The organisers of the World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2015 write to confirm the results of the scientific review process. The quality and diversity of papers in the first round was strong, meaning competition for places was high. There were over 300 abstracts submitted, and approximately 200 have been accepted in the first round. The thematic review groups have done a great job reviewing abstracts and making recommendations.
The table below outlines the results in respect to the papers that you have submitted. Please forward this email to your co-authors, particularly where they are the presenting author.
Please note that presenters will be limited to two oral presentations in the program, meaning where you have been successful in more than two oral presentations, you may be asked to have it presented by a co-author, review or consolidate a paper, or convert it to a poster. This in response to feedback provided following WCDP2013.
We kindly ask you to register for the conference as a speaker via the conference website. If you are unable to attend I ask that you contact me as soon as possible.
We will be in touch shortly with instructions regarding abstract final review and publication.
If your abstracts has been unsuccessful, we thank you for submitting to Round 1. We encourage you to consider submitting to the second round and/or attending the conference as a delegate.
Please also note that second round abstracts are now open, if you or colleagues wish to present at this important event.