Call for Reverse Mortgage Abstracts

Please note that all authors must first register for the Congress before submitting an abstract. To register for the Congress, please click here. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email that will provide you with a link to access the Call for Abstracts submission form.

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: 25 May
Notification of Acceptance: June
Author Registration: All authors must register prior to submitting an abstract

The Organising Committee of the 5 th Congress of Reverse Mortgages invites you to submit an abstract for consideration as an oral or poster presentation.

Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and only one abstract may be submitted per presenter.

Important
All accepted abstracts will be published in a special edition of Reverse Mag. Any abstracts received after the deadline of 25th May will not be included in this journal.

General Policies and Requirements for the Submission of Abstracts

• It is expected that abstracts will include original unpublished work
• Abstracts must only be submitted if the presenting author is registered to attend the Congress
• All abstracts will be peer reviewed by the Program Committee who reserve the right to accept and reject abstracts for inclusion in the Program.
• Abstracts will be grouped by section topic. Please indicate the section topic most suitable to your abstract. Please note this does not guarantee that your abstract will be grouped within this section topic in the final program

Note : Abstracts are to be submitted upon registration, or the author can register first and submit their abstract at a later date before the deadline. If the registration fee has not been paid the authors cannot submit an abstract.

Abstract Selection Categories

Authors must classify their abstract by indicating the single topic that best reflects the abstract content.

Abstract Content

The purpose of the abstract is to define the precise subject of the presentation to an audience. Sufficient details of the study must be included in the abstract, so that others can understand the hypothesis behind the research, the methodology, results and conclusions. It is unsatisfactory to state that the results will be presented or discussed – these abstracts will be rejected.

The interdisciplinary nature of the Congress participants should be kept in mind when writing the abstract, and sub-specialty jargon should be avoided.

It is the responsibility of the presenting author to ensure accuracy of content, spelling and presentation as abstracts will be published exactly as submitted.

Please Note: Abstracts must not contain figures.

Abstract Submission Procedure & Instructions

It is requested that all abstracts are submitted online.

Please read through the submission instructions listed below.

Abstract Template

Click here to download abstract template (MS Word Document, 20Kb )

Closing Date for Abstract Submission is 25 May.

Abstracts must be submitted via the abstract submission form in Microsoft Word format.

The online Abstract Submission Form must be fully completed. Please print a copy of the Abstract Submission Form for your records prior to clicking the submit button.

Do not resubmit your abstract for any reason other than a submission error. As per the instructions above, if you do not receive a confirmation email with your access key and template document attached, please contact the Congress Managers at the above email address.

The Congress Managers will not be responsible for abstract submissions not received via the ISDB online form or for submission errors caused by Internet Service outages, hardware or software delays, power outages or natural disasters.

It will be the responsibility of the submitting author to ensure that the abstract is supplied in full, and the pdf file of the abstract has been checked.

Abstracts on diskettes/CD-Rom will not be accepted.

Abstract acceptance notification will be sent to presenting authors in July, together with instructions for presentation as a poster or oral communication.

Abstract Specifications & Formatting

Abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words of text (after authors' names and affiliations and abstract title) written in the English language.

There should be NO separate references or acknowledgements at the end. Any necessary references should be made within the text in the format: (Bloggs, 1990. MOD 89:223). These short references and acknowledgements (if any) will be counted within the 250 word limit.

Page Set Up (A4)
Width 21 cm (8.27 inch)
Height 29.7 cm (11.69 inch)

Page Margins
Top 1.5 cm (0.59 inch)
Bottom 1.5 cm (0.59 inch)
Left & Right 1.5 cm (0.59 inch)

Title: Abstract Title should be in lower case bold, with capitalisation used only at the beginning of the title and for Proper Names as appropriate. The title should be no more than 30 words in length.

Insert a one-line space between the title and the authors' names.

Authors & Affiliations: Names should appear in italics with Surname first followed by initials (e.g. Smith, JR). The name of the presenting author should be marked with an asterisk (*) . All affiliations should follow the authors’ names. If the authors come from more than one affiliation, superscript numbers should be used to indicate the correct affiliation. Each author should indicate institute, city, state and country. Do not include degrees or professional titles (eg. Dr, Prof., etc). Example:

Smith, JR1*, Jones, P2, Brown, R1
1University of California,LA, CA
2Stanford University, Stanford, CN, USA

Insert a one-line space between the author/s and the abstract body.

Abstract text: Abstract content must be in Times New Roman size 10 font, single-spaced and justified. Leave a line between sections but do not indent. The abstract must not contain figures.

Use standard abbreviations only. Within the body of the abstract, when using abbreviations spell out the name in full at the first mention and follow with the abbreviation in parenthesis. Abbreviations may be used in the title, provided the name in full is outlined in the body of the abstract.

Capitalise the first letter of trade names.

Note: Compliance to the specifications is important - any abstract that does not comply with these specifications may not be accepted for review.

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