ASICON 2008
FOR GENERAL SURGERY SESSION
Short Papers Session :
Short Papers, Videos, Posters & “Common Programme”
papers will be accepted for presentation at the Conference.
Members who are desirous of presenting these in the general
surgery session are requested to send 6 COPIES of the abstracts
of their papers in the format enclosed with a covering note and
send to chairman. The abstract should not be more than 300 words
and should contain the detailed data in terms of methods,
materials and results. The size of the covering note and the
abstracts to be sent should be dentical as in the enclosed
format.
The declaration with the covering note should be furnished
without fail.
Format :
1. Title should be in all
capitals
2. Type the text in single spacing, in pica 10 CPI with
electronic typewriter
3. Your abstract will be printed as it appears within the frame
4. You may add a line diagram or table in the abstract.
5. The abstract must contain aim and object, methods and results
followed
by conclusions
6. Comments like “Results will be discussed” with not be
accepted
7. Send 6 Xerox copies of the abstract together with the
original
8. Not more than 2 papers will be accepted from the same
presenter
9. Scientific Committee reserves the right to assign the paper
to any session it
deems fit.
10. Please send the abstracts to the appropriate address for
inclusion in the General
or Speciality Sessions.
The accepted papers will be grouped according to the subject
matter and sessions will be titled accordingly. A paper will be
presented for 8 minutes with discussion for 2 minutes.
Best Paper :
The presenter must be member of ASI and he should not be more than 40 years of age. The age must be supported with documents. The full text of the paper along with ten copies must be sent to ASI Headquarters before 30th June 2008. Best papers among these will be selected
and awarded certificates. The stated Presenter must present the paper.Best Chapter
Paper (from Annual Conference of State Chapters, 2007-2008)
There will be separate sessions in ASICON 2008 for
thepresentation of papers adjudged best by the state chapters.
Therefore state chapters are requested to send the original text
of the Best Papers along with ten copies with the details of the
Presenter etc. to ASI Head Quarters before 30 September 2008.
The presenter should appear while presenting the paper in ASICON
2008. Otherwise the paper will not be accepted. Duration of 8
minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for discussion. Chapters
who decide about the best paper after this date will be taken up
for the next year only.
Research Paper :
There will be a
separate session for presenting research papers. Papers are
invited for presentation in this session. The paper must be of
innovative, inventive type of research work or clinical research
type. This should not have been presented or published
elsewhere.
The presenter must be a member of ASI and he should not be more
than 40 years of age. The age must be supported with documents.
The full text of the paper along with ten copies must be sent to
ASI Head Quarters before 30th June 2008. Best papers
among these will be selected and awarded certificate. Duration
of 8 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for discussion.
Poster Session :
The poster session forms an important part and popular mode of
presentation as no one misses the message due to overlapping
sessions. The posters will be grouped as per the subjects. They
will be on display from 10 am to 5 pm. The presentation will be
during lunch time and again between 3 pm to 4 pm before the
judges. Best posters will be awarded certificates for 1st, 2nd
and 3rd. The Poster may be sent to ASI
Head Quarters before 30th June 2008.
Video Sessions :
These sessions will be chaired by Chairman and Co-Chairman. The presenters will be personally present and each presentation will be followed by discussion. The CDs must be sent to the ASI Head Quarters for scrutiny and acceptance, Duration - 15 minutes. The CDs sent to the ASI will be retained for the use in the ASI library. Papers will not be accepted if they are not accompanied by a Video Cassette