Submit an Abstract

The FOCIS Scientific Program Committee welcomes you to submit original contributions for oral and poster presentations at the FOCIS Annual Meeting.

Abstract Title: Capitalize the first letter of all major words (exclude words like “the,” “at,” “and,” etc.), and do not add punctuation at the end.

Presentation Type: Select your preference for oral, poster, or either.

Author Information: The presenting author must submit the abstract and will receive confirmation and acceptance notice. You may add co-authors. For each co-author, provide first name, last name, email address, institution name, city, state, and country. Also, order co-authors as they should appear in the program.

Subject Areas: Select areas such as abstract topic, basis of research, and method of technology used.

Abstract Text: Limit your abstract to 350 words. Do not include graphic elements such as charts or pictures.

Disclosure Form: The presenting author must complete a disclosure form. This form requires you to accept the presentation statement, disclose financial relationships, and resolve conflicts of interest, in accordance with FOCIS policy.

Published Content: Do not submit abstracts that have been or will be published before the Annual Meeting presentation. Exception: If you add additional data or research to a previously published abstract, you may submit it.

Submission Fee: Please note, there is a $30 non-refundable submission fee per abstract. This fee is waived for presenting authors who are FOCIS members.

View Past Abstracts

Before beginning an abstract, consider viewing abstracts that others have written. Abstracts submitted to FOCIS are published in our Abstract Supplement, which is published on our website in June.