• Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: February 1, 2019 (23:59 PST)
• Scholarship Application Deadline: January 25, 2019 (23:59 PST)
• Abstract Notifications: March 12, 2019
• Abstract Scholarship Notifications: March 12, 2019
• Late Breaking Abstract Submission Deadline: March 22, 2019 (23:59 PST)
• Presenting Author Registration Deadline: April 5, 2019 (23:59 PST)
• Late Breaking Abstract Notifications: April 5, 2019
• Early Registration Deadline: April 5, 2019

• All submissions must be made online by February 1, 2019 (23:59 PST).
• If an abstract is accepted for presentation, the presenting author must attend the Congress to present the abstract. The presenting author will be required to register for the Congress by April 5, 2019 in order to have the abstract acceptance confirmed. If a presenting author is not registered by April 5, 2019, the Scientific Committee will remove the abstract from the program.
• All abstracts will be reviewed, scored and accepted or rejected by the Scientific Committee. The Committee reserves the right to determine whether an abstract submission is accepted as an oral presentation or poster. The decision of the Committee is final.

• Abstracts should contain new information and not have been presented before.
• We strongly discourage submission of abstracts that contain incomplete data and/or analysis.
• All abstracts must be submitted in ENGLISH.
• Specify all abbreviations in full at the first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Use the abbreviation thereafter.
• Check abstract thoroughly for spelling and grammar.
• Do not include references.
• Abstract presenters who are not scholarship recipients will be required to fund in full their own attendance at the Congress (including Congress registration and travel expenses) and should not accept to present an abstract if this is not possible.
• All accepted and presented abstracts will be published in an international journal prior to the Congress.
• Please indicate at the time of abstract submission if you wish to apply for a scholarship. Please see the scholarship information page for further details.

All Abstracts MUST include:

• TITLE:
  • Maximum 125 characters
• TOPIC/SUBMISSION CATEGORIES:
  • Basic Science & Translational Research
  • Clinical Science
  • Epidemiology & Monitoring
  • Policy & Community Engagement
  • Behavioral & Social Science
  • Program & Implementation Science
• AUTHORS:
  • Full name, email address and affiliation(s) are mandatory for each author.
  • Indicate the presenting author for the abstract.
• BODY OF ABSTRACT:
  • Maximum 300 words (authors and title not included)
  • Abstract must be structured as follows:
    • Background: study objectives, hypothesis tested, or description of problem.
    • Methods: method used, or approach taken.
    • Results: present in summarized form, must include data and/or substantial information about results, but do not include tables, graphs or pictures.
    • Conclusion: description of main outcomes of the study. Include knowledge or insight that Congress attendees will gain from the presentation, and an explanation of how Congress attendees can apply the skills and/or knowledge within their communities.

ISSTDR and IUSTI recognize the considerable contribution that industry partners make for professional and research activities. We also recognize the need for transparency and the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by acknowledging these relationships in publications and presentations.

The abstract submitter and presenting author will each need to provide disclosure information. This statement will not count towards the 300 word limit. If your abstract is accepted, you will be requested to include a Disclosure of Interest statement in your oral or poster presentation. 

By submitting an abstract, all authors agree to release the license to the Congress organizers and give permission to publish the abstract in the Congress handbook and on the website (and by doing so, certify that the abstract is original work).

The Congress organizers are interested in attracting the latest and strongest scientific findings in STI and HIV research. You are invited to submit a Late Breaking Abstract reporting on your research in the format specified in the Late Breaking guidelines.

Late Breaking Abstract Submission Guidelines: Please follow the Abstract Submission Guidelines outlined above.

Selection Criteria:

• Late Breaking Abstracts must present original data of the highest methodological standards. For example, for a clinical or epidemiology presentation, the main results of a randomized controlled trial or large observational study would be eligible for consideration.
• The topic of the research should be of the strongest interest to the Congress delegates.
• The body of the abstract must clearly indicate that data collection for the research was still underway in 2019 or late 2018, if a complex analysis was required.
• Abstracts that do not explicitly meet these requirements will not be sent for review.

Late Breaking Abstract Submission Deadline: March 22, 2019 (23:59 PST).

Please note: Late breaking abstract presenters will be required to fund in full their own attendance at the Congress (including Congress registration and travel expenses) and should not submit a late breaking abstract if this is not possible.  No scholarships are available for late breaker abstract presentations.

Final selection of Late Breaking Abstracts will be done by members of the International Scientific Program Committee and notification of acceptance or non acceptance of abstracts will be sent to the submitting author by April 5, 2019.

For inquiries, please contact STIHIV2019-Speakers at icsevents.com.