Abstract submissions are now CLOSED for the 2024 Early Detection of Cancer Conference.
2024 Poster Requirements
Check-in: On assigned poster presentation day, check-in at the registration desk with poster between 8-9am. Presenters will then be directed where to hang up their poster.
Size & Format: Posters should be readable in landscape format, and should be no bigger than 48” (inches) wide by 36” high (inches).
Poster Printing: Presenters must bring a printed poster on their assigned presentation day. Should presenters need to print posters locally in San Francisco, there are a handful of FedEx locations within walking distance of the conference hotel.
Deadline: Friday, June 14, 2024
Abstract & Lightning Talk selection confirmation: Thursday, August 1, 2024
Registration: You can submit your abstract without being registered. The presenting author must be registered at the time of the conference to present their work.
Abstract limit: There are no restrictions on the number of submissions you may submit.
Language: Abstracts must be written and presented in English.
Character limit: There is a limit of 2500 characters for the text of your submission including blank spaces and punctuation.
Poster Abstract submission criteria:
- Relevance to early detection
- Originality and innovation of science
- Feasibility of science
- Quality and well-designed science
Lightning Talk selection: Conference will choose 12 Lightning Talks from the submitted abstracts and all approved abstracts will be offered a poster position automatically.
Lightning Talk submission criteria: Selection based on innovative and exciting topic that would be of high interest to the conference audience, and relevance to session themes (below).
- How is biology informing early detection?
- Emerging technologies for cancer early detection
- Insights from Early Detection Trials
- Artificial Intelligence – promises vs. reality for early detection
What happens after Poster Abstract & Lightning Talk selections:
For selected Lightning Talks:
- Upon selection, you will be asked to register for the conference if you haven’t already. Lightning Talk presenters will receive free registration.
- The conference organizer will meet with you before the conference to outline where in the program you will present your talk.
- Lightning Talks are a maximum of 5-minutes.
For selected Poster Abstracts:
- Upon selection, you will be asked to register for the conference if you haven’t already.
- The conference organizer will contact you before the conference to outline the poster sessions and printing requirements for your poster.
