Oral and Poster Abstract Submission Guidelines

Please review the guidelines below carefully before

submitting your abstract.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Abstracts shall be submitted electronically through the Congress website.
The abstract must be written in English.
The word count for abstracts for is limited to 2,500 characters.
One table and/or one image may be included in the abstract and will count as one word each in your word count.
Tables/images must be placed at the end of your abstract.
Abstracts which have been previously presented at national or international meetings can be submitted to E-AHPBA.
Abstracts which have been previously presented at E-AHPBA should not be re-submitted.
In relation to clinical work, it is encouraged that all work should have been reviewed and approved by institutional or regional ethics boards and that all co-authors must be familiar with the final submitted abstract.
In relation to basic science work, it is obligatory to provide a statement in the text of the abstract confirming ethics committee review of the work.
Case reports are not specifically excluded; however, the rejection rate of case reports is high. A case report should only be submitted if it represents a genuine advance in knowledge.
When you submit an abstract online, your abstract will automatically be formatted according to the E-AHPBA 2027 Congress submission requirements.

ABSTRACT STRUCTURE

Abstracts should be structured in the following four sections (case study abstracts do not need to follow this structure):

INTRODUCTION

Indicated the purpose of the study.

METHODS

Describes pertinent experimental procedures.

RESULTS

Summarises the results of the research.

RESULTS

States the main conclusions.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Presenters are permitted to submit a maximum of two abstracts for Oral Presentations.
There is no limit to the number of Poster Presentations an author may submit.
Authors should select one topic only for each abstract submitted. If an abstract relates to more than one topic, please select the most appropriate: Liver, Pancreas, Biliary, Transplant or HPB 360.
It is the submitting author’s responsibility to submit a correct abstract. Any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact will be published as typed by the author, if accepted. Poor English may be a cause for rejection.
If the submission process is not completed, the abstract will remain in draft until the author returns to complete the submission. Abstracts must be fully submitted by 7 January 2027 (23:59hrs CET) to be considered.
Changes to abstracts may be made until 7 January 2027 through the submitting author’s personal 'My Submissions' page.
The submitting author will receive all correspondence concerning the abstract and is responsible for informing the other authors of its status.
An acknowledgement of submission will be sent to the email address provided. If confirmation is not received within 24 hours, please contact the Abstract Department at eahpba.abstracts@abstractserver.com.
Notification of acceptance/rejection will be emailed to the submitting author from 16 March 2027 onwards.
Specifications for Oral and Poster Presentations will be made available on the website and forwarded with the abstract acceptance.
Upon acceptance, presenting authors are expected to register and present their abstract in person at the Congress.
Accepted abstracts will be published in the online Congress supplement of E-AHPBA’s official partner journal, HPB, subject to the presenting author meeting the required registration and payment deadline of 22 April 2027.
Presenting authors not registered and paid by 22 April 2027 may have their abstracts removed from the Book of Abstracts.
For Oral Presentations, E-AHPBA encourages manuscript submission to HPB, although this is not mandatory and publication is not guaranteed.

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For further information:

Please contact eahpba.scientific@eahpba.org

European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA) Biennial Congress 2027