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Prepare Your Submission in Advance
Once you start your submission, you will be required to complete and submit the proposal in full. IASP recommends you review the following tasks and prepare required information in advance in a Word document. Once you start the submission, the process will take 5-10 minutes to complete.

Review and Edit Your Submission
After you complete and submit your proposal, you can review and edit your submission by clicking on your initials in the top right hand corner, select 'My Dashboard' followed by 'My Talks' located in the left hand menu bar.

Call for ISPP 2023 Late Breaking Poster Abstracts Including Clinical Innovation Submissions
 
Submission Deadline:  3 July
 
The Scientific Program Committee and Co-Chairs Jennifer Rabbitts and Julia Wager invite you to submit a late breaking poster abstract to be considered for presentation at the 14th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain (ISPP 2023). Late breaking poster abstracts in all areas of pediatric pain are eligible for submission, including clinical innovation submissions. 
 
Clinical innovation submissions describing new initiatives and/or achievements in pain treatment in pediatric pain will be accepted. These poster abstracts could include presentations of complex cases, new clinical services, program evaluations, or other innovations in delivering pain care. Each abstract should succinctly describe the innovation. 
Members and Non-Members affiliated with IASP's Pain in Childhood SIG are invited to submit poster abstracts for consideration and presentation at the International Symposium on Pediatric Pain.

Presenting authors are required to register and attend ISPP in person. 

For questions related to the scientific program, IASP member ID, and general ISPP questions, please contact ispp@iasp-pain.org
 
Abstract Submission Guidelines
  • May be only submitted for poster presentations.
  • Abstracts must be submitted via the online submission site only. Abstracts submitted by email or fax will not be accepted.
  • Presenting authors should be prepared to register to attend the 14th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain.
  • Submission of an abstract acknowledges your acceptance for the abstract to be listed in the official meeting publications.
  • Poster abstracts must describe original scientific material that has not been previously published or presented at other national or international meetings. IASP does not allow encore presentations. However, if a poster abstract was presented elsewhere only with preliminary results and complete results are now available, it may be submitted. 
  • The presenting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract before submission to the Secretariat.
  • Abstracts must be submitted in English.
  • No changes will be made to the submitted and accepted abstracts.
  • Conflicts of Interest / Disclosure: Abstract submitters will be requested to confirm that they will declare any conflict of interest in their presentation at the International Symposium on Pediatric Pain.
  • All open text boxes for poster abstracts have a text limit of 500 words. 

Poster Abstract Submissions
Five tasks are associated with submitting a Poster Abstract for the 14th International Symposium of Pediatric Pain.

Task 1: Abstract Title and Brief Overview

Task 2: Abstract Details

Disclosure of abstract being submitted for other meetings
IASP will NOT accept any poster that has been previously presented at another meeting. Poster abstracts must describe original scientific material that has not been previously published or presented at other national or international meetings. IASP does not allow encore presentations. However, if a poster abstract was presented elsewhere only with preliminary results and complete results are now available, it may be presented. Has this abstract been submitted to another meeting? If yes, provide name of meeting/event and event start date.

Author details
Names of First Authors, Presenting Author, Co-Author and Senior Author. Is the senior author an early career investigator? Is the first author an early career investigator?

Intended Audience
Basic Science; Clinical Practice; Clinical Research; Cross-disciplinary; Translational Research

Abstract Content
The following submission requirements have a text limit of 500 words each:
  • Background & Aims
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Relevance for Patient Care

Ethical Permissions - Ethical Approval is required for all animal research and for human research when the research study involves patients, children, incompetent/incapacitated persons, healthy volunteers, immigrants, or others, or when the research uses/collects human or animal genetic material, biological samples or personal data.

Topic
Please select the track that is most appropriate for your Poster. Click here to view the list of Topics.

Secondary Topic (Optional)

Task 3: Poster Affirmation

Disclosure
Disclosure of financial relationships that the author(s) may have with the manufacturer/supplier of any commercial products or services related to the work, should be indicated in the appropriate box on the abstract form. View the Conflict of Interest statement here.

Task 4: Upload a Video Introduction (Optional)
Please know that you may still be able to submit your poster without a video, but ISPP may request that you upload a video if your poster is accepted. If you are unsure what to show in your video, many submitters simply include a brief introduction of themselves, the co-authors, and the reason behind their research. Videos are typically 5 minutes in length. Upload a test video using .mp4 format. Please make note: the file size limit is 10MB.

Task 5: Add Authors
Each poster must have a minimum of a Presenting Author and a First Author. Information needed for each author:   
  • Name
  • Email
  • Organization

When you have all of the details ready to submit, click 'Submit your Proposal here' at the bottom of the page, which will appear when Submissions open.

Please note: You will be required to complete the submission in full, however if you prepare all of the above in advance, the submission process will take no longer than 5-10 minutes to complete.

To review or edit your completed submission, click on your initials in the top right hand corner, select 'My Dashboard' and then 'My Talks' located in the left hand menu bar.
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If you require technical support, please click on the 'Support' button in the bottom right hand corner (Mon - Fri).

For all other questions related to the scientific program, IASP member ID, and general ISPP 2023 questions, please contact ispp@iasp-pain.org or call 202.856.7400 (Mon – Fri, 9:00 – 17:00, Eastern Standard Time, USA)