Author Guidelines
You can submit a single paper (oral presentation or a poster) and thematic session (3 or 4 presentations organized under a main topic).
General information
- The official language for the congress is English.
- Abstracts must be submitted electronically via EasyChair.org (you might need to create an account).
- The original abstract must be submitted online till 31. May 2016 (23:59 GMT). Late submissions will not be considered.
- Please follow the specific guidelines and templates provided in the specific sections below.
- The uploaded document must be in pdf-format and should be named as followed: 'LastName_ShortTitle.pdf'
Attendance at Congress
It is a requirement of the congress that at least one author of the accepted abstracts registers to attend the congress at the appropriate rate. On acceptance of the abstract, the presenting author must register before 31. July 2016. Failure to do so by 31. July 2016 will result in their abstract being removed from the program.
Changes to your abstract
Changes to your abstract are permitted until the submission deadline of 31. May 2016, and these changes can be made by logging back in to the abstract submission system.
Review process & notification
Your submission will be reviewed by the scientific committee after the deadline for submissions on 31. May 2016.The corresponding author will receive acceptance/rejection notification and further information as applicable. The Scientific Committee’s decision on paper acceptance is final and no discussion will be entered into with authors.
Please ensure that the information provided is correct. Changes to abstracts, titles, author lists will not be possible once the submission deadline has closed.
1. Oral presentation or posters
You can present current research as oral presentation or poster.
Layout
- Abstracts must not exceed 2 pages including figures, tables and full list of references.
- Use the provided template for oral presentations and poster to prepare your manuscript. Do not change any of the formats!
- Select ‘oral presentation’ or ‘poster’ as the category your submission belongs to.
- Please use the provided abstract template: Download abstract template
Content
To increase the likelihood of acceptance the abstract should capture the interest of the reviewers, be succinct, have a clear message and avoid phrases such as “preliminary results” or “results will be presented”. In considering which papers to accept for presentation at the congress, the Scientific Committee favors original work which has not yet been published. Preference will be given to abstracts that contain details of the aims and objectives, the methods used, the key results, the conclusion and the potential application of the study. Furthermore, interesting and innovative theoretical, empirical or technical approaches or discussion are also welcome.
Congress Topics
You will be asked to select the topic that best suits your abstract. If you contribute to a submitted ‘thematic session’ (see below), please select ‘special session’ as topic relevant to your submission.
Posters
Poster boards have a width of 120cm and a height of 150cm. We recommend DIN-A0-Posters (84.1 x 118.9cm).
2. Thematic Session
A thematic session consists of several thematically matching contributions that should originate from different research groups.
Conditions
- Abstracts must not exceed 1 page.
- Use the provided template for ‘thematic session’ to prepare your manuscript. Do not change any of the formats!
- The presenting authors must also submit an abstract to the DVSJCMBT2016.
- Select ‘thematic session’ as category your submission belongs to.
Content and Layout
Please use the following headings when submitting a thematic session:
- Abstract with objectives and scope (200 words).
- Announced Chairs (two chairs are recommended for each session).
- List of invited contributors and title of the abstract.
- Note: Every contributor has to submit an additional abstract including his paper. In this single abstract an explicit reference to the session abstract should be made.
- Please use the provided thematic sessions template: Download thematic sessions template
Copyright
Copyright is assumed by DVSJCMBT2016 for publication of the abstracts on their website and Book of Abstracts. A condition of submitting your DVSJCMBT2016 abstract is that you accept the DVSJCMBT2016 statement on copyright for the congress which you can find here:
“Copyright Policy: By submitting the abstract, all authors confirm that: (1) they own the copyright and have not used copyrighted material without permission, and (2) the abstract has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere. By submitting the abstract, the authors transfer their copyright to the 11th joint Conference on Motor Control & Learning, Biomechanics & Training pending acceptance of the abstract for presentation at the conference. In return, the DVSJCMBT2016 grants permission to the authors and to the Congress to publish the abstract in online repositories, provided that the abstract, and any reference to it, clearly identifies the DVSJCMBT2016 and the Congress where the abstract was presented. The authors also have permission to submit the work for journal publication. The copyright will be returned to the authors if the abstract is withdrawn before it is included in the proceedings.”