3 rd Announcement - 2011 International Conference on Diabetes ...

Call for abstracts
The scientific program committee of ICDM <strong>2011</strong> welcomes the submission of abstracts from
worldwide experts in diabetes and metabolism. All abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific
program committee and assigned to the appropriate session (oral/poster) based on the
submitters' choices. *The scientific program committee reserves the right to accept or reject
submitted abstracts.
Abstract submission: 1 July ~ 15 September <strong>2011</strong>
Notification of acceptance: 21 September <strong>2011</strong>
Note: The submission of an abstract implies that the author fully agrees to publish it in the
abstract book and wants to present its research at the meeting. If a submission is officially
accepted by the scientific program committee, at least one author has to register to be included
in the conference program. Every presenting author is required to pre-register in o<strong>rd</strong>er that the
KDA secretariat can smoothly arrange the schedule for his/her presentation.
Please be advised that the abstract without the registration of the author by 30 September <strong>2011</strong>
will neither be published in the book nor be set in any session. *Contact and notify in advance the
secretariat in case you are planning to make an on-site registration.
Abstract categories
Abstracts related to the following categories are invited:
Islet biology & insulin secretion / immunology & transplantation
Insulin action & obesity
Clinical diabetes & therapeutics
Epidemiology & genetics
Acute & chronic complication
Behavioral medicine & education
Instructions for abstracts
1. All abstracts must be written in English through the website
(Faxed abstracts will not be accepted).
2. The length of the abstract is limited to 300 wo<strong>rd</strong>s. Not including titles, authors’ name
and affiliation.
3. The text should be arranged acco<strong>rd</strong>ing to the following structured format: Objective-
Methods-Results-Conclusion.
4. Authors may further edit and modify submitted abstracts until the submission
deadline. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that their text does not
contain typos or grammatical errors.
5. Authors have the option of choosing their presentation type (oral or poster
presentation). However, the scientific program committee will make the final decision.
Travel grant awa<strong>rd</strong>
This conference will awa<strong>rd</strong> travel grants to those who would like to participate in this
competition. The scientific program committee will select recipients for ‘Travel grant’ from
the outstanding submitted abstracts based on established criteria.
Selection criteria
1. You must be the first author on the abstract and/or the author who will deliver the
poster presentation.
2. You must be below 45 years of age at the time of the conference.
Select the "Apply for Travel Grant" when submitting the abstract online.
Each recipient will receive a grant of USD 500.