The proposals for Symposia can be submitted by both individual members and by National Societies. We encourage proposals on topics that are novel, will be of interest to a wide audience and that bring together experts from different countries (including those outside of Europe). There is no funding available from the FESN for delegates invited to speak at a symposium. Financial support from the National Societies may be available. Proposals should include:

• The title and a description of the symposium
• The name of the organizer and the 4 speakers of the symposium (speakers must represent more than one country)
• The affiliations of the organizer and the speakers
• The 4 abstracts of the speakers composing the symposium

File Upload

During the submission process, Symposium Organisers will be required to upload publication-ready files containing the abstracts of all speakers, based on the Instructions for the writing of the Abstracts. An abstract sample is available at the conference website .

Instructions for the writing of the Abstracts

• The abstract must have a maximum length of 300 words.
• Statements such as “results will be discussed”, “data will be presented” will not be accepted.
• Tables and illustrations may not be inserted.
• The title, the names of the authors, their affiliations, and the references should be inserted into the appropriate fields and not be repeated within the text of the abstract.
• Authors may include a maximum of 2 affiliations.
• Authors should include at least 3 keywords
• Authors may insert a maximum of 3 references using the Vancouver reference style.
• The abstract should be structured into the following sections:

Aims
Method
Results
Discussion
Conclusions

Abstract document specifications

Software: The abstracts should be submitted in “.doc” or “.docx” format.

Font, size, alignment: They should be written in Calibri font 11 pt, single-spaced, and justified paragraph alignment.

Line spacing, paragraphs: There should be no space between paragraphs containing the title, authors and affiliated institutions/hospitals. There should be one single line space between the affiliated institutions/ hospitals and the abstract text.

Title: The title should be written in Calibri font 16 pt, in Sentence-case letters, and be as brief as possible (no more than 25 words).

Authors: All names should be written in the nominative case in Sentence-case letters; the surname should follow the first name and middle name, and the title (Prof, Dr, Ms, etc). The superscript should be inserted at the end with no space. The presenter’s name should be underlined; the superscript should not be underlined. Listed names should be separated by a comma, e.g., Dr Marianna A. Papadopoulou¹, Prof Andreas Bosch²

Affiliations: Each affiliation should include the department/unit, institution, university, or hospital, city/town, and country. For example:

Spine and Scoliosis Unit, “KAT” General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece

When an author has more than one affiliation, the corresponding affiliation numbers should be indicated as superscripts after the author’s name. For example:

Dr Marianna A. Papadopoulou¹, Prof Andreas Bosch²

The affiliations should then be listed as follows:

¹Spine and Scoliosis Unit, “KAT” General Hospital of Attica, Athens, Greece, ² Department of Neurosurgery, 424 Army General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Keywords: Leave one line space, 11pt, between abstract text and keywords. Write only the word “Keywords” in bold. At least 3 keywords should be inserted, separated by commas.