Abstract Submission Proposals

Abstract Format Guidelines

TITLE
The abstract title should be short, informative and contain the major key words. It should be in upper case, Arial, BOLD, 12 pt size, and right and left justified .

Authors
Abstract Titles should be followed by authors’ last name and first initial (with the presenting author in bold). Superscript numbers must be used to indicate the author’s institution, followed by city and state (in this order). Do not include degrees or professional titles (e.g. Dr, Prof., etc).

See example below:

Smith B¹, Pattermore M ^1,2, Ward L^2
1University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
²University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD

Abstract text

• Abstract text must be in Arial, 10pt size, single-spaced and justified.
• Abstracts are to be a maximum of 300 words, including references.
• There is to be a maximum of 2 references.
• Use standard abbreviations only. Within the body of the abstract, when using abbreviations spell out the name in full at the first mention and follow with the abbreviation in parenthesis. Abbreviations may be used in the title, provided the name in full is outlined in the body of the abstract.
• Capitalise the first letter of trade names.

Compliance to the specifications is imperative - any abstract that does not comply with these specifications will not be accepted for review.

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