Abstracts Guidelines

Submissions are now closed. The ASN Scientific Committee has begun the review process and will e-mail the corresponding authors with the results in due course.

Instructions to authors

The abstract should be submitted via the online portal. Emailed abstracts will not be accepted.

The abstract should follow the following structure:

For original research: TITLE, OBJECTIVES, METHOD, RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS

For case reports/series: TITLE, BACKGROUND, CASE PRESENTATION (REPORT), DISCUSSION

The title of the abstract – should be brief but adequately descriptive. Lower case letters should be used except at the beginning of the title and unless indicated.

Author’s name(s) should be given only as surnames followed by the initial(s). Prefixes such as Mr, Dr or Professor should not be mentioned. The names of all authors and the places of work (one place of affiliation per person only) should be provided.

The text of the abstract – should be written in UK English and not exceed 300 words.

The author/s should take full public responsibility for the research work and the contents reported in the abstract.
If the work has been previously presented or published, in whole or in part, this should be stated clearly. This does not disqualify a paper but must be stated when submitting the paper.

Ethical approval – it is assumed that prior ethical approval would have been obtained for interventional studies and a copy of ethical approval should be submitted where relevant.

The abstract should be submitted via the online portal. Emailed abstracts will not be accepted.

Please note that there is no facility to submit hard copies directly to the ASN office.

The Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists reserves the right to allocate selected free papers to either oral or poster presentations.

The corresponding author of each successful paper provisionally selected will be informed by email. Please note that NO amendments to the submitted abstract (including the number of authors) would be entertained.

All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the ASNAC Scientific Committee. Results will be emailed to corresponding authors along with further instructions.

Inability to present a paper accepted for presentation should be communicated by email to the ASNAC secretariat [email protected]. Failure to present an accepted paper will be considered an episode of academic and scientific misconduct.

The presenting author of the selected papers must register for ASNAC prior to the paper being  finally accepted for presentation. Other authors who wish to attend ASNAC must register separately. Registrants please contact the ASNAC Congress Secretariat (Email: [email protected]).

The poster presentation guidelines and instructions will be sent to the corresponding authors of chosen abstracts.

The oral presentation guidelines and instructions will be sent to the corresponding authors of chosen abstracts.

Accepted abstracts will be published in the book of abstracts of ASNAC, which will be available for downloading from the ASNAC website.

The Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists reserves the right to make alterations and to edit the title and / or the text to improve the quality.

ASNAC Congress Secretariat

Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists

Email: [email protected]

The abstract should follow the following structure:

TITLE, OBJECTIVES, METHOD, RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS

For case reports/series:

TITLE, BACKGROUND, CASE PRESENTATION (REPORT), DISCUSSION

The title of the abstract – should be brief but adequately descriptive. Lower case letters should be used except at the beginning of the title and unless indicated.

Author’s name(s) should be given only as surnames followed by the initial(s). Prefixes such as Mr, Dr or Professor should not be mentioned. The names of all authors and the places of work (one place of affiliation per person only) should be provided.

The text of the abstract – should not exceed 300 words

Document settings:

  • MS Word docx file format
  • Language – English (UK)
  • Margins 2.54 cm all sides
  • Font – Times New Roman Regular (size 12, colour black).
  • Line spacing 1.5
  • Text justified
  • No indentations

The author/s should take full public responsibility for the research work and the contents reported in the abstract.
If the work has been previously presented or published, in whole or in part, this should be stated clearly. This does not disqualify a paper but must be stated when submitting the paper.

Ethical approval – it is assumed that prior ethical approval would have been obtained for interventional studies and a copy of ethical approval should be submitted where relevant.

Abstracts must be duly prepared and emailed to [email protected]

E-mail subject line entered as “ASNAC 2025 Abstract Submission – [Principal author’s name]”

Please note that there is no facility to submit hard copies directly to the ASN office.

Abstracts not conforming to the above instructions will be rejected.

The Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists reserves the right to allocate selected free papers to either oral or poster presentations.

The corresponding author of each successful paper provisionally selected will be informed by email. Please note that NO amendments to the submitted abstract (including the number of authors) would be entertained.

All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the ASNAC Scientific Committee. Results will be emailed to corresponding authors along with further instructions.

Inability to present a paper accepted for presentation should be communicated by email to the ASNAC secretariat [email protected]. Failure to present an accepted paper will be considered an episode of academic and scientific misconduct.

The presenting author of the selected papers must register for ASNAC prior to the paper being  finally accepted for presentation. Other authors who wish to attend ASNAC must register separately. Registrants please contact the ASNAC Congress Secretariat (Email: [email protected]).

The poster presentation guidelines and instructions will be sent to the corresponding authors of chosen abstracts.

Each poster presentation will be allowed 3 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for questions. Multimedia facilities will be made available.

The oral presentation guidelines and instructions will be sent to the corresponding authors of chosen abstracts.

Each oral presentation will be allowed 8 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for discussion. Multimedia facilities will be made available.

Accepted abstracts will be published in the book of abstracts of ASNAC, which will be available for downloading from the ASNAC website.

The Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists reserves the right to make alterations and to edit the title and / or the text to improve the quality.

ASNAC Congress Secretariat

Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists

Email: [email protected]

Abstract submission: OPEN

Deadline: 3 January 2025