63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the IADR ANZ Division – Cairns

INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS

Please see below the guidelines for general poster and oral presentations.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

KEY DATES

Symposia proposal submission deadline: 07/08/2024

Poster and presentation abstract deadline: 19/08/2024

Abstract notifications to authors: by 19/08/2024

Early bird registration deadline: 26/08/2024

Presenter registration deadline:26/08/2024

Registration deadline: 10/09/2024

Final program released: 31/08/2024

CONFERENCE FORMAT

The program for the IADR Conference Cairns 2024, including the allocation of poster sessions and oral presentation (10 minutes per presentation), will be available on the Sessions page of this website. Please note that the addition of a third session stream will depend on the final selection of abstracts

PRESENTATION THEMES

During the submission process you will be asked to nominate 1-3 of the following themes for which you would like your presentation to be considered:

• Cariology
• Craniofacial
• Dental anaesthesiology
• Dental Materials
• Diagnostic Sciences
• Digital Dentistry
• Education
• Endodontics
• e-Oral Health
• Geriatric Oral Research
• Implantology
• Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders
• Microbiology/Immunology
• Minimally Invasive Dentistry
• Practice-based Research
• Neuroscience
• Nutrition
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Oral Medicine & Pathology
• Orthodontics
• Paediatric Oral Health
• Periodontics
• Pharmacology, Therapeutics & Toxicology
• Prosthodontics
• Pulp Biology & Regeneration
• Salivary
• Student Training and Research
• Stem Cell Biology
• Women in Science
• Other

SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS SUBMISSION

The conference will feature a number of 2-hour symposia sessions, for which proposal are invited and can be submitted via email to the conference organisers.

General guidelines for proposals include a chair, 3-5 speakers, ideally from different institutions and a unifying theme. Symposia should have the dual goals of providing diversity of perspective and integrating those perspectives into a meaningful whole.

When formatting your proposal as an MS Office Word document (docx), please consider the following:

Symposium title: The title should be succinct and descriptive. Please use Title Case – e.g., Meaning in Time: We Consider Our Lives Insignificant When Viewed from the Future.

Abstract: A brief, high-level overview of the symposium.

Theme: Related area of research; used to match the proposal with the best-suited reviewer. Secondary themes may also be listed. (Please refer to presentation themes above.)

Supporting summary: The supporting summary should describe the overall symposium in detail. In this section, you are encouraged to include information about how the symposium meets the dual goals of providing diversity of perspective and integrating those perspectives into a meaningful whole.

References are optional.

Presenter Information: The university or business affiliation, individual e-mail address, and highest degree earned should be included for all chairs, and presenters/co-authors.

Please email your proposal to dentistryevents@jcu.edu.au by 07/08/2024.

POSTER AND ORAL PRESENTATION SUBMISSION

At the time of submission, you will be asked to select your preferred mode of presentation. However, not all requests can be accommodated, and the final mode of your abstract will be selected by the reviewers, who will make every effort to honour your preferred mode.

Abstract submission is an online process via the Abstract Submission Portal below.

Create your account

The presenting author must provide their details to create an account via the 'Submit' button below before submitting an abstract. 

Abstract template

Abstracts must be created using the abstract template available via the Abstract Submissions Portal below, where you can also find further information.

Note: Abstract submissions must be provided as a MS Office Word document (docx) Submissions in other formats will be returned to authors to resubmit in the correct file format.

Submit your abstract

All abstracts must follow the template and guidelines provided.Please ensure your abstract has uploaded correctly. Incorrect or incomplete submissions will be rejected and must be re-submitted in the correct format.

If you are submitting more than one abstract, a separate submission must be made for each one.

You will be able to access the abstract portal to submit additional abstracts until Monday 14/08/2024.To change successfully submitted abstracts, please contact the Conference Organisers.

SUBMISSION NOTIFICATION

The submitting author will receive an automated notification regarding successful abstract submission. This person will receive all submission-related correspondence, and they should relay the correspondence to all co-presenters.

PRESENTER NOTIFICATION

All submitting authors will receive an automated notification to inform them of the acceptance or rejection of their abstract submissions by close of business Friday 16/08/2024. Should you not receive this notification, please contact the Conference Organisers.

Please note: The invitation to submit an abstract does not constitute an offer to pay travel, accommodation or registration costs associated with the conference. Similarly, successful participants will not receive a presenter fee.

The presenters of successful submissions for posters and oral presentations need to register for and attend the conference in Cairns. 

The Presenter Registration Deadline to attend the conference is Monday 26/08/2024. Any presenter not registered by this date will be assumed to have withdrawn their submission.

James Cook University (JCU) is delighted to host the IADR ANZ's Annual Scientific meeting, with the ongoing and very generous support of Colgate as the principal sponsor and ACODS as further valued sponsor.