General Information

Department of Experimental Surgery
Medical Faculty
University of Rostock
Schillingallee 70
18055 Rostock
Germany

phone: +49 381 494 6221
fax: +49 381 494 6222
essr2006@med.uni-rostock.de

Congress Dates
May 17-20, 2006

Congress Venue
All scientific sessions and the exhibition will be held at the Hotel Neptun in Rostock-Warnemünde.

Web Site
You may visit web site of the congress on www.essr2006.de.

Official Language
The official language of the congress is English.

Scientific Sessions
Scientific sessions will include keynote lectures, symposia, free papers and posters.

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 17 JANUARY 2006

Call For Abstracts
Free presentations will be accepted and presented as a part of the scientific session. Abstracts can be submitted according to the instructions mentioned here. Abstracts will be accepted until 17 January 2006. Structured abstracts should be submitted only by using the online abstract form on the congress website at "www.essr2006.de". An abstract book will be published as a supplement issue of the European Surgical Research Journal and distributed to the participants during registration.

Structured abstracts should be submitted only by using the online abstract form on the congress website here.

Poster Session
Posters will be presented in sessions guided by chairpersons. Poster presentation will include a 3-min talk in front of the poster during the session. Participants presenting a poster are kindly requested to additionally stay with their poster during coffee break times to allow fruitful discussion on the scientific work presented.

The posters will be mounted in an area close to the assembly halls on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 between 13:00 and 19:00 and should remain fixed throughout the congress time. Poster should be in portrait form (DIN A0) and not larger than 85cm x 120cm (width x height). Posters must include the title of the presentation, name of the author (s), introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusion. Fixing materials for poster mounting will be provided at site.

Exhibition
An exhibition of technical equipment, instruments and pharmaceutical products will take place in the congress area and will be open throughout the whole course of meeting.

Presentation Awards
The Walter Brendel Award will be elected from the 6 papers with the highest score presented during the Walter Brendel Award session. The prize committee includes members of the award committee. The Walter Brendel Awardee will be announced and honoured during the Gala Dinner, Saturday May 20, 2006.

Poster Awards: The two best poster presentations will be selected for Poster awards (€ 250). The Poster Awardees will be announced and honoured during the Gala Dinner, Saturday May 20, 2006.

The Young Investigator Awards (€ 500) will be selected from all oral presentations during the course of the congress for an outstanding presentation and discussion of scientific work. The prize committee includes members of the award committee. The Young Researcher Awardees will be announced and honoured during the Gala Dinner, Saturday May 20, 2006.

B. Braun Melsungen AG sponsors the B. BRAUN SCIENTIFIC AWARD (€ 1.000) for an outstanding scientific work characterized by clinical relevance and/or applicability in daily clinical routine. The committee includes members of the award committee and a representative of the company. The Awardee will be announced and honoured during the Gala Dinner, Saturday May 20, 2006.

Certificate of Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be given all registered participants.