Instructions for Abstract Submission

• The author responsible for presenting the abstract must be registered by October 15th.

• Up to two (02) abstracts may be submitted per registration.

• Please do not attempt to submit the same abstract more than once. If the system detects a duplicate submission, your abstract will be rejected.

• There is no maximum limit of authors per abstract.

• At the time of submission, please enter the details of all authors (full name, email, institution) in the SYSTEM and also in the attached PDF, in order of authorship.

• Indicate your preference for an Oral or Poster presentation. (Oral presentations undergo a selection process; therefore, abstract approval does not guarantee selection for an oral presentation. The Committee will contact those selected for oral presentations after evaluating all submitted abstracts. Abstracts not selected for oral presentation will automatically be assigned as poster presentations).

• Oral presentations will be 10 minutes long, and Poster presentations will be 1 hour long. The presence of one of the authors is mandatory (it can be any author of the abstract, as long as they are registered for the event).

• Abstracts submitted in English or Spanish (Oral and Poster) may be presented in Portuguese.

• During submission, authors must indicate whether they wish to have their abstracts published in a Special Edition of a High-Impact International Scientific Journal (to be determined by the scientific committee).

• Results must not have been previously published.

• Results must be substantial. Authors should not divide the results of a single study into multiple abstracts with minimal information.

• Literature reviews will NOT be ACCEPTED.

• The abstract must cite quantitative data. Abstracts that simply state that the results will be discussed later will not be accepted.

Formatting Rules

• The abstract must be submitted in one of the following languages: Portuguese, English, or Spanish.

• It must contain a Title, Authorship (names cited in order of authorship), Institution, Scientific Text, and, when necessary, the Funding Agency.

• The Scientific Text is limited to 400 words.

• Tables and figures should not be included.

• The abstract must contain: introduction, objective, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion.

• Do not include references unless absolutely necessary.

Review

The abstracts will be sent to the Scientific Committee for review and consideration. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to reject abstracts or decide on the final presentation format. Every effort will be made to accommodate the indicated presentation preference; however, due to the limited number of sessions, the organizers may change an Oral presentation to a Poster presentation.

Each submission will be preliminarily evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Scientific merit

• Relevance

• Creativity and original content

• Practical application

Abstracts and presentations must not be commercial in nature, and authors should avoid the excessive use of commercial product and company names, unless presented by an exhibiting company in the Special Exhibitor Sessions.

Copyright

It is important to note that by submitting your abstract for presentation at the event, you authorize the 16th SLACAN – Latin American Symposium on Food Science and Nutrition and the company Galoá to publish your work, granting them, free of charge and definitively, the copyright and the right to use your image in photos. You declare that the submitted work is your own and that you, therefore, assume full responsibility for its content. You also authorize its publication in any existing media and formats, including the event website on the Internet, as well as its reproduction in other event publications, communication to the public, editing, re-editing or adaptation, and distribution.