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Dear colleagues:

It gives me the greatest pleasure to invite you to join us at the next International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases to be held in Toronto from July 5 – 9, 2016. We are very excited to be hosting this important conference in Toronto as the Congress has been located in Europe for its meetings excepting the inaugural meeting in Vancouver in 2002. We hope to follow in the successful footsteps of the meetings in Vancouver, Istanbul, Naples and Nice. At the meeting in Nice in 2014, it was decided that the Congress would move to a two-year cycle instead of meeting every four years. At that meeting, Toronto won the bid to host the next International Congress in 2016.

We have developed robust committees: International, program and local organizing, that are populated by outstanding neuromuscular physicians. The program committee is planning a fabulous program ranging across the spectrum of neuromuscular disorders. We will have sessions on muscular dystrophies, other myopathies, myasthenia gravis, polyneuropathies, spinal cord disorders, and neurofibromatosis to name some of the major themes within the Congress. We will have updates on our understanding of the genetics, pathogenesis, evaluation and treatment of neuromuscular disorders. At the end of this Congress, we hope that attendees feel that they have garnered the most up-to-date information available in neuromuscular disorders.

The members of the local organizing committee are very proud to be hosting the ICNMD2016 and look forward to welcoming you to our city and country. Toronto and its environs are an amazing place to visit. Our multicultural city has many diverse neighborhoods of interest to visitors. Short distances away are wonderful attractions such as Niagara Falls. We also have easy access to the North Country for those who are interested in visiting the Canadian wilderness. The meeting promises to be highly rewarding on a social basis as well as on an intellectual basis.

Please mark in your calendars the dates of the ICNMD2016, July 5 – 9, 2016, so that you may join your colleagues in what we hope will be a fantastic meeting.

Sincerely,

Dr. Vera Bril 

Ellen & Martin Prosserman Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases

University Health Network 

University of Toronto

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Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

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During your stay at the Sheraton, you can enjoy shopping, Mirvish Toronto theatres, world-class dining at downtown Toronto restaurants, and Toronto museums.

You can also stay refreshed and warm in the largest indoor/outdoor heated Toronto pool. Relax with the kids, and enjoy your stay poolside.

For more information on the venue, click here.

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

123 Queen Street West

Toronto, ON, Canada M5H 3M9

Tel: +1 416-361-1000

Submission Info

If you have not yet registered or submitted an abstract with ICNMD 2016, click “Create an Account”. After being redirected to the account registration page you may fill in all personal and professional information as requested. You will then be asked to choose a password. A message giving your personal code and summarizing the data entered will then be sent to you by email and will give you the instructions to follow to finalise your submission / registration. Then you are now ready to return to the abstract submission page.

Step 1: How to submit my abstract?

Be prepared to give all the information about your abstract

Corresponding author’s contact details

Email address

Full postal address

Author and coauthors details, full first and family name(s)

Affiliation details: department, institution/hospital, city, state (if relevant) and country.

Your abstract must contain:

A title in a single line

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A relevant topic choice to be chosen in the list

You should prepare the whole content of your abstract in a text (Word, TextEdit,…). You can use all classic fonts because the text will automatically be formated when submitted. Some problems may appear due to incompatibility between Mac and PC. We strongly recommend that you don’t use any Greek letters but their plain counterparts: “Delta” instead of “Δ “, etc… (alpha, beta, gamma, micro, …)

Word counts is affected when filing the text box, maximum of 500 words is allowed.

One table or graph/image could be added as an attachment but not in the text

Step 2: Select the Type,”Open Submission”, and a topic

Please select the Type, “Open Submission” and a topic of your abstract in the proposed list. It will be used to allow to dispatch your abstract for review to members of the Abstract Review Committee and to schedule the session for the presentation of your abstract.

Step 3: Title

The title must be in lowercase with a capital at the beginning Don’t use any small capitals or only capitals in the title

Don’t use any asterisk or notes

Your title must be on a single line

You must avoid using abbreviations or only very common acronyms

Step 4: Authors

You should first create the list of authors and coauthors before considering submitting your abstracts. Authors will appear in alphabetical order. You can then change the order according to your choice and select the first author and the presenting author..

Step 5: Text

You must not insert at that time any image or table in the abstract you submit online

Your abstract must not exceed 500 words (check with the counter)

You should prepare the whole content of your abstract in an editor (Word, TextEdit,…). You can use all classic fonts because the text will automatically be formated when submitted. Some problems may appear due to incompatibility between Mac and PC. We strongly recommend that you don’t use any Greek letters but their plain counterparts: “Delta” instead of “Δ “, etc… (alpha, beta, gamma, micro, …).

IMPORTANT: The format of the text may include the following section (not added in the text): background, objective, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion.

The ICNMD 2016 Congress offers a tremendous opportunity to market to one of the largest international gatherings of researchers, clinicians and professionals in the field of Neuromuscular Diseases. Over 800 clinicians and scientists from around the world are expected to attend. Increase your visibility and organization’s profile by becoming a Sponsor and/or Exhibitor or by holding an Industry Supported Symposium at this outstanding and important Congress.

The Congress is pleased to offer a variety of sponsorship options, including but not limited to:

Industry-supported seminars

Hands-on training sessions

Exhibit space

Digital and printed advertising opportunities

Scholarship and travel grants

Virtual and online conference components

many more…

International Conference Services Ltd. (ICS)

2101 – 1177 West Hastings Street

Vancouver BC V6E 2K3

CANADA

Phone: + 1 604 681 2153

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