COSMEDICON 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS

Do you want to share your research and expertise in the field of aesthetic medicine?

Cosmedicon 2024 invites leading local and international experts and researchers to speak on new and innovative techniques in aesthetic medicine; non-surgical rejuvenation, minimally invasive enhancement techniques, laser and IPL, patient selection and after treatment care, or you may have a topic in mind that is of significance.

Does this sound like you? Submit your speaker abstract to COSMEDICON 2024.

Abstract submission for COSMEDICON 2024 closes Tuesday, 31 October 2023

Abstract submissions will be accepted for the scientific program at Cosmedicon 2024. To view the guidelines and download the abstract template, click on the links below. Guidelines for abstracts are also listed at the end of this page.

DOWNLOAD THE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION TEMPLATE

The scientific committee will be responsible for reviewing submitted abstracts and responses will be sent in late-November 2023.

Important Dates

Open Abstract Submissions: Monday, 16 July 2023
Abstract submission closes: Tuesday, 31 October 2023

Abstracts are encouraged from, but not restricted to the following topic areas:

Products and techniques for facial enhancement
Facial rejuvenation techniques
Cosmeceuticals
Dermatological issues
Menopausal skin changes and treatments

Body shaping techniques
Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)
Laser for vascular / pigmented lesions
Laser theory and safety
Fractionated laser technology

Photorejuvenation techniques
Pre and post treatment care
Stem cells, supplements and anti-ageing medicines
Strategies to optimise your cosmetic practice
Medico-legal issues

Presentations:

Presentations on the Scientific Program are usually 15 minutes. Panel discussions and Case Study analysis are allowed a longer duration..

Posters:

Unfortunately, there is no availability for research posters at COSMEDICON 2024.

Audiovisual Equipment:

The plenary room will be equipped exclusively for Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and will be manned by a professional A/V team. Presentations will displayed on overhead screens. The stage will include a lectern, pointer with slide changer, choice of lapel or lectern microphones and a monitor on stage for presenters to view their slides. Multimedia clips should be embedded in slides. Other audio-visual aids, such as overhead projectors, are not available.

All presentations must be digital in MS PowerPoint format. Presenters will be required to submit their presentations on the Monday prior to the conference and to bring their presentations on a USB stick with them to the conference. Due to the diversity of connections, personal laptops cannot be used for presentations.

COSMEDICON 2024 Abstract Submission Instructions

Please submit abstracts using the prescribed template. If submitting more than one abstract, please use a separate template.

Abstract title: The title should be short, informative and contain the major key words.

Authors’ names: The format commences with the authors’ surname followed by first initial, with the presenting author underlined. Superscript numbers must be used to indicate the author’s institution. Do not include degrees or professional titles (eg: Dr, Prof etc.).

Authors’ organisations/institutions: Please include the name, city, state and country (in this order) of the organizations/institutions and appropriate superscript numbers.

Abstract text: Format single-spaced and justified. Abstracts are to be a maximum of 300 words, including references. There is to be a maximum of 2 references. Use standard abbreviations only within the body of the abstract.

Abstract should address:

Background and aim(s)
Method
Result(s)
Conclusion(s)

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.

Care should be taken to ensure high quality English expression and grammar.

Contents should include the following sections:

Background and Aims: Include one or two sentences to introduce the broad topic area and provide a reason for the study. Provide a clear statement of the aims of the study. A hypothesis could be included in this section. It may also be appropriate to add references to cited literature here. References will be included in the word limit. Authors are advised to keep references to a minimum, and to use an abbreviated referencing system, i.e. First author et al., no title, year of publication, abbreviated journal title, volume, pages.

Methods: In this section information on participants (and /or subjects) should be provided. This may include the number of participants, demographic information such as age and gender as well as the method of recruitment. (ie a random sample or a convenient sample). Study inclusion and exclusion criteria should be included in this section as well as a sample size calculation if presenting a randomised clinical trial. Measures and procedures used in the study are described in this section. Descriptions of analyses appear in the methods section.

Results: The purpose of the result section is to provide a description of the main findings of the study. Reference to potential results that were unavailable at the time that the abstract was submitted will not be acceptable. Submitted abstracts must include actual results. Results should be expressed as means or medians and the spread of the results indicated as ranges, standard deviations or 95% confidence intervals as appropriate. Probability values must be included, but are not sufficient of themselves without descriptive statistics (means, etc.).

Conclusions: In this section you should provide statements of interpretation and implication of findings, as well as comparison with previous literature. It should not be a simple restatement of the results.