The Committee invites the submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentation. The closing date for the submission of abstracts is 31 July 2010

Any registrar presenting a paper or poster at the congress is eligible for a financial grant from SASOG. Please send details of the presentation/poster as well as banking details to ronwhit@mweb.co.za

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All abstracts must be submitted on-line.

All appropriately submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Authors must indicate their preference for oral and/or poster presentation, but the final decision on the format of presentation rests with the Scientific Committee. All abstracts received will be acknowledged, and authors will be sent acceptance or rejection letters by

Instructions to Authors

Please note the following:

• The closing date for the submission of abstracts is 31 July 2010.
• All abstracts must be submitted on-line via the SASOG website www.sasog.co.za
• The Scientific Committee will review all appropriately submitted abstracts.
• Authors are invited to indicate their preference for oral and/or poster presentation, but the final decision on the format of the presentation rests with the Scientific Committee.
• All abstracts received will be acknowledges, and authors will be sent acceptance or rejection letters by 15 August 2010.

Important instructions to authors:

1. Each abstract must clearly state the following:
   a) Title of abstract (not longer than 20 words)
   b) Name and list of all authors. The name of the presenting author must appear first in the list of authors.
   c) Affiliation of all authors
   d) Contact details of presenting author (telephone number, e-mail address, etc)
   e) Preferred format of presentation (oral or poster)
2. Abstracts must be submitted in English, single line spacing. Arial font.
3. The body of the text must not exceed 350 words (this excludes the information listed in point 1.)
4. Please adhere to the following international accepted format for all abstracts: a) Introduction: should be brief and informative and state the aim of the study
   b) Methods: include description of subjects and research methodology
   c) Results: outline the findings of the study supported by statistics as appropriate. Do not use figures, graphs or tables in the abstract. The data provided must be sufficient to permit peer review of the abstract
   d) Conclusion: provide summary and relevance of the main findings

For any further information regarding the submission of abstracts, please contact:
Yvonne Fernandes on +27 11 768 4355 or e-mail yvonne@londocor.co.za

Disclaimer

The Organising Committee reserves the right of admission. Neither the SASOG Committee nor Londocor Public Relations accept liability for death, injury, any loss, cost of expense suffered or incurred by any person if such loss is caused or result from the act, default or omission of any person. In particular neither the Committee Members of the SASOG Congress 2010, nor Londocor can accept any liability for losses arising from the provision or non-provision of services provided by local companies or transport operators. Nor can the Committee Members of the SASOG Congress 2010 or Londocor Public Relations accept liability for losses suffered by reason of war including threat of war, riots and civil strife, terrorist activity, natural disaster, weather, fire, flood, drought, technical, mechanical or electrical breakdown within any premisses visited by delegates and/or partners in connection with the congress, industrial dispute, governmental action, regulation or technical problems which may affect the services provided in connection with the congress. Neither the Committee Members of the SASOG Congress 2010 nor Londocor Public Relations is able to give any warranty that any particular person will appear as a speaker or panelists.

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