{"id":2001,"date":"2026-06-04T05:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mangalorejointconclave.org\/?page_id=2001"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:10:55","slug":"abstract-submission-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mangalorejointconclave.org\/?page_id=2001","title":{"rendered":"Abstract Submission Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2001\" class=\"elementor elementor-2001\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84dca51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84dca51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae85151 elementor-widget elementor-widget-mjc_abstract_guidelines\" data-id=\"ae85151\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"mjc_abstract_guidelines.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines\" aria-labelledby=\"mjc-ag-title\">\n\t\t<header class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__hero\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__hero-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__eyebrow\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"mjc-ag-title\">Abstract Submission Guidelines<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__hero-lead\"><h4><strong>Dr Sudakar Shetty Memorial Best Paper Presentation Award\u00a0<\/strong><strong> INR 1, 00, 000 ( Rupees One Lakh)<\/strong><\/h4><p>Only Registered Delegate can submit abstract. <a href=\"\/?page_id=1600\">Register Now<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__hero-actions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button secondary mjc-abstract-guidelines__btn\" href=\"\/?page_id=1909&#038;mjc_login_intent=abstract\">Submit Abstract Online<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<section class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlights\" aria-label=\"Highlights\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlights-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlight mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlight--info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlight-badge\">Podium &amp; E-Poster<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlight-title\">30 Podium + 50 E-Poster Presentations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlight-text\"><p>Accepted abstracts are assigned to podium or e-poster sessions based on scientific merit.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlight mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlight--award\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlight-badge\">Best Paper Award<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__highlight-title\">Dr. M. Sudhakar Shetty Award Session<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__layout\">\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc\" aria-label=\"On this page\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-title\">On this page<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#eligibility\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Eligibility<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#scope\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Scope of Topics<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#format\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">3.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Abstract Format<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#authors\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">4.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Author Details<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#word-limit\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">5.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Word Limit<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#submission\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">6.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Submission Guidelines<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#categories\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">7.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Presentation Categories<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#evaluation\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">8.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Evaluation Criteria<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#dates\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">9.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Important Dates<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#process\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">10.<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__toc-label\">Submission Process<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"eligibility\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Eligibility<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Submissions are invited from:<\/p><ul><li>Orthopaedic Surgeons<\/li><li>Postgraduate Students &amp; Residents<\/li><li>Arthroplasty Fellows<\/li><li>Researchers in Musculoskeletal Sciences<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__callout mjc-abstract-guidelines__callout--important\"><strong>Important<\/strong><ul><li>Conference registration is mandatory for abstract submission.<\/li><li>Each presenting author may submit only one scientific paper.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"scope\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Scope of Topics<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Abstracts must be related to Knee Arthroplasty, including but not limited to:<\/p><ul class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__topics\"><li>Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)<\/li><li>Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty<\/li><li>Robotics, Navigation &amp; Artificial Intelligence<\/li><li>Alignment Philosophies<\/li><li>Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty<\/li><li>Complex and Infected Knee Arthroplasty<\/li><li>Implant Innovations &amp; Biomechanics<\/li><li>Clinical Outcomes, Rehabilitation &amp; ERAS Protocols<\/li><li>3D Printing and Emerging Technologies<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"format\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">3<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Abstract Format<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>All abstracts must be submitted in the following structured format:<\/p><ol class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__format-list\"><li>Title<\/li><li>Authors &amp; Institutional Affiliation<\/li><li>Background \/ Introduction<\/li><li>Aim &amp; Objectives<\/li><li>Materials &amp; Methods<\/li><li>Results<\/li><li>Conclusion<\/li><li>Keywords (3\u20135 keywords)<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"authors\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">4<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Author Details<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Authors\u2019 first and last names must be written in full.<\/li><li>Initials should not be used.<\/li><li>The presenting author must be clearly identified.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"word-limit\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">5<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Word Limit<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__word-limit\">Maximum: 300 words<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Title, author details, and keywords are excluded from the word count.<\/li><li>Tables, graphs, photographs, and figures should not be included.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"submission\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">6<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Submission Guidelines<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Only original and unpublished work will be accepted.<\/li><li>Ethical Committee approval must be mentioned wherever applicable.<\/li><li>Any previous presentation or publication of the work must be disclosed.<\/li><li>Registration details must be included at the top of the submission email.<\/li><li>The Scientific Committee reserves the right to accept, reject, or reclassify any submission.<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__callout mjc-abstract-guidelines__callout--warn\"><strong>Case reports<\/strong><br \/>Case reports may be submitted; however, they will be considered only for E-Poster Presentation. They are not eligible for the Dr. M. Sudhakar Shetty Best Paper Award Session or Free Paper Podium Presentation.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"categories\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">7<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Scientific Presentation Categories<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__categories\"><div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__category-card mjc-abstract-guidelines__category-card--award\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__stat\">Top 7 papers<\/span><h3>Dr. M. Sudhakar Shetty Best Paper Award Session<\/h3><p>7 minutes presentation + 2 minutes discussion<\/p><ul><li>Selected authors must submit the full paper before the conference (date to be notified separately).<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__category-card mjc-abstract-guidelines__category-card--podium\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__stat\">30 papers<\/span><h3>Free Paper Podium Presentation<\/h3><p>6 minutes presentation + 2 minutes discussion<\/p><\/div><div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__category-card mjc-abstract-guidelines__category-card--poster\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__stat\">50 abstracts<\/span><h3>E-Poster Presentation<\/h3><p>Posters must be submitted as a single-slide PDF or JPEG. Detailed specifications will be communicated separately.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"evaluation\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">8<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Evaluation Criteria<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Abstracts will be evaluated based on:<\/p><ul class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__criteria\"><li>Relevance to Knee Arthroplasty<\/li><li>Scientific Merit and Quality<\/li><li>Originality and Innovation<\/li><li>Methodology<\/li><li>Clinical Applicability<\/li><li>Overall Quality of Presentation<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"dates\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">9<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Important Dates<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><table class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__dates\"><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Event<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Date<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Last Date for Abstract Submission<\/td><td>31 July 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Notification of Acceptance<\/td><td>31 August 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Notification of Best Paper Award Shortlist<\/td><td>15 September 2026<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"process\" class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section mjc-abstract-guidelines__submit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title\"><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">10<\/span><span class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__section-title-text\">Submission Process<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Submit your Abstract through Portal only:<\/p><div>Subject line<code>Scientific Paper Submission \u2013 Mangalore Joint Conclave 2026<\/code><\/div><p class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__submit-online-note\">submit online via the portal using the button below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__submit-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button primary mjc-abstract-guidelines__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/mangalorejointconclave.org\/?page_id=1912\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOr submit online via the portal\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"mjc-abstract-guidelines__assist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t<strong>Need assistance?<\/strong>\n\t\tFor queries regarding scientific paper submissions, contact the Scientific Committee through the conference secretariat:\t\t<a href=\"mailto:scientific@mangalorejointconclave.org\">scientific@mangalorejointconclave.org<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract Submission Guidelines Dr Sudakar Shetty Memorial Best Paper Presentation Award\u00a0 INR 1, 00, 000 ( Rupees One Lakh) Only Registered Delegate can submit abstract. 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