Call for Abstracts

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The Scientific Committee of Food and Function 2009seeks original papers that demonstrate the effect of nutraceuticals and functinal foods on health and well-being of humans.

The conference will be organised in a series of thematically ordered sessions. Contributions to the conference will be strictly evaluated by the members of the Scientific Committee in order to ensure a high level of scientific and/or practical quality and relevance. All contributions accepted will be assigned to a specific session. All contributions accepted and presented at the conference will be included with the official Conference Proceedings.

The themes of the conference focus on the current advances in the research of nutraceuticals and functional foods, their present and future role in maintaining health and preventing diseases with particular emphasis on evidence-based benefits.

Both subtle and blatant advertisement of any products or services is in direct conflict with the spirit of the conference. Examples of the former include repeated references to products or trade names and excessive use of corporate logos and trademarks in graphic illustrations. Photographs of commercial products, equipments are not permitted unless they add educational value. The Scientific Committee desire that all authors and presenters understand unambiguously that commercialism is inappropriate and will not be tolerated; authors are asked to abide by these constraints when preparing their abstracts, papers, and presentations.

The language of the conference is English.

Papers published in the Proceedings are eligible for publication in a peer reviewed scientific journal, to be defined later. Submission of an abstract represents a commitment to submit a cleared manuscript by the publication‘s deadline for the Conference Proceedings. It also represents a commitment to either attend the conference or send a knowledgeable substitute who is qualified to present the material and answer questions regarding the reported work.

All authors and speakers are required to register and transfer the registration fee.

All abstracts must be submitted online not later than 31st March 2009. Please note that abstracts sent by fax or regular mail will not be accepted. Authors must fill in and submit registration form first for valid submission of abstracts or papers.

The abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee of Food and Function 2009. The presenting author will be notified about the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of the paper latest by 30th April 2009.

Accepted abstracts will only be printed in the proceedings, if the registration fee is received until 15th May 2009.

Important Information

• Abstracts must be author's own work
• Abstracts should consist of a maximum of 350 words TEXT ONLY (tables, graphs and graphics should not be included at all)
• Research Abstracts should be structured:
      - Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion
• List name of presenting author FIRST
• Include all co-author's names and organisations
• Abstracts should contain sufficient data to represent the proposed presentation, to enable fair assessment
• Length of key-note lecture is 30 min. + 10 min. discussion.
• Length of oral presentation is 15 minutes.

Please note

• Abstract submissions for Posters and Lectures close on 31st March 2009.
• The invitation to submit an abstract does not constitute an offer to pay travel, accommodation or registration costs associated with the Conference. All speakers and poster contributors must register for the Conference.
• The Scientific Committee reserves the right to allocate abstracts into sessions as they see fit in accordance with the overall programme objectives.
• Abstracts that do not include sufficient data may be rejected.
• Authors of submissions will be notified via email by latest 30th April 2009.
• The presenting author must pay registration fee latest 30 days after admission of abstract.
• Further information on presentation requirements and preparation of posters will be provided in additional correspondence.