The Scientific Committee of the 15th World Congress on IVF and the 4th World Congress on IVM invites you to participate in the scientific program through the submission of abstracts to be considered for oral and poster presentation.

Once an abstract has been submitted, the submitter will receive a notification. The submitter can access and edit his abstract up to the submission deadline. At this point, no additional changes can be made without prior permission.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2009 - SUBMITTER IS CLOSED

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General Policies

• Abstracts submitted must contain original work, not published or submitted for presentation at any national or international meeting prior to the 15th World Congress on IVF and the 4th World Congress on IVM.

• Abstracts must be submitted in English.

• Abstracts will be considered for oral presentation, unless authors specify "Poster Only" on the submission form. Abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be considered for poster presentation.

• Authors presenting abstracts must be registered participants. Presenters that fail to complete their registration by March 1, 2009, will not be included in the Congress Final Program and Book of Abstracts.

• Limit of two abstracts per presenter.

• All decisions by the Scientific Committee are final. Dates and times of presentations cannot be changed.

• Only Abstracts submitted via the website will be accepted; abstracts submitted by fax, post or email will be ignored.

• Submissions not conforming to established guidelines will not be reviewed.

• Notifications of acceptance will be sent to presenting authors by February 1, 2009. Scheduling details and instructions for oral and poster presentations will follow this correspondence.

Abstract Categories

The online form requires authors to select one category from the Abstract Categories List. If selected for presentation, the abstract will be presented in a session, within the indicated category.

Abstract Content & Format

1. Abstracts must describe the research performed. Only abstracts with the following headings can be considered. Failure to follow this format will disqualify the abstract.
   
   Introduction (should be informative and short, stating why the study was conducted)

   Material & Methods (indicating the locale, number and type of human subjects, non-human species or material being studied, the principal procedures, assays, test or treatments performed)
   
   Results (confirming or refuting the hypothesis, supported by statistics if appropriate);
   
   Conclusions (stating the major new findings of the study and specifying what these findings add to what is known already).

2. The use of graphs, tables and images is strongly discouraged.

3. Abbreviations are permitted and must be defined when first mentioned. They are not permitted in titles.

4. List the presenting author first. The presenting author of an accepted abstract must have a valid registration by March 1, 2009 for the abstract to be included in the Congress Final Program and Book of Abstracts.

5. The number of characters is limited to 3,000. This limit does not include the title, names of the authors or spaces. Please note that included graphics will replace character space.

Oral & Poster Presentations

Abstracts will be considered for oral presentation, unless authors specify «Poster Only» on the submission form. Abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be considered for poster presentation.

a. Oral presentations will be 10 minutes in length followed by five minutes of discussion. Only PowerPoint will be supported.

b. Surface areas of the poster boards will be confirmed shortly