BARD Abstract Submission 2022

Deadline for submission is Monday 28th February 2022 at 17:00 GMT

Please read these guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract (at the bottom of the page).

Please note that by submitting your abstract you are agreeing for your abstract to appear on our websites.

1. Type of Submission:

Oral, Poster or Video

3. Preparation for submission:

All abstracts should be submitted using the on-line portal
The official language is English
Abstracts should not contain anything which will indicate the names of authors, affiliated institutions or cities within the title or the body of the abstract. Abstracts with any identifiers will be rejected.
Titles should be capitalised
All abstracts (oral, poster or video) must be a maximum of 300 words, including any figures
You may insert ONE table or ONE figure in your abstract. Abstracts with more than one table or figure will be rejected. Please make it clear in the main body of the text where you are referring to the Figure or table. Remember that the abstracts will ultimately be printed in the abstract book, which is A5 format. The text plus Table/Figure will be printed on a single A5 sheet, so if a Figure has many multiple sections (eg more than 4) or a Table is too complex, it will be too small in the printed version. As a guide, text should be 10pt font or larger to be clearly legible.

4. Oral/poster presentations

Must be presented under four subtitles:
- (a) Aim of the Study,
- (b) Method,
- (c) Results,
- (d) Conclusion
Results must include data. P values without data are not sufficient
Please ensure that you have selected the appropriate subject category

5. Video presentations

Videos must be provided in one of the following file formats: AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, or MP4
Videos should be a maximum play length of 5 minutes and be self-explanatory, either with subtitles or voice over in English
Videos should not contain any patient identifiers. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure the video is filmed with the consent of the subject for presentation at the meeting
Videos must be accompanied by an abstract under subtitles: (a) Aims of technique, (b) Patient population intended, (c) Outcome data
Please ensure that you have selected the appropriate subject category

6. Submission process

Register as a user through the online portal
You may use the same login identity to submit more than one abstract
If you wish to make any changes to an existing submission, you may do this by logging in the following the instructions. Changes are accepted up to the deadline. Do not resubmit multiple versions of the same abstract.
In submitting an abstract, you are making a commitment to present the abstract at Congress.
You must provide the name of the presenting author. If submitting author is unable to present on the day, an alternative presenter must be notified to the BARD office at least ONE WEEK PRIOR TO CONGRESS

7. Ethics

A statement regarding ethical approval (including approval number where applicable) must be included in all abstracts involving animal or human studies.

8. Scoring

The scoring criteria for abstracts submitted for oral, poster only and video presentation are as follows:

Aim and/or Hypothesis (achievable, testable)	0-5
Methodology (soundness)	0-5
Results (quality, presentation)	0-5
Conclusions (supported by data, valid)	0-5
Total:	0-20

9. BARD Prize

There are two BARD prizes awarded for oral presentations by a trainee.

Erwin-Röver Prize – Best Presentation on a Biliary Atresia topic

Lieve van Steen Prize – Best Presentation on a Choledochal Malformation topic