1. The organizers of IDDST-China 2019 welcome all abstracts within the scope of the meeting. Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by experts and scheduled for either oral or poster presentation during the congress. Irrelevant or poor-quality abstracts may be rejected.

2. Abstracts may only be submitted online through the congress website. It is advisable to prepare the complete text of your abstract as well as any figures/tables before accessing online abstract submission.

3. Abstracts need to be written in clear English, taking into account the specifications below:

1. Maximum word count of abstract title: 20 words.
2. Maximum word count of abstract text: 350 words (adjust in case of tables/figures).
3. Abstract topics should be selected during the online submission process from the list of predefined topics in order to facilitate abstract review and scheduling.
4. A minimum of three specific keywords should be added during online submission for indexing of the abstract. The organizing committee of IDDST-China 2019 reserves the right to delete, edit or add keywords in order to achieve uniformity throughout abstract publications.

4. Abstracts will be published exactly as submitted. No editing of abstract texts will be done. However, failure to comply with the above guidelines may be corrected (e.g. keywords) by the meeting organizers.

5. After submission abstracts can no longer be changed by the authors. Should minor changes be necessary after submission, the author should notify us at jessica@iddst-china.com describing exactly the nature of the change to be made. If major changes are required the author should submit a revised abstract as an entirely new abstract and send a request to jessica@iddst-china.com to delete the original abstract. The addition of a co-author constitutes a major change.

6. After completion of the abstract review, the submitting author will receive scheduling information via email. Abstracts cannot be withdrawn after receipt of the scheduling information by the submitting author. The presenting author must be registered as a participant of IDDST-China 2019 for final scheduling and publication of the abstract.

7. Accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings. The authors of the submitted abstracts are responsible for any Intellectual Property issues concerning the abstracts on their own. The organizing committee of IDDST-China 2019 reserves the right to use submitted abstracts for conference purposes.