VPH2010: Extension of Call for Abstracts

Friday, 07 May 2010

Conference organisers have had numerous requests for an extension of the deadline for abstracts for the VPH2010 conference. This is mainly due to the ICT Call 6 which many of the VPH community have been busy working on and in small part due to the volcanic ash cloud and the Easter holidays. As result, has been decided to extend the deadline for abstracts until 17th May 2010 at 17.00pm CET.

Additionally, organisers have announced that Zoran Stancic, Deputy Director General of DG Information Society will give the welcome address and open the conference on 30th September. With other keynote speakers such as Aleksander Popel (Johns Hopkins University), Nadia Rosenthal (European Molecular Biology Laboratory), Norbert Graf (University Hospital of the Saarland, and Janet Thornton (European Bioinformatics Institute), VPH2010 is likely to be "the" event for the VPH community worldwide. There is also a large Scientific Committee of VPH Experts from many different domains which reflects the multi-disciplinary nature of this first VPH event.

Submissions for posters or for oral presentations are welcome. Both kinds of submissions will be subject to the same reviewing process. Contributors are asked to submit abstracts rather than full papers. Submitted abstracts will be selected for inclusion in VPH 2010 by the VPH 2010 Programme Committee for:

• Inclusion as an oral presentation and Invitation to submit a full paper for possible inclusion in the Interface Focus Issue
• Inclusion as an oral presentation and/or
• Inclusion as a poster or
• Not suitable for inclusion

Talks and posters will appear in electronic format on the conference web pages via the VPH NoE website.

The submission should be no more than 2 A4 pages of text in a word file (1800 words) or up to three pages if it includes diagrams, tables and references, with the extra space devoted to these and any captions. Font size should be no smaller than 10 pt Times New Roman with 2.5cm margins. All pages should be numbered and diagrams and tables should be positioned in their proper place in relation to the text, ensuring that the total contribution does not exceed 3 pages. Authors invited to prepare full manuscripts for submission to Interface Focus will also need to adhere to a further schedule for submission and review; final copy will be required by 15th February 2011. For a list of conference themes please click here.

If you would be interested in representing your project, organisation or company at this conference at a booth then please contact the conference organisers.

Key dates

• Early Bird Registration by 31st July.
• Deadline for abstract submission: 17th May 2010.
• Authors Notifications: 30th June 2010.

For further details and instructions please refer to the online abstract submission.

For further information and registration, please visit:
http://www.vph-noe.eu/vph2010

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About the VPH Network of Excellence
The VPH Network of Excellence (VPH NoE) is designed to foster, harmonise and integrate pan-European research in the field of i) patient-specific computer models for personalised and predictive healthcare and ii) ICT-based tools for modelling and simulation of human physiology and disease-related processes.

The main objectives of the VPH Network of Excellence are to support the:

• Coordination of research portfolios of VPH NoE partners through initiation of Exemplar integrative research projects that encourage inter-institution and interdisciplinary VPH research.
• Integration of research infrastructures of VPH NoE partners through development of the VPH ToolKit: a shared and mutually accessible source of research equipment, managerial and research infrastructures, facilities and services.
• Development of a portfolio of interdisciplinary training activities including a formal consultation on, and assessment of, VPH careers.
• Establishment of a core set of VPH-related dissemination and networking activities which will engage everyone from partners within the VPH NoE/other VPH projects, to national policy makers, to the public at large.
• Creation of Industrial, Clinical and Scientific Advisory Boards that will jointly guide the direction of the VPH NoE and, through consultation, explore the practical and legal options for real and durable integration within the VPH research community.
• Implementation of key working groups that will pursue specific issues relating to VPH, notably integrating VPH research worldwide through international physiome initiatives.