The deadline for abstracts submission has been extended! We invite you to submit your abstract by February 21, 2020.

We highly recommend that the PRESENTING author submits the abstract on behalf of his team, to facilitate the abstract process.

Key dates:

• November 4, 2019 Call for abstracts opens
• February 21, 2020 Abstract submission deadline by 11:59PM EST
• April 15, 2020 Notification of abstract acceptance
• May 1, 2020, Presenting author to accept invitation to present
• May 22, 2020 Deadline for presenters to register and pay and end of Early Bird Registration

Abstract Submission Guidelines

• Title: max. 200 characters with spaces. Please use sentence case (capitalizing only the first word and any proper nouns).
• Abstracts must be written in English.
• Abstracts are to be no more than 300 words, and include the following subtitles: Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
• Abbreviations should be defined where first mentioned and may be used in the title, as long as the name in full is outlined in the body of the abstract.
• The abstract should not contain statements alluding to results or conclusions not presented within the text.
• Presentation Preference: Authors may indicate, at time of submission, whether they wish their abstract to be considered for oral or poster presentation or either. The Program Committee reserves the right to assign selected papers to the presentation categories that are in the best interest of the program.
• Presenter communication and registration deadline: Please note that all correspondence regarding the abstract will primarily be addressed to the submitting author. This is why we highly recommend that the PRESENTING author’s profile is used for submitting an abstract.
• Registration deadline: In order to confirm a spot in the program, the presenting author has to be registered and have paid the registration fee by May 22, 2020.  Any presenter changes can be communicated to the conference secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
• Student and Early Career Award: Please check this box if the presenter is a university student, fellow, resident or has graduated less than 5 years ago by the time of submission.Students and early career researchers are eligible to be considered for conference awards. By checking this box, you will also receive email information about special social and career development activities aimed at early career researchers.
• Publication: An abstract can only be submitted when agreeing to the below submission terms. The terms state that accepted abstracts will be published in a supplement of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) and that all authors agree to the Licence to BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (“BMJ”) for publication of conference abstracts. The abstracts will also be published in the conference WebApp for a duration of 6 months.
  If the authors refuse publication of the abstract, they need to inform the conference secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as soon as the abstract was submitted.
• Participation in a mini-symposium: If the abstract is intended to be included in a mini-symposium, please choose this option under "Presentation Preference".

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