IMPORTANT DATES

16th December
Abstracts submission opening

26th February
Abstracts submission deadline*

7th March
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection 

 *Deadline for submission will not be extended

KEY NOTES

• Only abstracts in the field of inborn errors of metabolism or related areas will be considered.
• Only electronic submission of abstracts will be accepted, submissions forwarded by e-mail, fax, post or courier will not be accepted.
• The presenting authors must be registered in the Symposium
• Abstracts must be written in English
• Abstract Text body: number of characteres mentioned in each box (including blanc spaces):
• Introduction - 600 characteres
• Methods - 300 characteres
• Results/Case report - 900 characteres
• Conclusion - 600 characteres
• References - no limit
• Acknowledgements - no limit
• Accepted abstracts can be selected for:
• E-poster - displayed as Slide Show in plasma screens
• This year,  are going to use only electronic posters ;
• The e-posters will be displayed in slideshows in dedicated rooms;
• Details of the poster can be enlarged to full screen by a mouse click for improved legibility, and then click to return to the whole poster;
• Please follow the rules below to prepare your e-poster 

Best Oral communications, the best Poster oral communication and the best Poster will be selected and a scholarship will be attributed (€750, €500, €250, respectively).

How to make a Poster:

• Until the 24 hours of 19^th of March, please submit your e-poster to the following e-mail address: spdm@its-comunicacao.pt
• PPTX file;
• Number of the POSTER (ex. PO01), shoul be on the above right side of the Poster;
• Name of the POSTER should be SPDM follow by _ and the number of the Poster (ex. SPDM_PO01)
• All the e-posters arrived after this deadline cannot be included.

If you need help, please contact:
spdm@its-comunicacao.pt