Call for Abstract

Abstract submission has been closed on 7 April.

Thank you.

Abstract Submission Procedure

All participants are invited to submit abstracts in poster format for presentation at the Symposium.  Please refer to the following guidelines for submission:

  • Submitted materials should not be previously published.
  • All Abstracts must be written in English and submitted before 7 April 2017.
  • Presenting Author will be notified, should their abstract be accepted by 15 April 2017. If no reply is received by the date, please contact the Secretariat.
  • The exact schedule of shortlisted presentations at the Symposium will be announced by 19 May 2017.
  • Word Limit: 300 words (including references).

A maximum of 10 references can be entered per abstract submission. References should be cited in the text by surname of the author and the publication date in parentheses, e.g., Gall (1825) or (Gall & Spurzheim, 1810). References must be listed alphabetically at the end of the abstract. Journal titles should be written out in full, not abbreviated. Only articles that have been published or are in press should be included in the references. Use underlining for journal and book titles only.

An example of a correct citation can be found below:

Jolicoeur, P. (1999). Dual-task interference and visual encoding. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 25, 596-616.

Please include sufficient information in the methods and results sections to allow readers to have a clear understanding of what data were collected and what results were found. Where appropriate, include details on data acquisition and analysis, number of subjects, quantitative results and statistics.

NB: Editing and proofreading are the responsibility of the authors.

Submissions must be submitted in the required format. Any deviation from this format will NOT be accepted.

Submissions can be made either online or as a soft copy in MS Word, emailed to the Conference Secretariat.

Conference Secretariat
c/o Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine,
The University of Hong Kong
4/F. Professorial Block, Queen Mary Hospital,
102 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam
Hong Kong

Email: dillys@hku.hk Ms Dillys Liu / cccpang1@hku.hk Ms Cindy Pang

 

NFLS Outstanding AD Investigator Awards

Three prizes will be awarded to the best academic research poster presentations, and one prize will be awarded to the best entrepreneurship project.
The awardees of the two different categories do NOT have to be mutually exclusive.
All the posters will be evaluated by our guest adjudicators.

Best Academic Research Awards:

1st place Award: Prize with 10,000 HKD
1st runner up: Prize with 6,000 HKD
2nd runner up: Prize with 4,000 HKD

Best Entrepreneurship Project

Award: Prize with 10,000 HKD

*All the prizes are sponsored by Nan Fung Life Science Ltd.

 

Authors should indicate on the abstract form if they wish to have their abstracts considered for the Award. Shortlisted finalists will be requested to make presentations for the adjudicators to review at the Conference.