You are invited to submit informative abstracts of up to 500 words which would not include the title of the abstract, author affiliations and other headings like Aims, Methods, Results, Conclusions & conflict of interest statement. The abstract may include a maximum of two tables and two graphs [which will not be included in 500 words limit]

Last date for submission of abstracts is 31/07/2022.

Abstracts must be submitted according to guidelines given below:

The abstract must be typed in Font Times New Roman, Font Size 12, Double spaced. The abstract should be submitted as .docx or .pdf not exceeding 5 MB in size.

1. Abstract Title

Please write the title in Title Case (each main word has a capital letter). Do not use quotation marks.

2. Authors and Affiliations

The full names (no initials) of all authors must be included on the abstract. Please do not include degrees or professional titles.

Author Affiliations – please include the name of your organization, the city, the state, and the country.

3. Abstract Text

The abstract should follow the format outlined below:

• Introduction
• Aims
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusions

4. Conflict of Interest Statement

If the research described in the abstract was supported by a commercial company, you must indicate the company’s role in analysing the data or preparing the abstract.

One of the following must appear at the bottom of the abstract:

• “No conflict of interest to disclose”.
• “This research was supported by __________. The company had no role in analysing the data or preparing the abstract.”
• “This research was supported by __________. The company inserts free text describing company role in data analysis or abstract preparation.”

This conflict-of-interest statement is mandatory for all abstracts submitted and will appear wherever the abstracts are published.

The abstracts must be submitted in one of the following sections:

• Administrative Issues
• Apheresis
• Blood Components
• Blood Donation
• Hemostasis
• Hemotherapy
• Hemovigilance
• Immunohematology
• Patient Blood Management
• Quality Assurance in Transfusion Medicine
• Therapeutic Apheresis
• Transfusion Transmitted Infections
• Transplantation and Transplant Immunology
• Miscellaneous

Withdrawal of presentation should be intimated to the scientific committee on or before 30/09/2022. If an author as the presenting author is not able to present the paper for the conference due to any reason, prior permission has to be obtained from the Program Committee regarding the change in the presenting author.

If the is not submitted in the prescribed format, it will not be considered for review.

Preference for oral/ poster/ e-poster presentation may be indicated at the time of submission of abstract though the final decision of the scientific committee will be binding.

More than 1 abstract can be submitted by any individual/ author.