Properly Formatted Abstract
- Abstracts must be properly formatted and organized into four sections identified by the following bolded headers: Purpose/Objectives, Materials/Methods, Results and Conclusions.
- Institution names should be included in the title or body of the abstract.
- The title should not include results.
- The abstract cannot contain illustrations, images, or graphs. If the abstract is accepted, presenters may include these items in their on-site presentations.
- An abstract may contain one small table. The maximum character limit, including the title and body of the abstract, is 2,600 characters. Spaces are not counted.
- A maximum of 5 authors’ names may be listed on each abstract. There are no exceptions. Authorship credit should only be given if all three of the following criteria are met.
- Each author must have made substantial contributions to:
- conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data, and
- drafting the abstract or revising it critically for important intellectual content, and
- final approval of the version to be submitted/published.