All participants are invited to submit abstracts of scientific communications which will be peer-reviewed by the Organising Committee. The abstracts of the accepted communications will be published in the book of abstracts distributed to all symposium attendants.

Participants wishing to contribute a poster or oral communication should submit their abstract before April 2 via the abstract submission link on this website. Please be aware that abstract for posters (and not OC) can still be submitted after April 2 and until July 1, 2012 but with a handling fee of 50,00 €. Abstract submission is final as of July 1.

Out of the submitted proposals, 34 oral communications will be selected by the International Organising Committee in collaboration with the Session Chairs. To find out in which sessions slots are available for oral communications, please check the Scientific Programme.
The preference of oral and poster presentation should be indicated by the applicant during the submission process (please tick where appropriate on the form if you wish to apply for Oral Communication and select the related session), but the final decision on the format of presentation will be made by the Organising Committee.

Registration is required to submit an abstract, but payment is not mandatory at this stage. However, accepted summaries will only be published in the book of abstracts of the symposium after full payment of the registration fee. In case of any question, please do not hesitate to contact the symposium secretariat (secretariat@LDOrganisation).

You will always receive an acknowledgement of your abstract submission. If you do not receive anything, please call us +32 10 454777 or send us an email at secretariat@LDOrganisation.com to make sure we have received your abstract.

Notification on acceptance (and day of presentation) of the abstract will be emailed within one month after the submission deadline.

Abstracts must be submitted via the "My registration" link available on this website. Please note that your registration is required to access abstract submission, but payment is not mandatory at this stage. However, accepted summaries will only be published in the book of abstracts of the symposium after full payment of the registration fee.

In order to submit your abstract, select “My registration” and “Abstract submission”. Click on “Add”.

• Paste the title of your abstract in upper cases in the field “Subject”. Save.
• Paste your abstract text in the field “Abstract content” (the text only, not the authors nor the references)
• Place your cursor into the text where you want to have a picture and click on [Insert Image tag]. You can use several images.
• Under “Pictures”, add the number of images you would like to add and click on “Add files”. If the image is too large, It will be reduced to the A4 page size. If the image is smaller, it will keep its size. (Please be aware that the abstract is one page maximum.)
• Under “Authors”, add the number of authors and click on “Add authors”. Fill in Title, Name and firstname for each author.
• Add the author’s full address(es) under “Authors contacts”.
• Under “References”, add the number of references and click on “Add references”
• Click on “PDF preview” to check the result. Please note that the abstract should be one page maximum. Therefore, only the first page on the preview will be taken into account. If the preview shows more than one page, please adapt your page accordingly so that it fits into one page.
• If the preview suits you, please click on “save”

The pdf will be inserted in the book of abstract as shown on the preview. Please be aware that it is your responsibility to fill in all data correctly and completely. Any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact will be reproduced as typed by the author.

You can have access to your poster via the website and make changes to it, until submission deadline, by using your registration number and email address as indicated at registration.

Poster size is A0 - nominally 90 cm wide and 120 cm high, in portrait format (no landscape). A poster number will be assigned to each abstract and will be announced to the first author, along with the day of presentation.

Poster presenters are responsible for setting up and removing the posters.