Call for poster
presentation at the 1st Pan American Congress of Autism, Fragile X Syndrome and
Neurodevelopmental Disorders:
Within the framework of the activities of the 1st Pan American
Congress of Autism, Fragile X Syndrome and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, the
call to participate in the presentation of scientific posters is open
1. About the presentation
of posters:
The Congress will take place in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, during the first half of 2021.
The purpose of the Congress is to update
professionals on basic concepts of neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as
comorbidities, diagnosis, treatments and new pharmacological, therapeutic,
technological, genetic and clinical advances. With the presentation of the
poster format, the aim is to enhance scientific communication and dissemination
of research projects.
The presentation of posters shall have only the
in-person modality:
Posters will be exhibited from the morning of the
first day of the Congress to the afternoon of the last day. At least one of the
authors must be registered and ready to present the poster, answer questions
and enter into dialogue with the participants, in a period of two hours that
will be communicated to the authors.
Proposals will have to go through an evaluation
process, which will be based on a summary/abstract. The evaluation will be
carried out by a Scientific Evaluation Committee. Under no circumstances a
poster proposal may be accepted if it cannot be presented in person by the
authors themselves during the Congress.
2. Selection
process:
The summary/abstract of the poster (up to 300 words)
must be accompanied by the following information:
1. Poster title
2. Full name of the author(s).
3. The name of the author submitting must be
underlined
4. Institution or entity to which the authors are
affiliated to
5. Email and contact phone number
6. Keywords (4-6)
7. Specify the area: scientific or clinical
The deadline for submission of poster summaries is still TBD. Abstracts must be sent via email to copa.axt@gmail.com
The Scientific Committee will
evaluate the proposals and communicate to the authors, by e-mail, their
acceptance or rejection decision.
The criteria to be evaluated are:
Consistency and relevance with the contents of the Congress
Once the poster summary is
accepted, the authors can proceed to print the poster. The printed version must
have the following dimensions: 122 cm (high) by 92 (wide), and will be mounted
in the exhibition space defined on Thursday, April 16th (before the
official opening).
3. Recognition
and awards:
The posters will be evaluated by the scientific evaluation committee during the two-hour period assigned for presentation. Once the poster presentation session is completed, the 3 most outstanding works will be announced. The winners will receive a certificate of recognition and the reimbursement of the total registration cost.
Extended versions of the presented work will be published by Revista de Neurología – Spain
Scientific
Evaluation Committee:
1. Bibiana M Restrepo, MD (USA)
2. Rosa D Rodriguez, MD (USA)
3. Denise Medici, PhD (Spain)
4. Leticia Boada, PhD (Spain)
5. Stephen Noctor, PhD (USA)
6. César
Payán, MD, PhD (Colombia)