Pharmacology 2013 (formerly the BPS Winter Meeting) attracts around 800 scientists each year, mostly from the UK but also many from across Europe and from overseas. The meeting includes a selection of topical symposia, plenary lectures, free oral communications and poster sessions which cover the many aspects of pharmacology from basic to clinical science.

A variety of nearby hotels to suit all budgets can be booked via an independent booking system. 

The British Pharmacological Society is not responsible for any accommodation bookings and will not be able to make - or alter - any reservations on your behalf. 

In the event you need to cancel or make an amendment to your accommodation booking, please email reservations@conferencecare.com or fax F.A.O. Nicola Gough +44 (0)2476 369 722.

Cancellation charges may apply - please see terms and conditions for more details. Confirmation of cancellation will be sent to you in writing - if you don't receive acknowledgement within 24 hours please call the helpdesk on 02476 369 726 to check your request has been receive

Submission Info

1. Submitting an abstract
A. Important Information
1. An abstract template was attached to your registration email. - This is a .doc Microsoft Word file
which is designed to ensure that your abstract is prepared in the right way for publication. Please
save this template file to your PC’s hard drive and use it when you prepare your abstract. The
template can also be downloaded from the ‘Abstracts’ section of the BPS website.
2. If you are submitting more than one abstract you can use the same email address and password
for each abstract.
3. Abstracts are required for all submitted free communications both oral and posters. Abstracts
MUST be submitted using the template form provided.
B. Preparation of Your Abstract
1. The title should be as brief as possible but long enough to indicate clearly the nature of the study.
Capitalise the first letter of each word. No full stop at the end. Do not state the conclusion in your
title.
2. Open the template file and enter your abstract into it following the instructions above. Save it and
make a note of its saved location.
C. The Submission Process
1. Log in to the submission system when your abstract is completed and ready to send. To log in,
enter your email address and the password you chose when you registered with the system.
2. When you click the “log in” button you will be taken to a screen from which the submission
process starts. Please read the instructions on this screen carefully. If you have not yet submitted
an abstract to the system you should click the link that says “Click here to submit a new abstract”.
3. Submitting an abstract is a multi-step process. Each step asks several questions:
• Step 1: click the “Browse” button and locate your abstract file on your PC’s hard disk. Fill in
answers to any other questions on this screen and then click the “Next” button. Your abstract
file will be sent to our system – this can take a few seconds if you have a fast internet
connection, but may take longer if your connection is slow or you have included lots of
graphics in your abstract. Please be patient!
• Step 1: you can copy the abstract title from your Word document and paste it into the Title
field on the submission form. Please note that because of web browser limitations some
scientific symbols may not paste correctly into the form – you may have to correct this
bywriting the name of the symbol in full, for example “beta” instead of β. Your Word
document will not be affected.
• All steps: some questions are marked “Required”. We cannot consider your abstract until
these questions have been answered.

• All steps: if you do not know the answer to a question – for example you may not be sure in
which category your abstract should be presented – you can skip the question and return on a
later occasion to complete it.
• Final step: once you have completed this step click the “Finish” button. If you have answered
all the mandatory questions then your abstract will be assigned a reference number and you
will receive email confirmation. If you have not answered all the mandatory questions your
abstract will be held in temporary storage until you return later and complete all the
questions.
2. Amending a submission
You may wish to change your answers to some of the questions on the submission form, or even to
change the abstract file itself.
1. Log in to the submission system
2. You will see a list of the abstracts that you have submitted. Click on the abstract that you wish to
change.
3. The process of amending an abstract is the same as the original submission process, except that
the submission form will be automatically filled in with the answers that you gave previously – you
do not have to change an answer if you don’t want to.
4. If you want to change your abstract file you can click the “Browse” button to locate the revised file
on your PC’s hard disk, then click “Next” to send it to the abstract system. If you do not want to
change the file, just press “Next” to bypass this step.
5. When you reach the final step and press “Finish” you will be sent an email confirming that your
abstract has been amended – provided you have answered all the mandatory questions.
3. Withdrawing an abstract
If you want to withdraw an abstract please contact the Meetings team.

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 British Pharmacological Society

Phone: 011-44-20-7239-0171

Email: info@bps.ac.uk