POSTER ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

 Abstract submission is now closed.

 Canada’s population is aging quickly. Today, many Canadians are living longer and healthier into their later years. But as the number of seniors grows, so does the number of frail elderly people with more complex health challenges and care needs. TVN is Canada’s exclusive network for the frail elderly, funded by the Government of Canada through the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE).

Categories:
Abstracts are invited in three categories:

TVN HQP -- limited to TVN-funded Interdisciplinary Fellows and Summer Students, and trainees on TVN-funded projects.
Students  -- other students
General    -- all other applicants

Abstracts must be submitted using TVN's online abstract management system.

Successful abstracts will be invited to proceed with a poster.

Topics:
Abstracts must address improving health care for the frail elderly, and must fit within one of TVN’s four research themes:
         - Improvement of End-of Life (EOL)/Advance Care Planning (ACP) Trajectories of Care 
         - Improvement of Acute/Critical Care
       - Optimization of Community & Residential Care
         - Optimization of Transitions of Care.

Abstracts submitted from TVN HQP must address the personal research project funded (for Fellows and Summer Students), or the TVN-funded research project the HQP is part of.

Submission deadline:
The deadline for applications and abstracts has been extended to Friday, September 11, 2015 at 5 p.m. EST. All submissions will be reviewed.

Submitters will be sent the acceptance notices and final details concerning the poster competition by September 16, 2015 (subject to change). 

Abstract Submission:
All abstracts must be original work, and all authors must have participated sufficiently in developing the abstract in order to take public responsibility for the content.

Abstracts will be accepted in English only.

Before you submit your abstract:
         - We suggest you write, proof and save your abstract in a Word document, then copy and paste
         into the appropriate fields in the abstract submission system.
         - This will allow you to ensure that character/word counts are within abstract guidelines, and that
         your submission is free of typographical or grammatical errors before submitting. Please note
         that abstracts will not be edited by TVN for spelling, grammatical or other errors. Some
         abstracts may be selected for publication in the Canadian Geriatrics Journal  by TVN. If so,
         abstracts will be published “as is.”
         - If you experience any difficulty with the fields in the abstract submission form not working
         properly, it may be the browser you are using. If you are using Internet Explorer, you may want
         to try a different browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

Word counts:
         - Abstract titles must not exceed 15 words or 75 characters in length, whichever parameter is
         reached first.
         - The abstract body must not exceed 500 words or 2,500 characters in length, whichever
         parameter is reached first.
        - A maximum of 2 tables or images may be included; each will count as 100 words or 500
         characters, whichever parameter is reached first, in the abstract body - please adjust your
         total accordingly.

Poster Development:
Posters will be mounted on poster boards that will be provided by the Conference, using velcro supplied by TVN.

Your poster can be a maximum of 2 feet 10 inches (34 inches or 86.36 cm) wide x 3 feet (36 inches or 91.44 cm) high. It does not have to be this exact size but must fit in this allocated space.

TVN will supervise the poster displays during display hours, however security cannot be guaranteed. You should ensure your poster is not the only record of your work and that you set up and take down your poster as scheduled.

Hold the following dates:

Posters must be installed on Sunday, September 27, 2015 between 12 noon and 4 pm.

Posters may be taken down after lunch on Tuesday, September 29, 2015.

At least one author must be present at the poster during exhibit hours (unless indicated below):

Sunday, September 27
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm – Conference Opening Networking Reception

Monday, September 28
7:00 am to 8:00 am – Breakfast (suggested)
10:15 am to 10:45 am – Break
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm – Lunch
3:00 pm to 3:30 pm – Break
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm – Networking Reception

Tuesday, September 29
6:45 am to 7:45 am – Breakfast (suggested)
10:00 am to 10:30 am – Break
11:45 am to 12:45 pm – Lunch (suggested)

Questions?
For question regarding the online abstract submission process, please contact:
Daniela Nogueira
TVN Conference Secretariat
Phone: (519).263.5050/ (519).263.6003 (direct line)
Email: daniela@bayleygroup.com