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Call for Abstracts Close
Friday 23 October 2020
Notification of Acceptance
Week of 2 November 2020
Conference Community – Author Presentation
November – December 2020
Call for Abstracts Close
Friday 5 February 2021
Notification of Acceptance
Week of 1 March 2021
Conference Community – Author Presentation
April – June 2021
Antimicrobial stewardship | Individual based practice change: behaviour change and human factors |
Clinical management of infectious diseases | Infection control measures and strategies |
COVID-19 | Invasive devices |
Disease epidemiology | Outbreaks and outbreak management |
Education and professional development | Reprocessing and sterilizing services |
Hand hygiene | Specialised populations: patient needs |
HAI Surveillance | Specialised settings: the environment and the resources available/permissible |
Health services, economics, evaluating infection control | Systems-based practice change: innovation, improvement science and quality improvement |
IMPORTANT: Should your research refer to medical devices, please note that in your abstract and poster/presentation must comply with the Medical Technology Industry Code of Practice Guidelines.
7 minutes presentation + 3 minutes for questions
Short Oral Presentations will be 7 minutes in duration, plus 3 minutes for questions. Short Oral Presentations will be pre-recorded sessions; presenters should be online at the time of their presentation for live Q&A with audience members.
15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes for questions
Oral Presentations will be 15 minutes in duration, plus 5 minutes for questions. Oral presentations will be a mix of live and pre-recorded sessions. Authors will be asked to nominate their preference when submitting an abstract online.
15 minutes presentation + 5 minutes for questions
Industry Supplier Oral Presentations will be 15 minutes in duration, plus 5 minutes for questions. Industry Supplier Oral Presentations will be pre-recorded sessions; presenters should be online at the time of their presentation for live Q&A with audience members.
Up to 1 hour including questions
Panel and Webinar sessions should include an overall topic of significant interest and relevance to the profession, with 3 – 4 panellists discussing perspectives on the session topic.
Up to 3 minutes, no questions
Experiences and stories from the field are intended to be brief, informal snippets from the field. Fun and creativity are encouraged.
Where possible, presentations with a similar theme will be grouped together.
Static Poster’s will be available to view on demand throughout the conference in the poster gallery. Presenters can also include a short 3-minute pre-recorded video about their poster.
Abstracts will be reviewed & selected using pre-defined selection criteria.
Abstracts will be favoured at review if they incorporate original data of high quality and/or an analysis that extends existing knowledge.
While you will be asked to indicate your preferred presentation format, the conference committee may request an alternative format be considered. The committee will allocate presentations to the program considering the preference of authors and the balance of the program.
No correspondence will be entered into with the committee or conference secretariat on why individual papers did not get an oral presentation.
Abstract authors will be notified of acceptance/rejection of abstract via email. All presenters are then required to confirm their participation in the conference via return email.
All presenters will be required to register for the conference community. Registration for the ACIPC Australasia Conference Community is free.
All presenters will be required to register for the conference no later than one month prior to the date of their presentation. It will be assumed that any presenter not registered by this date has withdrawn from the program and their abstract will be removed from conference publications.
The Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) recognises the considerable contribution that industry partners make to professional and research activities. We also recognise the need for transparency of disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by acknowledging these relationships in publications and presentations.
For an example of a disclosure of interest statement please see below:
The Melon Institute and Metabolism Corp are funded by the University of Oxbridge, UK. No pharmaceutical grants were received in the development of this study.
Note: If accepted into the program you will be requested to include a disclosure of interest slide into your presentation or include such statements in your poster.
Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the submission portal. You will be required to enter:
Authors:
Please complete all author details requested in the on-line portal. Note the submitting author will be considered the principle point of contact for all communication regarding the abstract including acceptance notification.
By submitting an abstract all authors agree to release the content to the Conference organisers and give permission to publish the abstract in the conference publications, online conference portal and on the website, and in so doing certify that the abstract is an original work.
Presentation recordings and slides will remain available via the online conference community portal throughout the conference.
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