As a reminder the terms & conditions of submission are: 

• Throughout the abstract submission process, communication will be limited to a single designated contact. This individual is presumed to be the presenting author and will receive all correspondence. You have therefore stated that they are the presenting author as part of your submission. If the presenting author changes, the replacement presenter must be a named author on the original submission.
• At least one author must be registered in full to attend the conference and present the paper.
• All named authors must be aware of the submission.
• Abstracts will be judged on the novelty, importance, and impact of the work.
• For original research / quality improvement and audit submissions please comment on ethical / regulatory approval as appropriate (e.g. ethics / audit committee, R&D / Caldicott Guardian approval).
• For case reports: written consent must be sought from patients who have data used in either a case report or case series. Please see SICS website for more details and to download the form.
• Submissions of the abstract constitutes the consent of all authors to publication (e.g. conference website, programme, other promotions, etc.)
• The decision of judges is final. There is no appeals process.
• All presenters will be provided with a certificate of presentation. 
• Successful abstract submissions will receive email notification no later than Friday 19th March.
• Invited posters should be submitted in PDF format (portrait 9:16) no later than Friday 9th April.
• Oral presentations will be 6 minutes duration with 2 minutes of questions. There will be a prize for the winning oral presentation.
• You have declared any conflicts of interest

Click here to download the Consent Form.