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Author Guidelines

Abstracts:

We will publish a booklet containing a brief abstract that should be no longer than 250 words. The Scientific Committee will review the abstracts and assign it to a poster or talk session, taking your stated preferences into account where possible. The IMRF meeting has a single presentation track covering a broad range of specialisations. As such, there will be a limited number of talks, each chosen as much on scientific merit as on its suitability for a diverse audience. The majority of presentations will be poster presentations, which we regard as equal in status to talks. We have allocated the poster sessions to 'prime slots' in the day to reflect their importance. In allocating talk slots, the committee will also bear in mind whether or not applicants were given a talk slot at last year’s meeting IMRF in Japan. You will be notified of the outcome and the first author will be given ten days to register for the conference in order to reserve their slot. In addition, only students who have been awarded Student Awards will present talks; students who submit under any other forum will only be considered for posters. While you may submit abstracts plurally as the first author, the organizing committee will make efforts to provide opportunities for the researchers of various fields and affiliations. Thus the organizing committee may reduce the number of the presentations by the identical first author appropriately, depending on the reviewers' comments and the number of the other submissions, especially for the talk sessions.

Symposia:

Those who wish to submit a symposium recommendation should submit the title of the symposium at the same time as they submit their abstract. Chairs of the symposia should ensure that those they have contacted to participate in the symposium will submit the same title. A minimum of three and a maximum of six speakers should submit the same symposium title. Organisers reserve the right to add relevant talks to the symposium if there are any submitted independently.

Student Awards:

PhD students wishing to give talks should submit their work for a Student Award, otherwise their abstracts will be considered for a poster slot. The Organizing Committee will grant up to 10 Student Awards for excellent contributions from students. The awardees will have their conference registration fee waived and will be offered an opportunity to present their research orally at the conference. Some contribution to other costs will also be made to these students, cost permitting.

• Eligibility:
  1. Any individual registered as a student at the time of submission.
  2. Previous winners of the student competition are NOT eligible.
• Application Procedure:
  1. On the main abstract submission page, please check on the Student Award button and follow the normal procedure for submitting an abstract.
  2. Submit the following additional information by e-mail to admin12@imrf.info:
     - 50 word statement in lay language about why your findings are important
     - 1-page synopsis of the research including any relevant figures
     - Your CV
  3. Arrange for the supervisor of your submitted research to send a letter directly to admin12@imrf.info indicating:
     - Your role in the project
     - Your proficiency at presentation (in English)
     - His/her support of your application for the competition
     Note: While an individual supervisor may sponsor more than one student, the committee will make all efforts to have the awardees reflect the diversity present in the field of multisensory research and thus we will most likely limit awards to one per lab.
  4. All documents submitted by e-mail must be in PDF format.
     Deadline: All documents (including letter of support) must be submitted prior to the close of abstract submissions. Decisions for Student Awards will be announced 1-week after the close of abstract submissions.

Copyright Notice

Authors who submit to this conference agree to the following terms:
a) Authors retain copyright over their work, while allowing the conference to place this unpublished work under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to freely access, use, and share the work, with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and its initial presentation at this conference.
b) Authors are able to waive the terms of the CC license and enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution and subsequent publication of this work (e.g., publish a revised version in a journal, post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial presentation at this conference.
c) In addition, authors are encouraged to post and share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) at any point before and after the conference.

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