KOACON 2025 Abstract Submission

1.   Guidelines for Best Paper award for Trainees: “Prof. M. Shantharam Shetty Best Paper Award“

a.      Interested delegates should submit only the Abstract of the free paper. (Only in word format, No PPT/ PDF)

b.      Submit a structured abstract consisting of NOT more than 300 words, the authors and institution names should not be revealed in the abstract.

c.      Trainees are Ortho residents (MS and DNB) Postgraduate trainees will obtain a certificate from their faculty co-author, unit chief, or HOD of their department permitting them to present the scientific material.

d.      Original scientific work will be selected where in the majority of the work should be done by the presenting author and with adequate follow-up of at least two years.

e.      Each presenter will be allotted 6 min as effective presentation time, plus 2 min for a Q/A session. All presenters must adhere to this time limit. Total of 7 papers will be presented in one hour session.

f.       Case reports should not be included for this category.

g.      The Host organizing committee will have to constitute a scientific committee to screen the suitable papers. The KOA designated scientific committee member can oversee the selection process.

h.      The scientific work should not have been published yet.

i.       The results of the award will be declared immediately after the session so that winners can be present during the valedictory function.

j.       Decision of the judges will be binding to all presenters. In case of any disputes, the executive committee of KOA will decide the final outcome.

k.      All presenters must be registered for KOACON 2025.

l.       Presentations must be prepared to convey key principles, facts, and results in a clear and concise manner. Avoid lengthy tabulations of numerical data and limit equations to those for which the terms can be properly defined.

m.    PPT/PPTX formats are recommended. Kindly ensure that all fonts comply with the basic installation of MS-Windows / The presentation can be on powerpoint using ms office 2010, windows 7 or flash or as a keynote or powerpoint 2011 on lion 10.7 on mac (Selected papers are requested to load their presentation at the preview during conference)

 

2. Guidelines for Best Paper award for Consultants.

a.      Interested delegates should submit only the Abstract of the free paper. (Only in word format, No PPT/ PDF)

b.      Submit a structured abstract consisting of NOT more than 300 words, the authors and institution names should not be revealed in the abstract.

c.      Consultants including practicing orthopedic surgeons or faculty (Senior residents /registrars and above) and should be KOA members.

d.      Original scientific work will be selected where in majority of the work should be done by the presenting author and with adequate follow up of at least two years.

e.      The paper presentation will be of 6 minutes duration with 2 minutes discussion. Seven papers will be presented in one-hour session.

f.       Case reports should not be accepted for this category.

g.      The scientific work should not have been published yet.

h.      The results of the award will be declared immediately after the session so that winners can be present during the valedictory function.

i.       Decision of the judges will be binding to all presenters. In case of any disputes, the executive committee of KOA will decide the final outcome.

j.       All presenters must be registered for KOACON.

k.      The work should be preferably done in India, and a major contribution should be of the presenter. The certificate to this effect should be given by the presenter.

l.       PPT/PPTX formats are recommended. Kindly ensure that all fonts comply with the basic installation of MS-Windows / The presentation can be on powerpoint using ms office 2010, windows 7 or flash or as a keynote or powerpoint 2011 on lion 10.7 on mac (Selected papers are requested to load their presentation at the preview during conference)

3. Guidelines for Best Case Report Award: “Dr. P.K. Usman Best Case Report Award”

a.      Interested delegates should submit only the Abstract of the case report. (Only in word format, No PPT/ PDF)

b.      Submit a structured abstract consisting of NOT more than 300 words, the authors and institution names should not be revealed in the abstract.

c.      The award is open for trainees, consultants and faculty. Postgraduate trainees who are not members of KOA should obtain a certificate from their faculty co author or HOD of their department.

d.      No age limit.

e.      Unique case reports of clinical relevance to Orthopaedics only are to be included for this award.

f.       The case report should have a minimum of one-year follow up if applicable to be considered for the award.

g.      The results of the award should be declared immediately after the session so that winners can be present during the valedictory function.

h.      Decision of the judges will be binding to all presenters. In case of any disputes, the executive committee of KOA will decide the outcome.

i.       All presenters must be registered for KOACON.

Guidelines for Best Poster Award: “Dr. Vilas Babu Best Poster Award”

1.      Interested delegates should submit only the Abstract of the ePoster. (Only in word format, No PPT/ PDF)

2.      Submit a structured abstract consisting of NOT more than 300 words, consisting of Introduction, Objectives, Materials & methods, Observation and Conclusion, the authors and institution names should not be revealed in the abstract. Download the abstract Format

3.      The award is open for both trainees, consultants and faculty. Postgraduate trainees who are not members should obtain a certificate from their faculty co author or HOD of their department.

4.      No age limit.

5.      Both full length original scientific work and case reports/ case series can be included.

6.      Judges should be senior eminent faculty of academic repute to avoid bias.

7.      Physical poster should be according to international standard dimensions.

8.      E posters should have a maximum of 6 PowerPoint slides comprising an introduction, aims and objectives, material and methodology, results, discussion, and conclusions. (Selected posters will be intimated to submit through a link)

9.      The results of the award should be declared immediately after the session so that winners can be present during the valedictory function.

10.   Decision of the judges will be binding to all presenters. In case of any disputes, the executive committee of KOA will decide the outcome.

11.   File format should be Power point (PPT), Total size of presentation should not exceed 20 MB, Font size should be between 26 and 36.

12.   All slides should be in landscape format, no animations, movies or sounds to be added.

13.   The poster should be self-explanatory.

14.   All presenters must be registered for KOACON.

15.   Selected E-Posters will be allowed for display in the conference venue.