Abstract Submissions
Abstract submissions have closed for 2024
Submissions were encouraged on the applications of microanalysis and imaging techniques (using electron, ion, laser, or X-ray beams) to the following fields:
Energy storage and generation
Urban mining and critical materials recycling
Advanced manufacturing
Geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology of earth and extra-terrestrial materials
Automated Mineralogy
Catalysis
Biomaterials
Emerging Technologies and Techniques in Microanalysis
Facility Management
Other
Presentation Types
All submissions were considered for oral presentations. The alternative of presenting a poster was offered once the number and quality of submitted abstracts exceeded the available speaking sessions.
AMAS Conference Bursary Award
Applications for the AMAS Conference Bursary have now closed.
Before You Start
Ensure you use one of the following browsers: INTERNET EXPLORER (v11 or newer) MOZILLA FIREFOX (v44 or newer) SAFARI (v5 or newer)
Mac Users: if you have trouble submitting your abstract, try submitting from a PC. If you are still having issues, please contact the secretariat .
Mozilla Users: the security policy in Mozilla often prevents pasting from your clipboard without using the menu commands. You can still cut and paste your abstract into the submission, but you may have to use the menu command rather than ‘control v’ shortcut.
* Ensure your abstract text is less than 500 words as the system will not accept submissions over this limit. The word count does NOT include your title, authoring or cited references
* Have your abstract open on your computer to enable you to cut and paste it into the submission system.
* Images/graphs and references can all be added within the submission process. Images/graphs can be inserted using the image icon. References can be added using the ‘ + Add New Reference>>’ button at the bottom of the content section.* Please note you can only upload a maximum of 3 figures/graphs/tables within your submissions. Captions must be imbedded within the image/graph/table and won’t count towards your abstract word count.
* Please note that a maximum of 10 references can be added as part each submission.
Submission Steps
Select the presentation type and category
Provide some keywords to assist in the categorisation of your abstract
Enter the title of your abstract. Please type the title in sentence case (that is lowercase with only the first letter of the first word in capitals) and without any punctuation. A correctly formatted example follows: ‘Title of my presentation for the symposium’. Strictly, proper nouns should also start with a capital letter, and many scientific acronyms and abbreviations are fully capitalised
Enter the name of all authors and their organisations and indicate the presenting author by ticking the relevant box.
Type or cut and paste the text of your abstract/synopsis into the relevant field. Please ensure the abstract is no more than 500 words. (Does not include title, authoring or cited references)
Preview your abstract, make any changes required and finalise your submission and return to your dashboard
You will receive an email confirmation that your abstract has been successfully submitted. Please check your email junk file if if it doesn’t appear in your inbox.
Should you wish to make any changes to your abstract after you have submitted it, please log onto your online registration dashboard. Click on “View Submission” then “Preview/edit abstract”.
****Please note you will only be able to make changes to your abstract until the submission deadline, after which any changes should be sent to ASN Events.
Committee Review
The Symposium Committee reviewed all submissions before selecting the presentations that were included in the symposium program.
Acceptance Notification
On completion of the reviewing phase, the symposium organisers advised applicants on the outcome of their submission. Specific presentation instructions were included in the notification.