From David Newsham,
BIOS Representative for the International Orthoptic Association and Chair of the Local Organising Committee of the IOA Congress
As you are aware due to COVID-19 we had to make the difficult decision to postpone the IOA Congress scheduled to be held in Liverpool in June 2020, until 2022 (9th – 12th June). However, we have successfully managed to secure the same award-winning venue of the ACC for 2022 and look forward to hosting a memorable congress with the rare opportunity of having this international event on home soil – so please save the date for 2022!
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Some key points to note regarding the Congress:
- All registrations that defer their booking to 2022 will be honoured for IOA 2022 at the 2020 registration fees, regardless of any amends or changes to your IOA Membership status.
- No action is required by anyone currently booked to attend IOA 2020, as you will be automatically transferred to the corresponding dates at IOA 2022.
- If a refund is preferred this can be requested up until 31st December 2020.
- Authors having an accepted abstract will have to re-submit when the next call for abstracts is made. The opening date is still to be determined. This pertains to all abstracts regardless if oral presentation or poster. It is expected and encouraged that any re-submitted abstract will have additional or updated data if possible. If the content remains of interest to international orthoptists, prior publication is allowed and will not be an exclusion criterion for 2022
- All accepted abstracts for the 2020 Congress will automatically be guaranteed a poster if formally re-submitted
- Authors re-submitting an abstract will still have the option to request a preference of ‘poster only’, ‘oral presentation only’, or ‘oral presentation preferred’. The Scientific Committee will review and rank all abstracts identified for consideration and will assigned as appropriate in the new program
- The balance of symposia, oral presentations, rapid-fire, and poster sessions may change in response to emerging circumstances, so we are unable to guarantee the same type of presentation to all authors
- New research topics will be accepted for review and will undergo the same review process as is done for each Congress. Abstracts of high interest and quality will be considered for inclusion in the new program
- Authors are reminded that acceptance of an abstract or acknowledgment of being short-listed for an IOA award for the 2020 Congress could be still reflected your curriculum vitae
A list of FAQs’ can be found here www.ioacongress.org/committees/rearrangedcongress2022/
