IMPORTANT DATES
Abstracts Submissions Close:   17th January 2025
    Registrations Open:                       OPEN
Early Bird Registrations Close:   21st January 2025

ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 

 

The ANN welcomes abstract submissions for its Annual Congress 25th-28th March 2025, which will be held in-person only at the Sunshine Coast Convention Centre, Queensland. 

Types of Presentations
Oral Presentation - If your abstract is accepted for an oral presentation you will be allocated a session (time to be advised) within the program.

Poster Presentation - If your abstract is accepted for a poster presentation, you will be required to produce a poster which follows the poster guidelines.

Format for Abstracts
Abstracts are to be provided in English only.

The body of the abstract should be structured with Background, Methods, Results and Conclusions and not exceed 200 words (excluding the title).

Abbreviations should be defined where first mentioned. Spelling and grammar should be carefully checked.

Abstracts without results to support conclusions, for example abstracts with terms such as “results will be discussed”, will not be accepted.

Abstracts will be published as submitted without any modification.

Abstracts Conditions
Abstracts will not be accepted if they have been previously published as a full paper, or if they have been presented elsewhere more than one year before the meeting date.

A condition of acceptance is that at least one author presents the work. Non-authors can not present. Presenting author(s) must register to attend the Congress, and are responsible for their own registration and/or travel expenses.

Submission Details
Abstracts can only be submitted via online submission portal. Complete the online submission form, and cut-paste your abstract in the text boxes provided. If the submission was successful, you will receive an automatic acknowledgement of the receipt of your abstract.

If you wish to make changes to your abstract you can do so until midnight (AEST) on FRIDAY, 17th JANUARY 2025. After this date you will be unable to gain access.

Abstract Notifications
All abstracts submitted are subject to review and scoring by the Abstract Review Committee and will, subject to acceptance, be assigned to a oral or poster presentation.

The reviewing committee reserves the right to contact authors, if required to clarify the nature of intended presentations prior to making decisions regarding their acceptance.

Notifications will be sent via e-mail to submitting author only by mid FEBRUARY 2025.

AWARDS

Awards will be available for best poster and best oral presentation.

Remember this is a very mixed audience - need to pitch to a knowledgeable, multidisciplinary audience.

No point in doing great work if you can’t communicate it! 

To help you please keep the following marking criteria in mind:

ORAL:

  • Content
  • Slides – easy to read, engaging, should complement the oral content
  • Oral Presentation itself
  • How handled questions

POSTER:

  • Content - novelty, importance, 
  • How well presented - easy to read, not too much text, easy to find conclusions