Dear Colleague,

Society of Fetal Medicine encourages participation of all members through presentations at all its conferences, congresses and webinars. SFM FetalBasicon2025 is an excellent opportunity for you to present before the entire audience. This can be done if your research/ work is selected for presentation. For this, you have to submit an abstract that will be peer reviewed. If selected, this can be part of the main congress. Please do not miss the deadlines.

  • All abstracts have to be submitted through the official Congress Website fetalbasicon.com.
  • There are three categories:
    • A traditional research paper
    • Electronic Poster
    • A Just Images case presentation
  • Traditional Research Paper: Your abstract should consist of a formal description, written in 300 words inside the abstract description box. Once completed, please upload a 5-slide PowerPoint presentation related to your research paper.
  • E-Poster: Upload your E-Poster file in landscape format.
  • Images Only: Provide an 80-word description in the abstract description box, and then upload a single-slide PowerPoint presentation.All abstracts will be anonymised and peer reviewed by an independent set of judges. Abstracts that score the highest will be included in the main Congress program.
  • All the presenting authors need to register. You may register in advance to save money before the early bird deadline. In case your abstract is not accepted, your registration will be refunded.

Traditional Research Paper & Electronic Poster:

  1. LANGUAGE: The abstract must be submitted in English
  2. Abstract Word Limit: The abstract body should be limited to 300 words and 20 words for the title of your submission. You will be advised of your character count usage throughout the submission process as you save and move to the next step.
  3. TITLE and BODY: The title should be entered in lower case, using capital letters only where essential (e.g. The effect of parity on second trimester uterine artery Doppler parameters). Please do not put your title in quotation marks. Please do not use formatting tags in the title. Please do not add a full stop ('.') at the end of the title. You may copy and paste your submission body from your word processor into the appropriate sections.
  4. SUBDIVISIONS: Abstracts should be structured using the following headings:
    • Introduction/ Background
    • Material and Methods
    • Results
    • Conclusions
    • Keywords
    • References (not exceeding 10)

    Please note that these sections are clearly marked for you. Please DO NOT include your own headings as these will be automatically created for you once you submit the abstract. Authors must not include already published data

  5. Please copy and paste these characters if you would like to use them to complete your abstract registration.

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  6. CO-AUTHORS: Up to 8 co-authors are permitted.
  7. The abstract must not contain any graphic, tables, pictures, or other types of figures.
  8. ABSTRACT PROOF: Carefully check the proof of your abstract. Make sure all special characters and formatting are displaying properly in your proof. Please note that you are responsible for proofing your own abstracts.
  9. COMPLETING YOUR SUBMISSION: If you have not completed all required sections and details you will not be able to submit your abstract. When all required information is entered, the "Submit" button will appear at the bottom
  10. PRESENTATION TYPE: All abstracts will usually be considered for oral presentation or electronic poster presentation. You will be asked to indicate if you cannot present orally.
  11. The decision of the Scientific Committee will be final and binding.
  12. If accepted for an oral presentation, the author will be able to make the presentation in front of a live audience at the Congress. The date and other details of the session will be sent to the author in a separate email.
  13. If accepted for a poster presentation, the author will be required to submit the poster as a single ppt. slide in an electronic format in advance of the Congress. Poster authors will be sent detailed guidance on how to do this, once their abstract is accepted. Posters will be made available electronically for delegates to access during the Congress.
  14. By submitting an abstract, you authorize Society of Fetal Medicine to record your presentation (if accepted). All or a portion of presentations, discussion, question and answer, comments, documents and presentation slides presented will be recorded and may be selected for inclusion on the event platform, website, On Demand web portal for members, YouTube & social media. These may also be used for promotional purposes.

Just Images

Restrict yourself to a title, authors, 1-8 images, legends & an 80 word discussion.

Abstract Topics and Presentation Styles

Please select a topic which is most applicable to your study. Please specify the preference for oral presentation/ poster/ just images. Please note that the Scientific Committee will make the final allocation when the abstract is accepted.

Themes for abstract submission for SFM FetalBasicon2025

  1. Protocol Based Ultrasound Scans, Checklists & Reporting Formats at 11-14 weeks
  2. Experience with Ultrasound Scans at 14-18 weeks
  3. Protocol Based Ultrasound Scans, Checklists & Reporting Formats at 19-24 weeks
  4. Case Series of Protocol Based Ultrasound Scans, Checklists & Reporting Formats in Growth & Doppler Scans
  5. Case Reports & Case Series of Anomalies from 14-41 weeks
  6. Case Series on Protocol Based Ultrasound Scans, Checklists & Reporting Formats in Twin Pregnancies
  7. Screening for Preeclampsia
  8. Screening for Preterm Labor
  9. Case Series of Ultrasound Scan Findings at 4-10 weeks
  10. Protocol Based Fetal Cardiac Evaluation

Important Dates

15th January, 2025 Abstract Submission Opens

30th March, 2025 Abstract Submission Closes

31st May, 2025 Notification of Acceptance will be sent via email to the presenting author