Eligibility

Work submitted for presentation at this conference must not have been previously published or presented at another conference (for example International Continence Society). Please do not submit case reports as they are not permitted and will not be reviewed.

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Responsibilities of the Corresponding Author

The first author listed for each abstract serves as the corresponding author and as the primary contact for all correspondence regarding the abstract. The corresponding author is responsible for the following:

• Ensuring that all authors have read the abstract and agreed to be authors
• Notifying all co-authors of any additions, deletions and chages to the program, as may be communicated by the Continence Foundation of Australia
• Obtaining all the conflict of interest disclosures
• Reviewing all presentation material prior to the commencement of the workshop to ensure all material meets the guidelines as outlined in this document.
• The workshop chair must confirm if there is an intent for equipment to be used or promoted at the workshop. If yes, full details must be provided in the submission
• The workshop chair must confirm if there is any agreement or intent to request equipment from an identified sponsor for the workshop. If yes, full details must be provided in the submission. Please note that the Continence Foundation of Australia remains the sole contact for all  workshop sponsorship. 
  

Revisions

• Carefully check the proof of your abstract. Make sure all special characters and formatting are displaying properly in your proof.
• If you find errors, return to the appropriate page by clicking on the page name in the left-hand menu to make your corrections.
• You may return to the online submission site to revise your abstract until 15 January 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.
• After this date/time, the submission site will close, and no additional changes/edits can be made.
• If your abstract contains errors, you may opt to withdraw the abstract.
• If you have not completed all required sections and details, you will not be able to submit.
• When all required information is entered, the "Conclude Submission" button will appear at the bottom of the "Confirmation" step.

Scientific Committee Abstract Review

• After the submission site closes, completed abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee before inclusion in the relevant program stream.
• All abstracts will be blinded for review, meaning the abstracts will be reviewed without knowledge of the author/s, institution/s or disclosure information.
• The Scientific Committee will make final decision as to the format of your presentation i.e. podium or ePoster presentation
•  Abstracts will be accepted on any subject concerned with continence issues across the ages.

Abstract Review Scoring Criteria

All abstracts will be scored using the following scoring criteria:

• Originality/ Topicality – New knowledge or new reserchon known topic and/or Topic relevance to cotemporary practice
• Methods / Results – quality of the research methodology (quantitative/qualitative) and data analysis/findings
• Clinical Relevance – application of research outcomes to continence practice/issues

Withdrawals

• After 15th January corresponding authors may submit a request to have an abstract withdrawn.
• To withdraw a submitted abstract after the deadline, written notification must be sent to eventscontinence@theassociationspecialists.com.au
• This notification must include the title, authors and affiliations (as submitted), name affiliation, phone, and email of the submitter.
• We recommend using the summary page as part of this notification.
• For an accepted abstract to be withdrawn and not appear in publications, notification must be received by Monday 3 March 2025. 
• After this date, withdrawals are still accepted but abstracts may still appear in the conference materials.