Abstracts submission - Instructions to authors

The official language is English

Deadline: February 2, 2025 - 11:59pm

> A limited number of oral presentations will be included in each session of the program.

> All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific committee.

> Authors will be notified in due course whether their abstract has been accepted (oral presentation or poster) or rejected.

Account management - Personal information

> please create only one account per submitting author

Step 1: topic

> You must choose an abstract category among the following topics:

Calcifications and calcium crystals • Crystal-induced inflammation, immunometabolism and basic science • Genetics (hyperuricemia, gout, other diseases) • Hyperuricemia and gout - clinical • Hyperuricemia and gout - treatment • Miscellaneous and rare diseases.

Step 2: title

> Do not use bold and underlined characters neither linefeeds.

> Use capital letters or italics ONLY when required by nomenclature.

Step 3: authors, affiliations

> A maximum of 10 authors is allowed.

> A maximum of 2 institutions per author is allowed.

> Principal author: name, phone, email, address, city, town state, postal zip code, country are required.

Step 4: abstract text

> The text should preferably be around 3500 characters long including spaces, excluding title and authors

> At a minimum, the abstract must be one full page to be considered.

> The text must clearly define the objectives, status, methodology, findings and significance of the project

> Each abstract may be submitted one time only.

> Uploading text file format must be .doc / .docx.

Poster guidelines

Poster size: 0.84 meter width x 1.20 meter height (A0 size), vertical/portrait format.

Font size: there is no recommendation from us. You are free to decide.

> The text should be no less than 8 mm (22 pt font) and preferably larger.
> The poster should be readable from a distance of 1.5 – 2 meters (4 – 6 feet)
> Use a constant font throughout the poster.
> Use a black and bold type to ensure legibility.

Images: Please ensure highest resolution possible
> QR codes are not permitted on posters.

Mounting material to hang your poster will be provided

Hanging of posters:
> Thursday, March 6 beginning at 08:45
> Friday, March 7 beginning at 08:45

Authors present at poster networking:
> Thursday, March 6, from 12:30 – 13:45
> Friday, March 7, from 12:30 – 13:30

Oral presentation

> After abstract selection

> 6 minutes in total for your presentation (+ 3 min discussion)

> Your presentation should be prepared in Powerpoint® file format.

Presentations can only be broadcast from the congress room Windows PC:
APPLE Macs owners : To ensure maximum compatibility with the broadcasting material and to guarantee the respect of the formatting of your documents, we invite you to save your Powerpoint documents with embeded fonts. How to

For organizational reasons, presenters should send us their files as soon as possible using the contact e-mail. USB sticks are accepted, but they must be functional and compatible with the Windows PC format.