Abstract Submission Guidelines

IMPORTANT DATES

Steps for Submission

To submit an abstract, you would have to register. Payment from first/presenting author's registration has to be cleared ON or BEFORE 10 JUNE 2021 in order for your abstract(s) to qualify for presentation during the conference.

The last date of abstract submission is 10 MAY 2021(except for video forum). You will be notified about the decision of acceptance (or non acceptance) by 5 JUNE 2021.

General guidelines

Abstract must be written in the English language in all parts including title, abstract text, names of the authors, affiliations, table, figure and graph.

Abstract should contain original material that has neither been published nor presented at another international meeting at the time of submission, and/or before the APDW 2021. However, abstracts submitted to, or presented at, local and national meetings may be submitted. All original research should be approved by a human (or animal) research ethical committee.

Please follow the abstract structure guideline as this is according to the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (JGH) Supplement's format. It is the authors' responsibility to review, proofread and approve their submissions for format, form and language before the submission deadline.

Abstract Format

The title should be capitalised on the first letter of the important words and should not be more than 40 words.

Authors’ name should be in surname-last format, capitalised on the first letter of each name. Presenting author’s name should be highlighted. A maximum of 15 authors are allowed for one abstract. The presenting author will be the sole corresponding author accepted by the conference.

Authors’ affiliation should contain the name of institution, city and country.

The abstract text should be divided into the following headings: Background/Aims, Methods, Results and Conclusion. Only ONE table, figure or graph is allowed for each abstract and they should be referred in the abstract text. Word limit for an abstract without appendix is 300 and 250 if the abstract carries a table, figure or graph.

A figure or graph should be uploaded separately either in the JPEG or PNG file format. The maximum file size of each figure/graph is 500 KB. The maximum pixel size of the graph/ image is 600(w) x 800(h) pixel.

No more than five keywords are allowed for each abstract.

Please indicate your abstract categories as per the following:

Luminal

Diseases of the esophagus
Diseases of the stomach and duodenum
Helicobacter pylori infection
Diseases of the small bowel
Diseases of the colon and anorectum
Diseases of the pancreas
Infections of the gastrointestinal tract
Gut microbiota
Inflammatory bowel disease
Functional gastrointestinal disorders
Nutrition
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Luminal – miscellaneous

Liver

Hepatitis B – basic science
Hepatitis B – clinical
Hepatitis C – basic science
Hepatitis C – clinical
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease – basic science
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease – clinical
Other liver diseases
Complications of cirrhosis
Acute liver failure and acute on chronic liver failure
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Tumors of the hepato-biliary-pancreatic system (other than hepatocellular carcinoma)
Liver transplantation / liver support
Liver – miscellaneous

Endoscopy

Endoscopy – video forum (Click here for more)
Upper GI endoscopy – motility and general disorder
Upper GI endoscopy – neoplasia
Lower GI endoscopy – general disorder
Lower GI endoscopy – inflammatory bowel disease
Lower GI endoscopy – neoplasia
Small bowel endoscopy
ERCP
Cholangiopancreatoscopy
EUS – general
EUS – EUS-guided biliary drainage
EUS – EUS-guided treatment of regional tumour
Third space endoscopy (POEM, G-POEM, Z-POEM, PREM, STER, ESE, LECS)
Bariatric endoscopy
Paediatric endoscopy
Endoscopy – miscellaneous

Surgery / Multidisciplinary

Upper GI surgery / multidisciplinary
Lower GI surgery / multidisciplinary
Hepatobiliopancreatic surgery / multidisciplinary
Bariatric surgery / multidisciplinary
Pediatric surgery / multidisciplinary
Surgery / multidisciplinary – miscellaneous

Award Application

You may apply for one of the following awards:

APDWF Young Investigators Award (Oral presentation)
APDWF Poster Distinction Award (E-poster presentation)
APDWF - JGHF Educational Grant

Please indicate your choice of the award in your online abstract submission. For more details about these awards, please click HERE.

You will be notified about the decision of acceptance (or rejection) of the award application by 5 JUNE 2021.

Miscellaneous

If you are not able to complete the online submission process, you may save your work and complete it later. Please note that your submission must be completed before the submission deadline.

The abstract will be published in the Supplement of the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (JGH) only if the corresponding or presenting author is a paid delegate. Case report will NOT be accepted for submission.

The presenting author is expected to present the abstract during their designated oral or poster session. Details of the presentation session will be notified by email. Failure to present during designated oral or poster session will automatically be disqualified for any award.

If you have queries regarding online submission or abstract-related matters, please email us at secretariat@apdwkl2021.org.