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Guidelines for submission of abstracts

For those who have submitted intentions to participate by way of oral or poster presentations, you are required to submit a formal abstract for review by the Science Committee.

Oral submissions   Poster submissions 
Please note: oral presentations are 15 minutes in length, with 5 minutes for Q&A.
  • Standard abstracts must be submitted to globalchange2016@ukzn.ac.za as a Word Document and must be limited to 300 words. 
  • All abstracts must be submitted in English.
  • 12 point Roman text is to be used throughout.
  • Please underline the presenting author.
  • Abstracts will be published as received. Typing or other errors made by the authors will not be corrected.
  • No illustrations may be included in the abstract.
  • Abbreviations should be used only in common terms. For uncommon terms, the abbreviation should be given in brackets after the first full use of the word.
  • Presenters will be notified of acceptance/rejection of the abstract via e-mail.
  Posters will be displayed on poster boards close to the Exhibition and plenary halls for the Global Change Conference. Posters must be printed and brought to the event by the presenter. The standard size for posters is A0 (84.1cm x 118.9cm); portrait orientatio
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