Submission Guidelines

All abstracts must be submitted during the registration process using the registration form. See Important Dates for the abstract submission deadline. You can submit only one abstract for either an oral or poster presentation. Please, adhere to the following recommendations when you submit your abstract. The Scientific Organizing Committee will not review abstracts that do not follow the specified guidelines.

  • Abstracts must be written in English.
  • Abstracts should be original work.
  • An abstract must be submitted by the presenting author.
  • Abstracts must not exceed a maximum of 250 words.
  • Abstracts should not contain figures or tables.
  • All abbreviations must be spelled out when initially used.

If you choose to submit a biography along with your abstract, keep in mind that it should not exceed 150 words. Please, state clearly your current position.

Authors whose poster abstracts have been accepted will need to prepare an electronic version of a poster. Specific instructions will be provided to the authors in a timely manner.

If you want to make changes to your abstract after the submission, please send an email to informationuniverse@rug.nl

Authors will be notified of the outcome of the review process about a month after the abstract submission.

If the Scientific Organizing Committee receives a large number of abstract submission for oral presentations, the committee may offer the presenting author a poster presentation.

If an abstract has been accepted but the presenting author is unable to attend the conference you should notify the Scientific Organizing Committee as soon as possible. Please, read our Cancellation Policy carefully. If a co-author is available to present, he/she can substitute the original author at the conference.

All accepted abstracts will be made available on the conference website