPER AND VIDEO PRESENTERS

  • Please note that the allotted time of your paper is eight (8) minutes.  We will use a timer, and adhere strictly to these time limits.  Each paper will have (2) two minutes of discussion.
  • All presenters will be required to include a disclosure slide to be shown in the beginning of their presentation. In addition to the disclosure slide, presenters are asked use generic and objective terms when referring to both devices and/or proprietary technology throughout their presentations.  Download the Disclosure Slide
  • Presenters should arrive at the Speaker Ready Room at least TWO HOURS PRIOR to their presentation in order to upload their presentations onto the show computer.  Presenters are also asked to report to the moderator at the back of the meeting room 15 minutes prior to the start of the session.
  • Acceptable Formats: File: CD Rom, DVD, Floppy Disk, and Zip disk (100 and 250, if you have a 750 disk bring your drive, Thumb or Pen drive, Microdrives, Compact Flash Card, SD Card, Multi-Media Card and Memory Stick) Computer: PC (Macintosh files MUST be PC-compatible.)

POSTER PRESENTERS

  • Posters should fit on a poster board 4 feet high by 8 feet wide (121.92 cm by 243.84 cm).
  • Posters will be on display throughout the week in the Exhibit Hall. The poster setup, display and break down schedule is as follows:
    • Sunday, September 14, 2008
      • 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Poster Setup
      • 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Poster Display
    • Monday, September 15, 2008
      • 7:00 am - 12:30 pm: Poster Display
      • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Poster Display
    • Tuesday, September 16, 2008
      • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm: Poster Display
      • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Poster Break Down