Abstract Key Dates
| Date |
Abstract Key Events |
| May 1, 2025 |
Abstract Submission Opens |
| July 7, 2025 at 11:59pm Japan Standard Time |
Abstract Submission Closes |
| September 4, 2025* |
Abstract Acceptance Notification |
| October 3, 2025 |
Abstract Acceptance Deadline |
*Abstracts with authors missing a completed Relevant Financial Disclosure will NOT be reviewed.
Abstracts submitted for the Asia Pacific Meeting must fit into the following categories to be considered for participation:
Submission Categories
| Abstract Categories |
| Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis |
Kyphosis (SK, Congenital and Pathological Conditions, not including Schwab – SRS type N) |
| Adult Spinal Deformity |
Miscellaneous Conditions (Spondy, Trauma, Tumor, etc.) |
| Basic/Translational Science |
Neuromuscular/Syndromic Deformity |
| Cervical Deformity |
Non-Operative Treatment Methods |
| Early Onset Scoliosis |
Quality/Safety/Value/Complications |
Submission Portal & Deadline
Abstracts must submitted online. Complete instructions for submission can be found in the submission portal. The deadline to submit an abstract is Monday, July 7, 2025 at 11:59pm Japan Standard Time. No Exceptions will be made.
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.
Previous Presentation
- Abstracts that have been presented at an SRS Annual Meeting or IMAST may not be considered for submission to this meeting.
- Any paper accepted and presented at this meeting can be submitted for SRS Annual Meeting after a two-year follow-up.
- These papers will be reviewed as an original paper. They will not be considered follow-ups.
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.
*An ineligible company is an entry whose primaray business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health case goods or services consumed by or on patients. For specific examples of ineligible companies, visit accme.org/standards.
Abstract Review
All abstracts submitted will be reviewed and graded, in blinded fashion, by the SRS Asia Pacific Meeting Reviewers. To maintain an unbiased review of all abstracts, please do NOT include any identifying information such as researcher, institution, or study group names in your abstract. Inclusion of any identifying information will disqualify your abstract from review.
One-year follow-up is required for papers submitted to SRS Asia Pacific Meeting. Based upon abstract grading, those selected will be assigned to a four-minute oral presentation. Acceptance notification will be sent in September 2025.
Asia & Oceania Authorship
This inaugural meeting will be for the region, by the region. Therefore, a submitted abstract must have a senior author or presenting author and a majority of the authors representing the AP/Oceania region.
Attendance
By submitting an abstract to the Asia Pacific Meeting, abstract authors agree 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 ser forth may be withdrawn from the program.
Presentations must be given in English.
The Presenting author must be from the regions of Asia or Oceania
Acceptance
All selected authors will be required to respond to a formal invitation by October 3, 2025, to confirm participation in the program.
Oral Presentation Cancellation & No-Show Policy
Authors unable to present their paper in persion 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 October 24, 2025, 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 meetings.