International Sessions
The organizing committee of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons welcomes active pediatric surgeons from overseas to submit original abstracts in all clinical and basic science related research/experience on pediatric surgery. Abstracts will be selected as either oral or poster presentations during the International Sessions at the meeting. Presenting authors may submit a manuscript for consideration for publication in Pediatric Surgery International (PSI) the official journal of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons. Please see a copy of this year's PSI (Japanese Issue) or read the section on PSI (Japanese issue), 2012 regarding instruction for authors on manuscript submission for PSI.
Invited prominent pediatric surgeons from abroad, Prof. Prem Puri (Ireland), Dr. David Tuggle (USA), and Dr. David Sigalet (Canada), will be in attendance during the international sessions and will be evaluating and scoring the presentations. Deadline for abstract submission for the international sessions is December 28, 2011 January 9, 2012.
Travel Grant
Surgeons from overseas who submit abstracts, as well as manuscripts for consideration for publication into PSI, the official journal of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons, are automatically selected as applicants for a travel grant. The maximum number of grants available is five, and each grant will be worth US$1,000. For more detailed information please read the section on Travel Grant.
Requested Topics
Every topic related to pediatric surgical management and basic science research will be considered and discussed but some topics are more favored. The following topics are given special attention and will be presented and discussed in special sessions.
- Pediatric Surgery in Emergency and Disaster
- Education in Pediatric Surgery
- How to manage Carry-over Patients
- Organ Transplantation in children –Present and Future
- Beyond Surgery for Better QOL
- Basic Research in Pediatric Surgery
- Front Line of Pediatric Respiratory and Cardiovascular Disease
- Role of Surgeons in the treatment of Pediatric Oncologic Diseases
- Management of Urologic Conditions Associated with Other Surgical diseases
- Female Surgeons in Japan –Hope and Future-
- Voices of Patients and Family
- Safety and Pediatric Surgery
- Treatment of “Common Surgical Disease”
- Computers and Pediatric Surgery
Instruction for Authors
Presentation Style
- Oral presentations
Authors are to make a PC-style presentation. Animation and sound functions will be allowed. Please make sure that your presentation data runs on Windows Media Player and works with Microsoft Power Point. Other audio-visual equipment such as videotapes may not be used. - Poster presentations
Posters should be brought to the congress and not mailed. Presenters are responsible for mounting and removing their own material.
Requirements
- Abstracts must be written in English and contain a brief clear statement of conclusion.
- The abstract title must be within 120 characters including spaces. Please include a brief title and clearly identify the nature of your study.
- The abstract body should:
- Be within 1600 characters (about 250 words) or less.
- Include, a purpose, a brief description of methods if pertinent, a summary of results of your study and clearly stated conclusion.
- Not include any charts, images or photographs. - All abstracts should be submitted with the abstract submission form (Microsoft Word format), which can be downloaded from this page. Please send your abstract to the secretariat at jsps49@asas.or.jp before the deadline.
Submission
- Specify the type of presentation you prefer (oral or poster).
- In case of genuine difficulties, please contact the congress secretariat: jsps49@asas.or.jp
- Accepted abstracts will be published and distributed at the congress.
Abstract Review and Selection
- Abstracts will be reviewed and selected by the Scientific Program Committee.
- Abstract acceptance or rejection notification will be e-mailed to the corresponding e-mail address of the presenting author around mid-February, 2012.
Congress Secretariat
Association for Supporting Academic Societies
5-3-13 Otsuka,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo 112-0012,JAPAN
Phone : +81-3-5981-6019
FAX : +81-3-5981-6012
jsps49[[atmark]]asas.or.jp
Secretariat
Department of Pediatric Surgery
Tokai University School of Medicine
Shimo-Kasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193
JAPAN
TEL +81 463 (93) 1121
FAX +81 463 (95) 6491
E-mail:jsps2012[[atmark]]tokai-u.jp
