ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
In the 11th INTERNATIONAL DAS Congress, presentations will
be delivered orally or through posters. The presentation
abstracts must be prepared in Turkish or English.
Presentations can be made in Turkish or English.
When sending the presentation, the authors’ preferred method
of delivery (oral or poster) and the sub-field which the
study is concerned with should be specified. The Scientific
Committee is appointed to accept or reject the presentation
depending on the content of the study and number of
applications or to change the form and sub-field of the
presentation, if accepted. All accepted presentations other
than the ones selected as oral presentations by the
Scientific Committee will be delivered as posters.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:
* Presentation abstracts can be submitted only via the On-line
Abstract Submission System on the congress web page.
* Presentations submitted via fax, electronic or regular
mail or delivered by hand will not be accepted.
* The deadline for submitting the abstracts is 01 October
2019. While submitting the abstracts, the method of delivery
preferred by the authors (oral or e-poster) and the sub-field
the study is concerned with, should be specified.
* The following conditions will be required for accepting
the abstracts as presentations:
* The abstract should not contain more than 400 words. (After
approval of the evaluation board, the abstracts will be
allowed to be sent and printed in full text. After the
assessments, details about full text submission rules, will
be sent together with the letter of acceptance.)
* The title of the presentation should be maximum 10 words
and should completely reflect the content of the study.
* The full names and titles of the presentation authors, as
well as the institutions and city where they work, should be
clearly specified together with the title.
* Among the researchers who have prepared the studies, the
researcher who will make the presentation must be mentioned
* Studies to be considered for the presentation award must
be specified.
* Studies that receive a project support or another research
support should be specified.
* Presentations which are ongoing and whose results have not
been reached yet, as well as studies that do not include the
parts mentioned above will not be EVALUATED under any
circumstances.
* The abstracts should include the following parts:
- Aim
- Materials and Methods
- Results (numerical and/or statistical data)
- Conclusion
- A table, chart or picture can be added to the presentation.
* While submitting the abstract, one of the following sub-topics
that the study is concerned with should be specified.
Operating room
Employee Security
Sterilization
Disinfection
Asepsis-antisepsis
Other
Accepted presentations cannot be withdrawn after the
acceptance letter is sent. Posters that are accepted for
presentation but that are/cannot be presented will be
announced on the websites of the congress and the
association at the end of the congress, under the title
“PRESENTATIONS NOT DELIVERED”.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS IS 01 OCTOBER 2019.
EVALUATION OF ABSTRACTS:
After the abstracts are evaluated by the “Scientific
Committee”, it will be decided whether they are accepted for
delivery or not and the result will be notified to the
author to deliver the presentation at least 45 days before
the start of the congress, depending on the order of
application.
* The Scientific Committee is appointed to accept or reject
the presentation depending on the content of the study and
the number of applications and to change the method and sub-field
of the presentation if accepted.
* The presentations submitted to the congress will be
evaluated by the referees and the presentations with the
best scores will be accepted as oral presentations. These
scores will be used in determining the award winners as well.
*For presentations accepted after the evaluation, the “acceptance
letter” where the acceptance of the presentation and the
method of presentation (oral or poster) is specified will be
sent to the presenting author by e-mail.
* The author or the first author to deliver the accepted
presentation must register for the congress before 30
October 2017.
DELIVERY OF THE PRESENTATIONS
* Congress participants who will deliver their presentations
orally in the congress must deliver their presentations to
the presentation control room, at least one day before the
day of presentation specified in the program.
* Presentations must be prepared with Microsoft Office
software
* All kinds of technical equipment (slides, projectors,
computer, video, etc.) will be available in the meeting
rooms.
* The duration determined for oral presentations is 5
minutes in total, including the presentation + discussion.
This duration should not be exceeded under any circumstances.
Visual (pictures or videos) and audio materials can be used
while delivering an oral presentation.
* Poster presentations will be presented in the form of e-posters
on LCD screens in the e-poster area allocated in the
congress center. Detailed information about the e-poster
preparation process will be provided to the owners of
accepted presentations.
ACCEPTANCE LETTER
All presentations submitted will be evaluated by the
Scientific Committee, who will decide if they are accepted
for presentation or not. The first author of studies
accepted for presentation or award application will receive
an “acceptance letter” stating the acceptance of the
presentation and the method of delivery (oral or poster) in
October.
PRESENTATION AWARDS
• “Presentation Award” will be given to 3 oral presentations
or posters to be selected as “original research” by the
Award Jury among the presentations delivered in the congress
• Candidates must absolutely specify their candidacy for the
award while submitting the presentations electronically.
Furthermore, candidates are responsible for clarifying the
following matters while submitting their presentations in
all presentation award applications.
• It should be stated that in case of researches concerning
humans, ethical standards were followed with due care and
ethical board approvals and patients’ informed consent were
obtained in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration as
recently updated.
• It should be noted that studies conducted on experimental
animals were conducted in accordance with national or
international ethical standards and were approved by the
Experimental Animal Ethics Committee.
• It should be noted that there is no conflict of interest
between authors.
• Any support received should be specified.
• The following studies cannot be nominated as candidates:
• Studies published in a national or international journal
before the calendar year in which the congress is held
• Studies previously awarded in another presentation (congress
or symposium).
SELECTION OF AWARD WINNERS
• Award winning presentations will be selected by the “Award
Jury”. The Award Jury (jury members will be appointed by the
Board of Directors of the DAS Association) are responsible
for evaluating all presentations for the award and take a
decision in this regard.
• All abstracts that applied for the award and that were
accepted for presentation in the congress and scored 7 out
of 10 on average will be delivered to the jury members 15
days before the congress date at the latest. After
preliminary evaluation of the presentation abstracts, each
member will evaluate the presentation in the congress
(e-poster or oral) and grade each study. Jury members will
convene on the date and hour determined by the jury severity
(date of the congress gala at the latest) to discuss the
award candidates and determine the award winning
presentations.
• The jury secretary communicates the result of these
assessments to the congress secretary. Winners will be
announced and awarded during the congress closing session.
• Jury members may not evaluate studies in which they are
involved as author or which are conducted in their own
departments.
AWARDS
• Scholarship for registration and accommodation at the next
DAS Congress to the owner of the 1st presentation,
• Scholarship for registration at the next DAS Congress to
the owner of the 2nd Presentation,
• Book award to the owner of the 3rd presentation.
