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ABN 64 005 081 523

RTO 21659

The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) 2014 National Conference Program Committee

invites the submission of abstracts for consideration for small group discussions, poster

presentations and workshops at the ABA 2014 Liquid Gold national conference. This conference will

be held in Melbourne on 1–3 August 2014 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Liquid Gold will celebrate the contribution to breastfeeding research, information and support in

Australia and around the world over the last 50 years and the change this has made to breastfeeding

practices thereby having a positive effect on breastfeeding rates in our country.

Abstract Deadline Dates

Abstract submission opens: October 2013

Deadline for abstract submissions: 10 January 2014

Authors notified of abstract acceptance: 28th February 2014

Author registration deadline: 30th April 2014

Small group discussions: 20–30 minutes

Presentation time for papers will be 20–30 minutes depending on programming format. Presenters

will have around 15–20 minutes for presentation and 5–10 minutes for questions/discussion.

Presenters are reminded that some of the best learning happens during discussion and are requested

to ensure that they manage the length of their presentations to suit this timeframe.

Poster presentations: displayed in the poster display area

Posters involve a short, visual presentation of the major focus, issues of concern, methods, findings

and conclusions of the presentation. Posters allow all conference delegates to be reached and are

particularly well-suited to informal and in-depth interaction about the topic. Posters will be

displayed in a specific area where conference delegates can examine the poster at any time and

discuss it with the presenter at an allocated time. Time will be made available during the

conference to promote the posters and indicate the availability of poster presenters.

Workshops: 45, 60 or 90 minutes

Presentation time for workshops will be either 45, 60, or 90 minutes depending on programming

format. A workshop should seek to facilitate and engage discussion with the participants.

Notification of acceptance

Notification of acceptance will be sent via the email address provided to the submitting author as

per the deadline dates listed above.

Accepted abstracts submitted will be published and distributed at the conference. For further

information please contact the conference liaison phone: 0414 392 256, email:

leannetaylor@breastfeeding.asn.au.

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Summary of submission instructions

Please read through the following instructions listed below before preparing your submission.

Step 1: Read the ‘general policies and requirements’ for the submission of abstracts.

Step 2: Write your abstract following the ‘abstract format and layout guidelines’.

Step 3: Write an ‘ethical statement’ which you will submit with your abstract.

Step 4: Complete your abstract using the information below. Save as a .doc document to your

computer.

Please note: Each abstract must not exceed a 250-word limit. The word limit relates only to the

text of the abstract and does not include title, authors and institutions.

Step 5: Each author is to write a short biography (up to 150 words) which you will submit

with your abstract.

Step 6: Submit your abstract as an attachment via email to

conferenceabstracts@breastfeeding.asn.au by 10 January 2014.

General policies and requirements

All abstracts must be original work.

Submission acknowledges consent to publication of the abstract in the conference proceedings

publication — Liquid Gold.

The presenting author will be required to register for the conference in order to ensure their

abstract(s) is included in the final program. Deadline for presenting author registration is 30

April 2014.

All submissions must be submitted electronically via email to

conferenceabstracts@breastfeeding.asn.au.

All abstracts must be prepared according to the guidelines provided.

The conference managers will not be held responsible for abstract submissions not received via

email or for submission errors caused by internet service outages, hardware or software delays,

power outages or unforeseen events.

The ABA program committee may reallocate a presentation type on the basis of time, space

available and applicability to the conference themes.

Abstract guidelines and layout

The abstract title should be Arial font 12pt in title case (initial capital/lower case, not in

capitals), bold and at the top of the abstract.

Provide each author’s institution, city and country in italics underneath the author list.

Authors who wish to indicate multiple organisational affiliations should do so using superscript

numbers to indicate the author’s institution followed by city and country (in this order) Do not

include degrees or professional titles (eg Dr, Prof, etc). See example below.

The name of the presenting author in each abstract is to be bolded. See example below.

Provide the email address of the presenting author. See example below.

Indicate your preferred form of presentation. See example below.

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Example:

L Taylor1, R Fuller2

1 University of ABA, Melbourne, Australia

2 University of ABA, Melbourne, Australia

youremail@yourisp.com.au

Small group discussion / poster presentation / workshop

The abstract body text must be font type Arial font, 10pt, with single line spacing.

Sub-headings must be font type Arial font, 10pt, and should be in title case (initial capital/lower

case, not in capitals) and bold.

Each abstract body text should be no more than 250 words and should clearly and concisely

summarise the CONTENT of the presentation, identify questions or issues addressed and

outline the results or conclusions.

All information should be presented in a clear and concise manner using headings where

possible eg Abstract A: Introduction/Aims, Design/Methods, Results, Discussion/Conclusions or

Abstract B: Issues, Approach, Key Findings, Implications and Conclusion. The abstract should

include any relevant data.

Abstracts must be free of typographical and grammatical errors.

Standard abbreviations may be used for common terms only. Otherwise, any abbreviation should

be given in brackets after the first full use of the word. Abbreviations may be used in the title,

provided the name in full is outlined in the body of the abstract.

Each author must provide a short biography (up to 150 words) with your submission.

Ethical statement

Submitting authors are required to submit a statement that outlines important declarations in

regards to funding, project support and publishing for your abstract. Authors are required to submit

this ethical statement with their abstract(s). It is a requirement that each submitted abstract has an

associated declaration provided with the abstract.

Please note: If you do not have any declarations to make regarding your abstract(s) you are still

required to include an ethical statement stating ‘nothing to declare’.