Call for Abstracts

Abstract Submission Deadlines

• Short call: Closed

Content Management Policy: The ATA content management policy uniformly defines our expectations on presentations and publications: Only new, unpublished information is presented at the annual meeting. Upon electronic submission of an abstract the presenter confirms agreement to the following:

ATA Abstract Submission Policy and Responsibilities of the Author: ATA scientific meetings feature new data presented as posters or oral presentations. The ATA goal is to provide the audience and the media with new data that are unpublished (in print or electronic) which are being publicly presented for the first time.

Authors are asked to strictly comply with this requirement; data that are to become available to the public in the setting of a national or international meeting before their presentation at the ATA meeting are not eligible for presentation at the ATA meeting. Data may be submitted for publication before or after abstract submission to the ATA. However, data accepted for publication prior to the ATA meeting would REQUIRE the authors to request the publisher to embargo their publication (electronic and print) until 8:00 am local time the first day of the meeting, or would REQUIRE the authors to withdraw their abstract from the ATA meeting. Many editors are favorable to embargo requests because of the attention that may be drawn to the publication after original presentation of the data at a major meeting. Further, the authors are welcome to announce the date and place of their anticipated publication if known.

Breach of Policy will be considered by the ATA Board of Directors. Authors who do not comply with this policy may be restricted from future abstract submissions for a duration to be determined by the ATA Board of Directors.

Breach of Policy will be considered by the ATA Board of Directors. Authors who do not comply with this policy may be restricted from future abstract submissions for a duration to be determined by the ATA Board of Directors.

Reviewer Confidentiality
Abstracts are reviewed in confidence by the ATA program committee with possible ad hoc members. Data and information submitted in abstracts reviewed by ATA Program Reviewers is kept strictly confidential until the time of publication or presentation. Confidentiality is relevant to patent application and what constitutes public disclosure of intellectual property. Reviewers have confirmed electronically or in writing (email, etc.) that this information will be kept confidential until the time of publication or presentation by the authors.

Additional policies:

• CHARACTER LIMIT: There is a limit of 2,245 characters (approx. 300 words) for the text of your submission.
• Meeting registration should take place at the time of abstract submission.
• Authors of accepted posters are required to be present during the assigned poster sessions.
• All abstracts must be filed electronically via the ATA website www.thyroid.org. Submissions will not be accepted by fax or mail.
• All materials must arrive on or before the abstract deadlines noted above.
• Authorship on multiple abstracts is permitted.
• Abstracts submitted by the May 11 deadline will, with rare exceptions, be accepted for presentation as either a 10-minute oral or a poster and published in a supplement of Thyroid.
• Notification of acceptance for Regular Abstracts will be e-mailed to the corresponding author before June 30, 2009.

Short Call Abstracts

• Short Call Abstracts are reserved for the presentation of the very latest, important thyroid-related research with high impact. Submission of a Short Call Abstract does not guarantee acceptance for presentation. (Please note that regular research reports should be submitted by the Regular Abstract deadline.)
• Only six Short Call Abstracts will be selected for 10-minute oral presentations during a special symposium. Selected additional Short Call Abstracts may be presented as special posters. All other submissions will not be published.
• Acceptance notices for those selected will be e-mailed on or before August 29, 2009.

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