CCDPM Research Day

Talk to your research supervisor and get permission to apply for the conference. As the nature of some research may be sensitive, this step is crucial, and applications will not be accepted without supervisor approval.

Abstracts that do not conform to the following guidelines will be returned to the authors for formatting.

Title: Use a short, specific, and declarative title (<15 words).

Authors: Please list authors as initials and last name. Author affiliations are not necessary.

Abstract body:

• A sentence stating the study objective (unless given in the title)
• A brief statement of methods
• A summary of the results obtained (please add some data, if available)
• A statement of the conclusions

Limit your abstract body to 250 words

Include an acknowledgement of funding source(s). This does not count towards the word count.

Tables and figures: Tables or figures are not allowed.

Abbreviations: Use standard abbreviations for units of measure. Other abbreviations should be spelled out in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

Evaluation:

We encourage the submission of research projects at any stage, including proposals to

published work. All abstracts meeting the above criteria are guaranteed a poster or oral

presentation. In the case that the number of abstracts received exceeds the number of oral timeslots available, the most competitive abstracts will be prioritized for the oral timeslots.

Abstracts submitted for oral presentation will be evaluated using a standardized rubric.

Accepted abstracts may be featured in an abstract booklet and may be used as a future example. If you would not like your abstract to be featured, please indicate so on submission.

Mini-Oral Presentation (3-minute)

For this conference, traditional poster presentations are being replaced by 3-minute mini-oral presentations. A mini oral uses the same material you would typically include on a research poster but organized across a small number of slides instead of a printed board.

You will be at your station for 10–15 minutes, presenting your work to the circulating audience.

Your presentation should be short, with your main talk taking about 3 minutes.

Preparing your mini-oral presentation slides:

There are no limits on the number of slides allowed.

As you will be presenting from a laptop or monitor, be mindful that your visuals and text can be read by audiences standing up to 5 feet away.

You are welcome to bring handouts or any resources to complement your presentation.

Oral Presentation (8-minute)

These are standard conference oral talks delivered in a themed session. Each presenter will have 8 minutes to present their work using slides, followed by a brief time for questions. Presenters will speak from the front of the room using a laptop and projector, and are expected to focus on the key background, methods, main results, and take‑home messages of their study.

Preparing your presentation slides:

There are no limits on the number of slides allowed.

Presenters are encouraged to time their presentation to ensure they do not exceed the allotted time.