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Symposia Information

Symposia proposal submissions are invited for the ASC2010 Conference.

There will be a total of six Symposia sessions and each session will run for 90 minutes. Two will run concurrently on each day of the conference.

There will be no pre-defined themes/areas for the Symposia, other than that they are within the field of schizophrenia research or treatment, and cover the conference theme of Molecules to Mind. That is, Symposia convenors will nominate topics for these Symposia and the presentations will need to cover the spectrum of basic (molecule) to applied (mind) research as much as possible.

The applicant (Convenor) will need to nominate the general symposia topic area, at least three additional speakers (a maximum of six speakers) and submit associated abstracts. If needed, suitable additional speakers from general abstract submission may be included into selected symposia; but this will not be at the expense of the proposed symposium presenters. Should additional speakers be required, this will be discussed with the Convenor.

All proposals must be submitted online by 30 April 2010. Please note that the closing date for Symposia proposal submission will NOT be extended and proposals will only be accepted if the Convenor has registered for ASC 2010. All accepted abstracts will be published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.

All enquiries regarding Symposia proposals for ASC 2010 should be emailed to abstracts@asc2010.com
Symposia Proposal Submission Details

• Only proposals submitted in English will be reviewed.
• Symposia proposal submissions should be original work.
• All symposia proposals must conform to the following requirements:
  
  
  • include a short title (up to 20 words)
  • maximum 250 words
  • use the provided Symposium Proposal template.
  • include the Symposium convenor's contact details including institution, address, email, telephone and fax
  • must be submitted in Microsoft Word format only
    
    
  Convenors must also include ALL associated abstracts (minimum of three and maximum of six) at the end of their proposal document and then upload using the ‘Upload Symposia’ link on the submission form.

• Abstracts may contain tables, pictures, diagrams.
• Symposia proposals should NOT contain symbols such as Greek letters or arrows.
• All abbreviations must be spelled out on first use.
• Submissions should be thoroughly checked for spelling and grammar.
• Symposia proposals must be submitted by 30 April 2010 for consideration by the Scientific Program Committee. The submitting Convenor will be notified of Symposia proposal provisional acceptance by 30 June 2010.
• To be accepted, Convenors must be registered for the conference by 15 July 2010.

Symposia submissions will be evaluated by ASC2010 Scientific Program Committee according to the following criteria:

- How well the topic/presentations span the scope of Molecules to Mind
- The degree to which presenters are from different institutions/locations
- The different cross section of presenters submitted (i.e. from experienced to more junior researchers)

Terms and Conditions:

• The submission of a Symposium proposal and the ticking of the box in the Symposia proposal submission form indicate an understanding of the following rules for participation in ASC 2010.
• All author(s) approve submitting this work for presentation.
• The author(s) transfer(s) all copyright ownership of the named abstract to ASC 2010.
• The Author(s) agree(s) to materially confine their presentations to information in the abstract if accepted for presentation; if an author has more than one abstract accepted each presentation will be materially confined to the information in the abstract selected for the specific session.
• The Convenor will be available to Chair the Symposium if selected for the program. The Convenor will immediately notify the ASC 2010 Secretariat if they are unable to present or if the presenting author is changed.
• Authors must disclose potential conflict of interest, sources of funding and affiliations with sponsoring companies, if applicable. This should be indicated in the comment section of the abstract submission portal.