ASA January 2003 Newsletter

The submission procedure for the 2003 ASA Annual Meeting scientific papers is very similar to that used in 2002. For 2003, ASA has once again partnered with Marathon Multimedia, which specializes in online abstract submissions.

The abstract submission program will be accessible on ASA’s Web site <www.asahq.org/AnnMtg> by clicking on the “Submit an Abstract” link. All accepted abstracts will be published in their entirety in electronic format, and a summary of the abstract will be published in the 2003 Annual Meeting program book. Submission instructions are available on the ASA Web site and will not be mailed to authors. It will not be necessary to request a packet of abstract submission material.

The following outlines the 2003 Scientific Papers submission process:

• The submission Web site will be available beginning January 7, 2003. The deadline for submitting all abstracts is Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time.

• To submit your abstract using the online submission form, you must be using Netscape Navigator or Communicator, version 4.7 or higher, or Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or higher.

• All submission instructions will be available on the ASA Web site and accessible from any point during the submission process. No separate submission packet will be mailed.

• Authors may input and revise submissions until deadline or until the abstract is officially submitted by clicking the “Submit” button. Entries will be checked automatically for completeness once officially submitted. After the closing deadline, entries that are not in compliance with all of the submission requirements will be assumed to be in draft format and will not be considered by the graders.

• A brief summary of the study must be included with the submission and, for abstracts that are accepted, will be published in the 2003 Annual Meeting program book. The summary will not be considered when the abstracts are graded. The September supplement to Anesthesiology will consist of a CD-ROM containing the full text and graphics of all accepted abstracts.

• The use of scientific characters and common style elements such as bold, italic and underline will be permitted. Font specification, with some limitations, will be available.

The ASA Web site will contain more complete information regarding the process for submitting abstracts.

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