Regulations
General Points
- International Cardiovascular Research Meeting (ICVRM) is organized by Nicolaus Copernicus University Collegium Medicum:
- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine;
- Department of Health Promotion;
- International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, Bydgoszcz, Poland;
- Student Scientific Society.
- President of Scientific Board: Jacek Kubica
- The meeting (International Cardiovascular Research Meeting) will be held on October 8th-10th 2020 and conducted entirely ONLINE.
- The ICVRM is a scientific conference with a special part for young researchers - the Coprenicus Award Competition (competition for researchers under 30 years of age).
- Registration for the conference is free of charge.
- The official language of the meeting is English.
The Copernicus Award Competition
- The Copernicus Award is a competition for researchers under 30 years of age (students and young investigators).
- The subject of the presented research should be related to the cardiovascular theme.
- Only original reports are accepted.
- Only on-line registration is accepted.
- Registration for active participants is open until September 15th 2020. Submission of an e-poster (pdf) along with an abstract are required. Note: posters and abstracts arriving after this date will not be accepted.
- E-posters in pdf must be submitted before September 15th 2020. Please prepare it as follows: pdf, black and white (color is accepted only in graphs and charts), font size ≥14, final size: A2, vertical layout.
- Abstracts must be submitted along with an e-poster before September 25th 2020. All abstracts will be published in the Medical Research Journal.
- The acceptance decision (based on e-posters’ and abstracts’ evaluation) will be sent by e-mail until October 2nd 2020.
- Jury will choose 8 BEST RESEARCH (based on e-posters’ and abstracts’ evaluation) and authors will present their work during the Young Investigators’ Session held online on Thursday (8th October 2020) (as a presentation MS PowerPoint).
- Among 8 reports presented during Young Investigetors’ Session the Jury may distinguish the best presentations.
- FIRST prize: 3000 PLN, SECOND prize: 2000 PLN, THIRD prize: 1000 PLN
- *The Jury may decide to grant or not each of awards.
- The Jury's decision is final and cannot be reversed.
- The official language of the Conference is English.
- Submission of papers for the Conference is equal with accepting the abovementioned Rules and giving consent to processing personal data for organizational purposes by the organizing committee.
- The Rules’ interpretation, arbitration of all issues of the dispute and other matters not mentioned in the Rules are prerogative of the organizing committee.
ABSTRACTS
- Abstracts must be submitted before September 25th 2020.
Note: Abstracts arriving after this date will not be accepted. - Abstracts must be in English.
- An abstract should not exceed 3000 symbols (about 350 words).
- Title: In BOLD, with no more than 200 characters, spaces included.
- An abstract should be organized as follows: BACKGROUND; METHODS; RESULTS; CONCLUSION.
- Maximum 5 references.
POSTERS
- Posters must be submitted ONLINE before September 25th 2020.
- All posters will be printed and displayed by the Organizing Committee.
- Posters should be prepared as followed: pdf, black and white (color is accepted only in graphs and charts), font size ≥14, final size: A2, vertical layout.
- Title: In BOLD, with no more than 200 characters, spaces included.
- Posters should have the structure of an original article, i.e. introduction, methods, results, discussion and conclusions.
- Graphs and tables are welcome, color is accepted.
- Maximum 5 references.
PRESENTATIONS (8 BEST POSTERS)
- Presentations should be prepared in MS PowerPoint.
- Oral reports should not exceed 5 minutes and discussions cannot take longer than 5 minutes.
- The session chairman or Organizing Committee has the right to interrupt any report or discussion after a lapse of time given.