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.
Applications are invited for the Deshamanya Vidya Jyothi Dr JB Peiris Oration 2025 to be held on 02nd March 2024 during the inauguration ceremony of the 18th Annual Academic Sessions of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists.
The subject of deliberation of the proposed oration must be directly related to the field of neurology.
The oration must be based on the original research of the applicant. Manuscripts based on peer-reviewed publications shall be given preference.
Document settings
Format – Microsoft Word (.docx format)
Language – English (UK)
Margins – 2.54 cm (top, bottom, left, right)
Font – Times New Roman Regular (size 12, black)
Line spacing – 2.0
Text – Justified
Indentations – None
Word limit – 4000 (excludes tables/bibliography)
Bibliography – Vancouver style
It is suggested that the manuscript includes the following sections:
Three supporting documents (mentioned below) must accompany the manuscript. These documents must be typed in Microsoft Word (.docx format).
• Covering letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Declarations
The manuscript and ancillary documents must be compressed (zipped) into a zip-folder and emailed to [email protected]
Please indicate ‘JB Peiris Oration 2025’ in the email subject field.
All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by the ASNAC Scientific Committee. Results will be emailed to authors along with further instructions.
Inability to present an oration accepted for presentation should be communicated by email to the ASNAC secretariat [email protected]. Failure to present an accepted oration will be considered an episode of academic and scientific misconduct.
The accepted oration 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.
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:
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 2024 will be held through 1-4 March at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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