It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in our Meeting's sessions. This is your chance to expose your work and interact with participating surgeons.

Submission Deadline
Abstracts must be submitted until Feb. 5th, 2010

Submission Method
Abstracts must be submitted only by email as an MS Word document attachment to: cobshahi@link.net. Abstracts sent by fax or mail will not be accepted.

Presentation Methods
Author may choose between two modes of presentation:
1) Oral presentation (7 minutes followed by a 3 minutes discussion)
2) Video presentation (10-12 minutes followed by a 3 minutes discussion)

Abstracts
The author must provide the following information:
Author-presenter personal information; full name, title, institution, mailing address, phone numbers, fax and email address
Category (abstract's surgical specialty)
Type of presentation (oral or video)

Structure:
Abstracts must be in English, limited to 300 words and must be concise and clear.
Type the abstract in the following order:

• Title of Abstract: in capital bold letters
• Name of author(s): with initial preceding the last name, omitting titles and underlining
• the presenting author
• Name of institutions: where the scientific work was undertaken, city and country
• The body of the abstract under the following headings: Introduction (Background/Purpose), Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion and Conclusions

The complete text of the abstract will be required only if the author
decided to apply for the Competition Session.

Speakers Guidelines
Format Guidelines:
For oral presentations: PowerPoint Presentations on CD-ROM or USB Mini Hard Drive (Flash memory sticks)
For video presentations: Videos recorded on a CD/DVD in any of the following formats: MPEG, AVI, Read Video. A NTSC/PAL VHS cassette can also be used.

Preloading Presentations:
Speakers, moderators and other presenters should kindly stop by the Speaker A-V Room and check-in upon arrival at the Meeting. Your presentation is required to be loaded onto the Meeting computers the day prior to your scheduled talk to avoid unexpected display problems.
Once your presentation has been checked in by the operator, it will be loaded -via a network- onto the main podium computer where you can easily launch it.
Personal Laptops will not be used, to eliminate mishaps that can occur due to incompatible devices and software and also to ensure the flow of the meeting is not interrupted.

Guidelines for "Shawki Kamal Young Investigator's Award"
Candidates for the prize must:

• Be the first author of the paper
• Be under 40 years of age
• Be a member of the ESS or should apply for membership
• Clearly mention applying for the award when submitting the abstract
• Submit the complete text of the abstract either online via the ESS website: www.ess-eg.org or by email to: cobshahi@link.net
• The authors whose abstracts, manuscript and presentation is judged most outstanding will receive an award of 2,000 Egyptian Pounds, Society Shield, Society Pin and a Best Research Certificate. The winner of the Prize will be announced during the Gala Dinner.