BACKGROUND

ESPID has noted that an increasing proportion of accepted E-Poster abstracts were not presented at its Annual Meetings. A smaller proportion of ‘No-Show’ abstracts are attributed to Oral presentations, nonetheless, those oral presenters who do not attend the Meeting with no prior warning of their absence, cause considerable disruption to the programme objective.

ESPID VIRTUAL

In order to avoid gaps in the scientific programme and disruption to the programme objective, caused by presenters who didn’t present at ESPID 2020 Virtual Meeting, the following ‘No-Show’ policy is to be implemented to regulate the virtual presentation process.

​Each accepted paper included in the final program is expected to be presented at the virtual meeting in October, by uploading a presentation and being present at the corresponding to the Virtual Session. Presenters are expected to take part in the Q&A panel where attendees may bring questions to their attention.

Session chairs will monitor the activity of these Q&A discussions and will be asked to report back on situations of inactivity, which will potentially imply the declaration of a no-show.

PRE-MEETING STEPS​​

To avoid ‘No-Show’ E-Posters or Oral ​presentations onsite, notifications will be sent to the corresponding presenters.

1. The first contact will indicate that the abstract has been accepted as E-Poster or Oral presentation and will indicate the deadline to confirm and to register to the Meeting.
2. An instructions letter according to the Virtual session
3. A 1st reminder will be sent to the corresponding author following the first notification if he/she has not yet registered.
4. ​A 2nd reminder will indicate that the E-Poster ​or Oral presentation will be removed from the programme and all associated printed/electronic materials if the presenting author’s registration is not completed by the given date.

Should the corresponding author ​be unable to attend the  Virtual Meeting, a registered co-author may present the E-Poster ​or Oral ​presentation instead.

Changes should be requested not later than 15th July.

NOTIFICATION TO COMPANIES

​Kenes will advise companies about the ‘No-Show’ policy and companies will be asked to provide a registration list 2 months prior to the Meeting.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS​

Oral presentations must be pre-recorded for sharing at the Meeting. Presentations will not be displayed during the Meeting, if the author has not registered by the provided registration date.

E-POSTERS

E-posters will not be displayed during the Meeting, if the author has not registered by the provided registration date.

POST-MEETING​​​

The ESPID Meeting Secretariat will identify ‘No-Show’ abstracts and send notification emails after the Meeting to all corresponding authors of ‘No-show’ abstracts.

The ESPID Meeting Secretariat ​will manage a list containing details of said participants as of the ESPID Virtual Meeting in 2020 and share this information reg​u​larly with the ESPID Board.

Should an author of a previous ‘No-Show’ E-Poster or Oral contribution submit an abstract to the following ESPID Meeting, a warning will be sent, acknowledging that he/she was a ‘No-Show’ at the previous Meeting. Should the situation repeat itself, the corresponding author will be excluded from abstract submission for the next ESPID Meeting and will also be excluded from any ESPID award in the following 2 years.

​Note: Participants may have a legitimate reason for their absence. In such instances, excuses will be arbitrated on a case-by-case basis and the ESPID​ Board shall instruct the ESPID Meeting Secretariat whether to approve or decline the request. ​