Abstracts for the 2010 CSTE Annual Conference require submission several months in advance. However, it is important to provide an opportunity during the conference for presentation of any important “late breaking” research, or outbreak, or event responses. Time for “late breakers” will be scheduled for either Tuesday, June 8 and/or Wednesday, June 9 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Competition for the limited number of slots available is expected to be quite strong; therefore, only truly late breaking research, or outbreak, or event responses will be considered. In general, oral presentations of late breaker abstracts will last seven minutes each with three minutes allocated for questions. However, the Planning Committee may award more time for significant late breaking topics. Only ONE speaker per presentation will be allowed.

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Guidelines and Submission Deadline back to top
Late Breaker abstracts must be submitted electronically no later than Friday, April 23rd, 2010 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time. Proposals that are incomplete will not be considered. Under no circumstances will CSTE accept late submissions.

• Abstract text is limited to a total of 250 words or less.
• Each speaker may ONLY submit ONE abstract for a late breaker.
• Duplicate abstracts will not be considered.
• Concluding statements such as "to be completed" may not be accepted.
• Submission of an abstract implies a commitment to make the presentation for the abstract.
• CSTE membership is not required to submit an abstract, but is encouraged.
• All speakers are required to register and pay the appropriate fee for either full conference or for a minimum of the day of their presentation.

Step 1: Abstract Topic and Title

• Enter a brief descriptive topic for your presentation.
• Use a concise title that summarizes the content of the abstract. Please limit the use of all caps to acronyms of organization names, and please spell out organization names on first reference. Capitalize only the first letter of the title, any proper nouns or acronyms, and the first word following a colon. Please do not begin the title with “The” and do not end with a period

PLEASE REVIEW
After you submit this information, an email message will be sent to you with the abstract ID and verification of your E-mail account (User ID) and self selected password. This information will also display on your screen. We also recommend you write down your password and abstract ID at this time. Once you have an abstract ID and password, you may return to correct or complete your abstract at any time up until the submission deadline on Friday, April 23, 2010 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Step 2: Speaker Information back to top

• Enter complete speaker contact information. This should ONLY be the person who will be speaking at the conference and NOT authors.
• Only ONE speaker per presentation.
• A speaker id defined as the person who will be presenting at the conference and may or may not be an author.
  
• Enter Authors for your abstract. Authors will not be printed in the final program or invited to speak.

Step 3: Abstract Text

• Enter abstract text for Background (study objectives, hypothesis, or a description of the problem)
• Enter abstract text for Methods (study design and appropriate statistical analyses)
• Enter abstract text for Results (specific results in summary form)
• Enter abstract text for Conclusions (description of the main outcome of the study)

Step 4: Review and Submit

Please review all information submitted and ensure it is complete. Revisions to your abstract may be made at any time during the open period, however after the deadline Friday, April 23, 2010 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, changes can not be made.