Submission of half page abstracts

Submit a half page abstract describing your study, no later than Tuesday 1 August 2006.

The NSA Editor with help from the Editorial Board, reviews all submitted abstracts. If yours is accepted – as most are – you’ll be invited to present the material as an oral presentation (talk) or a poster presentation.

• At least one of the authors must register to attend the conference.
• We strongly urge you to become a member of Nutrition Society of Australia, before the above deadline.

Apart from other benefits, Society members get a very substantial discount on the conference registration fee.

If you are not already a member, you can obtain a membership application from our website. In line with FANO guidelines, members of DAA and Nutrition Australia can register at the NSA member rate.

Instruction to authors for half page abstracts:

1. The title is to be in bold, size 12 font, centred on the page, no capitals apart from first one and no full stop
2. Type authors’ names in size 11 font, not boldface. Initials only, no full stops
3. Type short address, in italics, size 10 font, using uppercase letters for states and no full stops
4. Type on an A4 page
5. Margins of 3.1 cm top and 2.25 cm left and right justified on both sides should be used.
6. Type in Times 10 font with single spacing for text and Times 10 font for tables and super- or subscripts.
7.  Print document on a laser or high quality ink-jet printer.
8.  Leave no lines between paragraphs (with no indent). Use italics for taxonomic names. Full stops should be omitted in strings of initials (eg CSIRO, USA). Use the concise Oxford Dictionary for spelling. Numbers are used for all units and quantities (eg 8 mm, 3 yr, 26 ha, 6 kg). Use mL and L. Note the space between the numeral and its unit of measurement (but note 5%). Use ie and eg without full stops. In the text, numbers from one to nine are spelled out and figures used for 10 and over (eg six sheep, 27 cows), except where the number begins a sentence – ‘Twelve children treated...’. Use uppercase P<0.01, not p<0.01. Use the 24 h clock, eg 1500 h, 0930 h.
9. The abstract needs be structured and include the following titles: Background, Objectives, Design, Outcomes & Conclusion.
10. References in text, tables, and legends are to be numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear eg (1) (2). Use 10 font and type the full reference in at the end of using the Vancouver style as shown below.
11. Table should not be numbered or titled. Use times 10 font and three horizontal hairlines to delineate the headings and the end of the table, as shown. Only the first letter of each cell should be in capitals. Put a space either side of ‘±’. If there is only one figure, do not number and show the legend to the right. If two figures are shown, label and type the legend below each.

Failure to comply with these instructions will result in delays and possible rejection of your abstract.

In addition to submitting a hard copy, all abstracts must be sent electronically to the NSA Secretariat, as email attachments.

1. Please submit your half page abstract as an MS Word 2000 (or earlier) document. If you use a later version,  please submit as an RTF (rich text format) file.
2. Please name the email attachments as follows: First authors surname+initials+.doc eg burdonj.doc
3.  If you are the first author on more than one abstract, please number the email file as follows: eg burdonj1.doc, burdonj2.doc, etc. etc.
4. E-mail your abstract to nsa@fcconventions.com.au
5. Complete the authors declaration form which can be downloaded from the NSA website and post or fax to the NSA Conference Secretariat:
6. 4 copies of the abstract must be posted with the declaration form to the NSA Conference Secretariat

Documents for Download

These documents are available in an online format:

• Declaration Form for Authors
• Instructions for Authors - half page abstracts
• Call for Half Page Abstracts Brochure

Special deals for student members
Students who are financial members of the Society are eligible for

• The NSA student prizes awarded for the best student poster and the best student oral presentation by students who are NSA members presenting their first poster or oral to the Society. Award recipients will receive a monetary prize and a certificate.
• Student travel grants, to help cover the cost of travelling to the conference, are available to student members who have submitted an abstract. 

Tell us about your nutrition research

The conference is a major opportunity for nutrition researchers – including students - to share their findings, and get feedback on them. You can do this by presenting a talk or poster, and by having an abstract of that presentation appear in our Proceedings.

National Program Committee:

• Professor Andy Sinclair (Chair)
• Professor Wayne Bryden
• Professor Jennie Brand-Miller
• Dr Leigh Ward
• A/Professor Samir Samman
• Dr Jayashree Arcot
• A/Professor Neil Mann

Local Organising Committee:

• Dr Jayashree Arcot (Chair)
• Dr Bing Wang Prof Stuart Truswell
• Hon A/Prof Heather Greenfield
• Prof David Fraser
• Dr Kim Bell-Anderson
• A/Prof Samir Samman
• Dr Vicki Flood
• Ms Barbara Eden
• Ms Sarah Garnett

Conference Manager:

• Ms Lara Birchby, Festival City Conventions

Expression of Interest

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29th NSA ASM Secretariat
Festival City Conventions Pty Ltd
PO Box 949, KENT TOWN SA 5071
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