CAOS welcomes the submission of symposia proposals. The goal of these symposia is to provide a forum for focused discussions on new and emerging topics or innovative applications of established approaches. A symposium may revolve around a specific theme or it may expose the work done by societies or international consortia.
Please note that proposals that are of interest for a larger audience and that have not been selected for a symposium, may be merged into the scientific program as a topic of a regular session.
The deadline for submission of the proposals for symposia will soon be updated.
Applicants will be informed about the acceptance or rejection in January 2025.
Symposia speakers and chairs
The duration of each symposium is 90 min. Each symposium should consist of 1 keynote presentation and 4 presentations selected from the submitted abstracts. The allocated presentation time, including Q&A, is 30 min for the keynote speaker and 15 min for contributed papers. These durations may be subjected to slight adaptations to fit the final program.
The symposia are led by a chair and a co-chair, both must be registered participants to avoid no-show onsite.
Upon acceptance of the symposium, the keynote speaker must submit an abstract of the presentation before DATE TO BE CONFIRMED using the abstract submission tool and register to the conference by DATE TO BE CONFIRMED. The keynote speakers of the proposals that have not been selected for a symposium have the opportunity to submit an abstract for the regular scientific program.
Travelling and registration costs of speakers and chairs
More details will be available soon.
Room rental and AV equipment
The AO Orthopeadic Research Summit conference organisers will allocate standard conference rooms for the symposia and will offer the standard AV equipment that is required in these rooms. The use of any other extra materials is at the account of the symposia organisers.