• All forms of communication (podium and posters) must be presented by the principal author or a co-author. If a co-author is to make the presentation, this must be identified on the abstract application form.
• Abstracts will be reviewed by a selected group of peers in the area of the paper topic.
• Any author who is not able to make the presentation must inform the Conference
Secretariat within two weeks of receiving the offer to present.
• Any author who is accepted and fails to present will be banned from presenting at the ACSMS for the next two years.

Hints*

• only use abbreviations for common terms. For uncommon terms, the abbreviation should be given in brackets after the first full use of the word.
• if there are <100 in the sample remove the decimal places in percentages: 7 out of 11 is 64% not 63.64%
• statistical values such as “p” and “r” should be quoted to two places, eg. p<0.05, r=0.94
• give subject ages as mean (to one decimal place and range, not standard deviation, e.g: mean 43.1 years, range 29-68, rather than mean 43.148 years, sd.7.145
• make your paper clear enough for people from other disciplines to understand
• Understand that there may still be a real difference between two groups, even if the statistical test fails to support it (e.g. because the sample was too small).

Liability
The Conference organisers accept no responsibility for delay or cancellation of the Conference due to extraneous circumstances.