Submission of abstracts

The abstract submission is closed.

Please contact the Registration Office if you have any questions regarding your submission.
To prepare your presentation, please read the guidelines carefully.

Information and guidelines on abstract submission

Guidelines for submission

Submitting individual contributions (oral and poster presentations)

Abstracts must not exceed 250 words (approximately 2000 characters).
Please structure your abstracts as follows: Aims | Methods | Results and Conclusions.
To ensure the best possible presentation of your abstract when it is published, please avoid any unnecessary formatting. Multiple paragraphs will be merged into a single paragraph.
Line breaks, tabs and multiple spaces will be replaced with single space. As well as formatting, such as italic and bold, is not supported.
Please check all information thoroughly before submitting, as all information will be published as given.
All characters < and > must be enclosed by blanks e.g. p < 0.005 not p<0.005
Figures and graphics will not be accepted.
Abstracts must be new and must not have been previously presented.

Submitting a symposium

When submitting a session (=symposium), please include the following information:

Overall Title (of the session)
Symposia abstracts must not exceed 250 words (approximately 2000 characters).
Name of Chair (Main chair, Co-chairs are optional)
Names of all presenters (at least 1 presenter per individual talk)
Titles of individual presentations (must include 4 individual presentations per symposium)
Abstracts for individual presentations (250 words) that are included in the session
Figures and graphics will not be accepted.
All characters < and > must be enclosed by blanks e.g. p < 0.005 not p<0.005
Abstracts must be new and must not have been previously presented.

To enhance the diversity and origins of themes and authors, IEPA would like to encourage the submission of abstracts that include researchers and themes that include or consider under-represented racial, geographical and disability groups. You will be asked to outline in 250 words or less you efforts to address this.

Symposia SHOULD include at least one presenter from the global south
Symposia SHOULD include at least one presenter who identifies as a lived experience researcher

Although not mandatory, symposia which fulfil one or both criteria will be looked on favourably during the abstract evaluation.

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Author information

Please provide complete and accurate information on all contributing authors.
This includes the full name and email address (institution/organisation and location preferred but not mandatory) of every (co-)author.
The first author will be listed in the published program as the speaker.
Middle name or initials should be entered in the First Name field.
Do not enter names in all capital or all lowercase letters.
The listing of multiple affiliations/institutions for a single author is not possible. Please choose the current main affiliation/institutions. (in case of more than one affiliation/institution please contact the registration office)
The person making the submission is wholly responsible for the accuracy of the information. The information will be published (online program) as submitted. Please use your university address, not your personal one.

Presenting authors
Every submission must name at least one presenting author. The presenting author must register for the conference upon abstract acceptance at the latest by 27^th February 2023.

Types of presentation

Oral presentation

Several oral presentations will be grouped together with other related talks in parallel sessions. The slots will be assigned by the program committee.

Duration:	15 minutes plus 3 minutes Q&A
Submission as:	Abstract/Contribution (oral)

Poster presentation

Format:	Printed poster in portrait format A0 (841 x 1189 mm)
Submission as:	Abstract/Contribution (poster)
Guidelines	How to prepare my poster >

Oral or Poster presentation

Oral:	Oral presentation - 15 minutes presentation plus 3 minutes Q&A
Poster:	Your poster will be allocated to one of the poster sessions (per day)
Submission as:	Abstract/Contribution (Oral/Poster)

Symposium - Session

If you would like to present an entire thematic session, which comprises four individual presentations, you may submit a symposium session. Submitting author should indicate the theme, overall abstract, names of other presenters and chair(s).

Duration:	90 minutes, chaired symposium with 4 presentations. 4 presentations by 15 minutes each with a 5 minute discussion
Submission as:	Symposium (Session)
Guidelines:	How to prepare my symposium >

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General information

Contributions must be submitted online.
All submissions must be written in English and in final form and ready for publication in the Online Abstract Book. Your submission will NOT be reviewed for typos or other errors.
Check your work carefully as no changes will be allowed after the submission deadline.
All submissions will be evaluated in anonymised form (i.e. without author information) by the scientific committee.
All communications will be sent to the email address used to submit the abstract or symposia. Your abstract is not successfully submitted until you receive a confirmation email after clicking the final submit button. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please check your spam mailbox or contact the registration office.

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Themes

Primary Themes:

1.01 Basic Neuroscience (biological)
1.02 Climate change and environment
1.03 Diagnosis and Phenomenology
1.04 Electrophysiology
1.05 Epidemiology
1.06 Ethical Issues
1.07 Functional recovery
1.08 Genetics
1.09 Health inequlities
1.10 Lived experience & carers research
1.11 Neurocognition and Neuroimaging
1.12 Pandemic related mental health
1.13 Psychopharmacology
1.14 Psychosocial Interventions
1.15 Public Policy
1.16 Service System Development and Reform
1.17 Social and cultural determinants
1.18 Stress Responsivity
1.19 Translational Research

Secondary Themes:

2.01 Anxiety Disorders
2.02 Comorbid Conditions
2.03 First Episode Psychosis
2.04 Mood Disorders
2.05 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
2.06 Personality Disorders
2.07 Psychosis NOS
2.08 PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorders)
2.09 Transdiagnostic Approaches
2.10 Trauma
2.11 Ultra High Risk/Prodromal Research
2.12 Eating Disorders
2.13 Substance Use
2.14 Other

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Evaluation

Contributions will be anonymised before being evaluated by the reviewer group appointed by the scientific program committee.
Each contribution will be evaluated separately by at least two reviewers.
The scientific program committee will select contributions for acceptance in a final round of evaluation based on the expert evaluations. The decisions are final.

Publication

Submitted contributions will be used for:

Online evaluation
The committee’s selection meeting
Publication of the abstract on the event website upon acceptance
Publication of the accepted abstracts in conference event program
Publication of the accepted abstract in the online abstract book

Participation

It is required that at least one person per accepted abstract (i.e. the presenting author) registers for the conference. We require registration of the presenting author by the 27^th February 2023 in order to have the contribution included in the final program and listed in the online abstract book.

Deadlines

24.10.2022	Submission deadline for Symposia
02.12.2022	Submission deadline for oral & poster abstracts
16.01.2023	Confirmation of acceptance
17.02.2023	Early Bird Registration closes
27.02.2023	All speakers need to register to the meeting in order to have their abstract included in the final program and listed in the online abstract book.
28.04.2023	Publication of detailed program on the event website

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