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It is a great pleasure for the Finnish Society for Rheumatology, on behalf of the Scandinavian Society for Rheumatology, to welcome you to the 37th Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology, to be held on 5-8 September, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland

The Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology is an important meeting for clinicians and scientists in the field of rheumatology to exchange knowledge, experience, and ideas and to promote collaboration and networking. It is an opportunity for both young and established clinicians as well as scientists to meet across the Scandinavian borders. Besides being an important educational meeting for clinicians, we will collaborate with patient representatives of the Nordic Rheuma Council and with the Nordic health professionals.

The Congress is organized by the Scandinavian Society for Rheumatology and the Finnish Society for Rheumatology. The Scandinavian scientific committee is responsible for the scientific program in close collaboration with the local Finnish scientific committee, with input from both senior and junior clinicians and scientists. We are aiming to build a program that has its focus on clinical topics that are relevant for rheumatologists, with a special emphasis on Scandinavian collaborative programs within outcome and registry research and other areas where Scandinavian rheumatology can make important international contributions. We hope the program will attract both young and established rheumatologists both from Scandinavia and other countries.

On behalf of the local organizing committee of the SCR 2018 I wish you warmly welcome to the 37th Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology in 2018. We are looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki. 

Kari Eklund

Aikaterini Chatzidionysiou, Sweden

Kari Eklund, Finland, President of the Congress

Björn Guðbjörnsson, Iceland

Gerður Gröndal, Iceland

Agnete Gulati, Norway

Glenn Haugeberg, Norway

Pia Isomäki, Finland

Søren Jacobsen, Denmark

Oili Kaipiainen-Seppänen, Finland

Markku Kauppi, Finland

Tue Wenzel Kragstrup, Denmark

Eeva Moilanen, Finland

Dan Nordström, Finland

Tom Pettersson, Finland

Laura Pirilä, Finland

Kari Puolakka, Finland

Vappu Rantalaiho, Finland

EUR

Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

Please make your hotel reservation via the online registration form in order to benefit from the special congress rates. All accommodation prices are per room per night and include breakfast as well as VAT.

To guarantee your hotel reservation, a deposit of one night’s room rate is to be paid in advance together with the registration fee. The deposit will be forwarded to the hotel and it will be deducted from your final hotel bill when checking out.

Please note that any changes to the length of your stay are to be made in writing by June 15, 2018 to Tavicon Congress Bureau.

If you are two people sharing a double room, please, remember to indicate on the registration form the name of the person you are sharing a room with. Only one person will make the reservation and pay the deposit. 

Scandic Grand Marina

Scandic Grand Marina is a comfortable and idyllic hotel right by the seaside located right across the street from the congress venue.

Single room 159 EUR/night 

Double room 179 EUR/night 

Submission Info

ll abstracts must be submitted electronically. Please click here to submit an abstract.

Acknowledgment of your submission will be sent via e-mail. If you do not receive an e-mail confirmation, your abstract has not been submitted. Please check the email address that you entered into the online system.

Online Submission Procedures

Read and follow the submission procedures, which will be available at each step of the online process.

Formatting Information:

Abstracts should be 2245 characters or less for the text of your abstract submission (abstract body, and all spaces will be counted).Titles, authors, affiliations, and references will not count in the 2245 character limit.

Titles should be brief, clearly indicating the nature of the presentation. When entering the abstract title online, only the first letter with capitals (do not use all caps), and do not put a period at the end of the title. Example: This is a properly formatted abstract title

The web submission system will automatically produce your abstract in Word format ready for publication in the supplement to the Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology. You may copy and paste your abstract, without formatting into the space provided at the website.

Abstract body

Organize content as follows: Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusion

References

Up to three references are permitted. List all authors when six or less; when seven or more, list only the first six and add et al. Journal titles are abbreviated in accordance with the style in Index Medicus.

Tables and Graphics

One table and one graph/image can be included.

Graph/image quality: Min. 300 dpi. Allowed file type: gif, jpg, Tiff, and PowerPoint. Complex images are not recommended as they may be difficult for the reader to discern.

Abbreviations

Use standard abbreviations. Place special or unusual abbreviations in parentheses after the first time the full word appears. Do not abbreviate compounds in the title of the abstract. Use numerals to indicate numbers, except when beginning sentences.

Abstract Edits

Draft mode will be available until the deadline date so authors may edit abstracts until then. If you change your mind about your abstract after you submit it, you may either edit the abstract by putting it in draft mode or you may withdraw the original abstract and submit a new one.

If you edit an abstract in Draft mode, you must resubmit it when you are finished or it will not be reviewed. Abstracts left in draft mode are not submitted.

After the Program is finalized, the abstracts will be available on the Conference website www.scr2018.fi in a fully searchable format.

Contact No.: +358 3 233 0400

Email: scr2018@tavicon.fi

Contact No.: +358 3 233 0400

Email: scr2018@tavicon.fi