WCPOS V, Amsterdam 2020

At this sobering time in our lives, our best wishes and highest hopes go to all of you around the world. If there was one moment when the global family needed to unite, this is it. Through the shared experiences of our colleagues in China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Italy and all across the globe, we are learning quickly how to cope with these difficult circumstances.

The human spirit is eternally optimistic and, in that vein, WSPOS continues to prepare for the 5th World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus in Amsterdam, 2-4 October 2020. The WSPOS Executive Bureau has the welfare of its members and supporters as its prime concern and will of course make the appropriate decisions as the next 3 months unfold.

As always, expertise resides all over the world and it is this expertise of our friends and colleagues globally that will help us get through this crisis. As many of you have already done we encourage you to share your experiences and advice with David Granet’s listserv. If you do not have access to this, please email wspos@wspos.org

Please also take the time to read our colleague Massimiliano Serafino’s reflections on the epidemic from an Italian perspective here.

We sincerely hope we can all meet in Amsterdam later in the year

Your sincerely

The Scientific Bureau of WSPOS

World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Abstracts may be submitted for the following Presentation Types:

» Free Paper
» Poster
» Video Competition

Each author may submit a maximum of 4 abstracts and a total of 2 in any one category (Free Papers, Posters or Video Competition).

»  The deadline for submitting abstracts has now closed

Please note: You must disclose whether you or any of your co-authors have any financial interest in the subject matter of the presentations. Abstracts submitted without this information will not be considered.

Please indicate the designated presenter when submitting the abstract.

Rules & Regulations:
Please create ONE account only.

All Free Paper, Poster and Video submissions must be made online by the deadline, Friday 28th February 2020.

You must ensure to indicate what type of abstract you are submitting.

Before finishing your abstract submission, you will be invited to review all the information submitted. Please check this to make sure all information is correct. The organisers will not accept any responsibility for abstracts that have not been submitted properly.

If you have any queries surrounding your submission, please contact programme@wspos.org

All abstracts will initially be reviewed, graded and accepted or rejected by the WSPOS Executive Bureau. The Bureau reserves the right to determine whether a submission is accepted as an oral presentation or a poster. The decision of the Bureau is final.

Notification of Abstract Acceptance/Rejection will be issued in April 2020.

If a paper or poster is accepted for presentation, the designated presenter must undertake to present it. The presenter must be a registered delegate at the Meeting and pay all applicable fees.

Failure to present without prior notice may influence future acceptance of presentations.

All abstracts selected will be posted online at www.wspos.org. The abstract will appear exactly as submitted.

All submitted free paper and poster abstracts must be in English and follow the structured format below:

• Title
• Purpose (max 200 words)
• Setting/Venue (max 200 words)
• Methods (max 200 words)
• Results (max 200 words)
• Conclusions (max 200 words)
• Financial Disclosure: Please indicate any financial interest the presenter or any co-authors have with details where applicable

– The summary of results presented must be given in sufficient detail to support the conclusions.

– The reviewing panel will only accept abstracts with final results or conclusions.

– References and credits cannot be included as part of an abstract.

– Formulae should, in general, be avoided.

– When using abbreviations or acronyms for the first time, care should be taken to spell them out in full with the abbreviation in parentheses after the full word/s the first time it appears in the text.

– The abbreviation should be used alone thereafter.

Free Papers & Poster Presentations will be considered on the following themes:

• Anterior Segment / External Disease
• Amblyopia & Vision Screening / Testing
• Cataract
• Genetics
• Glaucoma
• Low vision / Vision Rehabilitation
• Miscellaneous
• Neuro – Ophthalmology
• Orbit and Lids
• Retina / Uveitis
• Strabismus / Nystagmus
• Surgical Techniques

Video Submissions

Video submissions must be between 2 and 4 minutes long and demonstrate a surgical technique or show clinical signs
Videos must be in English.
After submitting your Video Competition abstract you will be contacted by the programme team with a dropbox link to upload your video.

Exhibition Rules & Regulations