59^th Annual Meeting

Passports and Visas

To enter Spain, international travelers are required to have a valid passport. A visa is required for the citizens of countries that do not have visa-exempt agreements with Spain

Please visit the Spain government travel site, to confirm if you would require a visa in entering Spain.

Please contact your local Spain Consulate to learn more about visa acquisition. Please note, SRS is unable to submit a visa application on the registrant’s behalf. The decision to grant visas is at the sole discretion of the embassy/consulate. The meeting organizers cannot change the decision of the governmental agency should your application be denied.

Advance travel planning and early visa application are important. It is recommended that you apply early for your visa.

Climate

In early September, the average high-temperature in Barcelona is 79°F (26.11°C), and the average low-temperature is 69°F (20.55°C).

Time Zone

Barcelona will be in the Central European Summer Time zone (CEST) during the Annual Meeting, which is (6) hours ahead of US Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and (2) hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time, GMT+2:00.

Electricity

Barcelona operates on a 230V supply voltage and 50Hz. The power plugs and sockets are of type C (2 pins) and type E (2 pins and hole for the socket’s male earthing pin). Type E socket also works with plug C.

In-Person Event Add-Ons

Times are subject to change.

Hibbs Society Meeting - $50

Tuesday, September 10
13:00 - 17:00
Available to in-person meeting delegates for an additional fee of $50

Over the years, the Russell A. Hibbs Society, formed in 1947 as an international travel club for continuing medical education and furthering orthopaedic knowledge, has held an educational meeting at the SRS Annual Meeting. These meetings address difficult and complex issues that do not lend themselves to the usual kind of scientific presentations. The meeting encourages interaction among international participants and highlights new ideas, new concepts, and reports on personal experience.

Opening Ceremonies and Welcome Reception

Wednesday, September 11
Opening Ceremonies - 18:20-19:40
Welcome Reception - 19:40-22:00
Available at no charge to in-person meeting delegates, $50 for registered guests

The Annual Meeting will officially begin with the Opening Ceremonies and this year’s Howard Steel Lecturer. The evening will include an introduction of the SRS officers, the presentation of the Walter P. Blount Humanitarian Awards, and highlights from 2024.

A hosted reception featuring hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, and reunions with colleagues and friends will follow the Opening Ceremonies.

Farewell Reception

Date: Friday, September 13
Location: La Llotja de Mar
Time: 20:30-23:00
Registered attendee: $50
Guests of registered attendees: $150, per guest

Open to all registered attendees and guests of registered attendees. Registration is required and tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets are $50 for registered attendees and guest tickets may be purchased for $150, per guest.

A limited number of tickets may be available onsite, but SRS urges delegates to purchase tickets at the time of registration.

Questions?

For registration questions, please contact the SRS Meetings team at meetings@srs.org.

Reduced Rate Country Registration

Click here to view a list of countries that qualify for reduced rate registration.

Individuals residing in the countries listed at the link above qualify for reduced registration rates. When registering online, delegates should automatically be placed in the correct registration class based on the details collected during sign-in process.

Questions?

For registration questions, please contact the SRS Meetings team at meetings@srs.org.

Wire Transfers

Registrants may pay for their IMAST registration fees by wire transfer. Please note that some financial institutions charge a processing fee, which is deducted from the amount of the transfer. Partial payment may result in an incomplete registration. If you wish to pay with a wire transfer, please email meetings@srs.org for more information.

Invitation Letters

Invitations letters for visa requests will be made available for registered delegates beginning May 7, 2024.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Full refunds, less a 10% processing fee, will be granted for the cancellation meeting registrations until August 12, 2024. No refunds will be granted after August 12, 2024. Cancellation and refund requests should be sent in writing via email to meetings@srs.org or faxed to 414-276-3349. Delegates will receive confirmation and refund within 14 days of receipt of their cancellation notice.

Questions?

For registration questions, please contact the SRS Meetings team at meetings@srs.org.

Abstracts must be submitted online. Complete instructions for submission are available in the submission portal.

Abstract Categories

Abstracts submitted to SRS meetings must fit into one of the following categories to be considered for presentation

Abstract Length

Submission length is limited to 2,500 characters.

Characters in the abstract title, body and table/image caption will be counted (including spaces). Characters in the author and institution listing will not be counted. There is a strict limit of one graph, figure or table to each submitted abstract. No exceptions will be made.

Submission Deadline

All abstracts must be submitted online by Thursday, February 1, 2024. No exceptions will be made.

Abstract Review

All abstracts submitted will be reviewed and graded, in blinded fashion, by the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee. Two-year follow-up is required for papers submitted to the Annual Meeting. Based upon abstract grading, those selected will be assigned to a four-minute oral presentation or three-minute E-Point presentation. Acceptance notification will be sent in May 2024.

Disclosure and Licensing Requirement

The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all educational activities. Therefore, as a person who is in position to influence or control the content of a CME activity, ALL abstract authors must disclose all financial relationships held in the past 24 months with ineligible companies.* If the financial relationship has occurred in the past 24 months, but has since ended, we still require you to disclose the relationship. Visit this link to disclose: https://owpm1.com/abstracts/SRSAM/disclosure
The username is the email associated with your abstract and the password your first name. 

*An ineligible company is an entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or on patients. For specific examples of ineligible companies visit accme.org/standards.

Previous Publication or Presentation

Abstracts which have been published in journals, meeting proceedings, or other publication, as well as those presented at meetings prior to the SRS meeting to which authors wish to submit are NOT eligible for submission. Only abstracts that have NOT been previously published or presented are eligible for submission.

Product-Specific Language

The term “hardware” should not be used in written abstract submissions, oral presentations and E-Point presentations. The terms “instrumentation,” “implants,” “constructs,” or “montage” should be used instead.

SRS strongly prefers that surgical approaches or specific instrumentation such as “Isola, TSRH, CD, XLIF, DLIF, AxiaLIF, Solera, Vertex, Expedium, Mountaineer, Shilla, VEPTR etc.,” are not used in presentations. These terms should be replaced by a generic description of the instrumentation or technique unless the use of the term directly impacts learners’ understanding of the presentation or data. Instrumentation may also be referred to when the device name is a landmark system that is no longer sold (i.e. Harrington, Cotrel-Dubousset, Luque). Company names and logos must never be used in a presentation.

It is recognized that studies evaluating a device or devices or comparing different devices or techniques may require the use of product or technique names. If a device trade name or industry developed technique using a trademarked name are used in an abstract or presentation, it will be specifically reviewed by the CME Committee for evaluation of any potential conflict of interest. When there is a known potential conflict of interest, an expanded verbal disclosure will be necessary at the time of presentation. Furthermore, if a product name is mentioned, the audience should be informed of why it is necessary to give the name.

Attendance

By submitting an abstract to the Annual Meeting, abstract authors are agreeing that at least one (1) author will attend the meeting for which the abstract is accepted and will be available to present on the date and at the time assigned by the organizing committees. Authors will be notified of presentation times at the time of or shortly after notification of acceptance and are expected to make appropriate travel arrangements to ensure that at least one of the abstract’s authors will be in attendance. In addition, presenting authors are expected to register to attend the meetings for which they are accepted by the deadline set forth in their acceptance notification. Abstracts for which an author is not pre-registered by the dates set forth with automatically be withdrawn from the program.

Acceptance

All selected authors will be required to respond to a formal invitation, by June 4, 2024, to confirm participation in the program.

Oral Presentation Cancellation & No-Show Policy

Authors unable to present their paper in person should inform SRS as soon as possible with a co-author that can attend to present the paper.  If no one is able to attend in person, please inform SRS by January, so an alternate paper can be substituted. Please note that in the case of a "no-show" podium presentation, the presenting author associated with the "no-show" paper will be prohibited from presenting any papers at the next two Annual Meetings.  

E-Point Presentation Cancellation Policy

At least one author or co-author on all E-Point presentations is expected to register to attend the meeting, for which they are accepted, by the deadline set forth in their acceptance notification. If this author cancels their registration prior to the meeting, the E-Point presentation may be withdrawn from the program.

Advance Presentation Submission Requirement

All presentations must clear a CME review conducted by the SRS CME Committee. Presenters may be required to submit slides for review before the meeting and may be asked to make small or significant changes if a bias issue is found. Failure to address pertinent CME review issues will result in pulling the presentation from the program and in a one-year ban for abstract presentations and a three-year ban for invited speakers and faculty presentations.