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ISAPS Olympiad Word Congress 2025, Singapore: submit your abstract by October 18, 2024
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The registration form for the ISAPS Olympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore will be available soon.
Delegate participation in this event is open to Board-Certified Plastic Surgeons, residents in a recognized plastic surgery training program. If you are not an ISAPS Member, you will be asked to upload proof of your certification or residency. Documents and final approval of registration and participation will be done by the ISAPS National Secretaries of the delegate’s country or by the ISAPS Membership Chair. Any delegates that fail to produce a satisfactory document will be automatically cancelled and refunded according to the cancellation policy (see paragraph on cancellation of registration). A 20% administrative fee will be retained from all refunds except for visa denials.
Participation in this event is open to non-plastic faculty by invitation only and must be arranged beforehand with the ISAPS Scientific Committee.
The registration link will lead you to a page where you can either log-in to an existing X-CD-account or create a new account.
Onsite
Full Registration includes the following:
Virtual (ISAPS virtual attendance is currently an On demand service. This may be updated to 'Live' modality if there is sufficient interest).
The Pre-congress courses on June 18, the Aesthetic Insights: Lunch with an Expert sessions, and social program (Networking Dinner and Informal Social Event) are not included in the full registration and need to be booked in addition.
Registering someone as an Accompanying guest allows them access to the Exhibition Hall where the refreshment breaks take place only.
Accompanying guests can't access the meeting rooms.
For social evening events you can add an additional ticket to your booking – you are allowed to book up to three tickets per function.
(Note: Plastic surgeons and affilliates cannot be registered as APs/guests).
Requests for refunds will be granted for cancellation until April 10, 2025 and must be emailed to registrar@isaps.org. No refunds will be granted for any reason thereafter, except in cases of failure to obtain a visa to enter Singapore (with documentary evidence from Embassy or Consulate) or COVID-19 / other travel restrictions imposed directly by the government of Singapore.
In case of cancellation due to illness/accidents, we will require your medical certificate from a local hospital/doctor, including the delegate’s full name and dates of document creation.
To ensure the refund application can be successful, the document should be from the few days before the trip and no later than 2 days after the trip departure.
Refunds are at ISAPS’ discretion.
A 20% administrative fee will be retained from all refunds except for visa denials.
If you are unable to travel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we will offer you the option to convert your onsite participation to a virtual attendance ticket (and we will refund you the difference in the fee).
ISAPS will not be responsible for any travel-related costs. Please contact your travel provider for their current change fee and cancellation policies. For your travel arrangements, we recommend that you contact your travel agency and hotel as soon as possible to modify your bookings. It is your responsibility to cancel/modify any travel/hotel reservations.
ISAPS recommends all travelers take out their own travel insurance which includes COVID-19 cover.
Please send an email to: registrar@isaps.org.
A receipt is automatically sent to your email address once you have completed your registration. This is also your invoice. Please check your spam folder if you don’t receive this within an hour of registering.
Registration will remain open throughout the event for both onsite and virtual attendance. If you miss the event, you will have the opportunity to register for On Demand access post-event.
No, but if you log into your member profile and pay your 2025 dues, you will then be eligible for the discounted registration fee.
Dues payments for 2025 open on September 18, 2024, and payments made since that date cover the period from date of payment to December 31, 2025. For multi-year memberships, it will be December 31 of the years following. The membership year is from January 1 to December 31, 2025.
No, registration for the ISAPS Olympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore is only included in the membership fee for current ISAPS Active First, Upper or Congress Members (2025).
Yes, registration for the ISAPS Olympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore is included in the membership fee for current ISAPS Active First / Upper / Congress Members (2025).
No, registration for the ISAPS Olympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore is only included in the membership fee for current ISAPS Active First / Upper / Congress Members (2025).
As soon as you have applied and paid your membership fee, you will be able to access the Member fees to register for the Congress as a Pending Member. However, this will only apply if you register before May 31, 2025.
In the event that your Member application is not successful, the application fee is not refundable, but you will still be able to attend the World Congress as a Non-Member.
Join NOW! Do not wait if you would like to register as a new Member of ISAPS to attend the ISAPS Olympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore at a reduced fee! As ISAPS’ membership year is from January 1 to December 31, 2025, you do not save any money by renewing later in 2025. Your membership will still end on December 31, 2025.
In the event of a double booking (where a participant has made two registrations for the event), ISAPS must be notified in writing on or before April 10, 2025, at registrar@isaps.org. The registration fee for the second booking will be refunded, minus a 20% administration charge. Refunds will not be given for double bookings after this date. No refunds will be issued for Congress ‘No-shows‘.
We offer an “Accompanying Person Exhibition Only Ticket” that can be bought by a registered participant. Alternatively, you can purchase a Day ticket which gives you access to both the Scientific Program and the Exhibition.
No, the registration is only valid when the “Complete” button is clicked and full payment has been received. Payment can be made by the following credit cards: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa.
Call for papers: Now open
Abstract submission deadline: October 18, 2024
Abstract registration deadline: November 18, 2024
Special registration deadline: January 18, 2025
Early bird registration deadline: April 10, 2025
Pre-congress date: June 18, 2025
Main congress date: June 19-21, 2025
The ISAPS Olympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore will be held in Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre.
Address: 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018956, Singapore
We will offer some room allotments in hotels in Singapore. More information will follow soon.
Accommodation bookings for ISAPS Olympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore are offered only through direct bookings on our website.
There is NO official housing or travel agency associated with the ISAPS World Congress.
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RECORDING POLICY
Recording (photographic, video and audio) of the sessions and exhibit hall during the ISAPS World Congress is strictly prohibited. Our sessions are available to delegates to view On demand, online after the Congress for a period of one year.
The unauthorized recording or capturing of videos accessible on the ISAPS On demand platform, video library or any other ISAPS platform or communication channel, whether through video, audio, photography, or screenshots, is explicitly forbidden.
Please read more on abstract submission for ISAPS Olympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore and instructions for authors on our page here.
No. The Call for Papers is open for Non-Members too. Please note that if you are not currently a Member of ISAPS, you will need to apply to become a member first in order to benefit from discounted Congress registration fees. Please check above in the Registration section.
Yes. For the ISAPS World Olympiad Congress 2025, Singapore we are only taking abstract submissions from plastic surgeons or residents in a certified plastic surgery program only. Any submission(s) that are from other fields will not be considered for the Scientific Program.
Submit your abstract online by clicking here.
Friday, October 18, 2024 11:59PM EST time.
You can edit your abstract up until the above deadline date by going into your profile and editing your submitted abstract.
Notification of your abstract status will be sent to you at the email address you used for submission in February 2025. If your abstract is, for any reason, not accepted, your registration will be refundable on request, less a $25 processing fee. Refund requests for declined abstracts can be submitted by no later than February 28, 2025.
Publication of accepted abstracts
All submitters accept to have their abstracts published in an official supplement of APS. Abstracts will be published exactly as submitted, except for minor edits that may be made with respect to grammar and spelling. Authors are responsible to ensure necessary patient consents for use of images and to block/remove identifying features wherever possible. The ISAPS Scientific Program Committee reserves the right to request re-submission or to reject abstracts that are unclear in the English language or that raise ethical concerns.
An application will be made to the UEMS EACCME® for CME accreditation for the ISAPS Olympiad World Congress 2025, Singapore.
In order to gain any available points, delegates will need to complete a session evaluation AND the overall event evaluation form, both of which will be available via the app during and after the event.
Yes, there will be an On demand archive available. More information regarding On demand content will follow at a later stage.
No, there will be no translation available. The official language for the Congress is English.