BMS 32nd Annual Scientific Conference:
Menopause for all

A face-to-face conference
Stratford Manor Hotel, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire
Thursday 29 June & Friday 30 June 2023

Share your work and research with the largest group of menopause specialists in the UK

You are invited to submit Scientific Abstracts

Submissions are particularly welcome from trainees

Your Abstract can be taken from a scientific project – clinical audit, original scientific research or literature review on menopause or post-menopausal health

Anonymised Abstracts will be reviewed by our Programme Planning Group, jointly chaired by Dr Heather Currie, MBE and Dr Zoe Schaedel, comprising nationally and internationally recognised specialists, and will be considered for presentation at the BMS Annual scientific conference 2023

Abstract Submission Deadline: Noon on Thursday 27 April 2023

Download abstract submission guidelines (PDF)

Guidelines for Abstract submission:

Criteria for submission

The abstract assessors look for originality and scientific rigour, ensuring that any conclusions are supported by the data included.

They also take into account clinical applicability and what they think would be of value to the delegates.

• Submitted Abstracts must be original work or a systematic review
• Abstracts must be unpublished elsewhere prior to the BMS Annual scientific conference
• Abstracts should be on a relevant subject relating to menopause or post-menopausal health
• Each presenting author can only submit one Abstract
• Once submitted, Abstracts cannot be modified
• Abstracts submitted for oral presentation but not selected, may be referred as Posters
• Selected oral and poster Abstract author presenters must attend the conference and must complete their registration by Wednesday 24 May 2023
• Those selected for oral presentation will present at the conference on Thursday 29 June 2023
• Successful oral and poster authors must be available at Prize Giving on Friday 30 June 2023
• Reports of research involving people must address informed consent and ethical approval of the study. Abstracts will not be considered in the absence of ethical approval and/or informed patient consent
• Reports of experiments on or studies of animals should cite compliance with the NIH Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals or other appropriate guidelines
• If there is any chance that a patient may be identified from a case report, written consent from the patient needs to be obtained. Abstracts will not be considered in the absence of patient consent
• Funding sources for your relevant research and ‘Declaration of Interest’ for each Abstract Author will need to be submitted at the time of Abstract submission
• By submitting your Abstract you agree to:
  • Your abstract being published in Post Reproductive Health, the journal of the British Menopause Society, if your Abstract is accepted for the conference
  • The lead author’s email address being published with the Abstract.
  • Oral presentations being recorded and posted online for conference delegates to view post-conference.
  • Accepted poster pdfs being published online for conference delegates to view post-conference
• All Abstracts must be submitted via the online form on the BMS website

Please bear in mind before submitting your abstract:

Abstract assessment process

Our assessment process is anonymous. The Abstract text is checked and any identifying information in each Abstract is redacted before the Abstracts are passed on to the assessors.

The Abstracts are assessed and scored by a group of independent assessors, with each assessor working independently and alone. The scores are then submitted and added up by the BMS team to give a total score. The Abstracts are then ranked in order, with the six highest scores selected for oral presentation.

Of the remainder, the submissions that meet the selection criteria are selected for poster presentation.

Submission deadline

Abstracts received after the deadline of Noon on Thursday 27 April 2023 will not be considered.

Notification

Lead authors will be notified by Thursday 18 May 2023 as to whether their Abstract has been successful.

For accepted Oral Abstracts

Please note: All Oral presentations need to be brand neutral and without reference to commercial products or services. BMS reserves the right to request to view your powerpoint slides ahead of your presentation day.

The author named as ‘presenter’ must be registered for the BMS Annual scientific conference – and available for presentation on Thursday 29 June 2023 and for prize giving on Friday 30 June 2023.

Each presentation, to be given by the named author and presenter, should last no more than 7 minutes and will be followed by a 3-minute discussion period (these timings are a guide and confirmation of the actual timings will be emailed to all successful authors).

Poster presentation

Abstracts which are not accepted for oral presentation can be considered by the Programme Planning Group to be exhibited at the Annual scientific conference as Posters.

For those posters accepted for presentation, one of the Poster Abstract authors must be registered for the BMS annual scientific conference and available on Friday 30 June 2023, when Poster judging and prize giving will take place.

Posters will be displayed digitally at the conference and full details on how to prepare their Poster for digital display will be given to successful poster authors.

Poster as Oral presentation

Very occasionally the assessors may feel that an accepted poster presentation warrants an invitation for an Oral presentation

Prize giving

Will take place at the Annual scientific conference on the Friday 30 June 2023.

Prizes

Best Oral Presentation £200.00
Best poster presentation £150.00

Publication

Accepted Abstracts will be published in Post Reproductive Health, the quarterly journal of the BMS, following the conference, together with the lead author’s email address.
This is a condition of abstract submission

Videos of the oral presentations and pdfs of the posters will be available online for delegates of the annual scientific conference delegates to view post-conference

By submitting your Abstract, you agree to conform to the submission guidelines.

Download abstract submission guidelines (PDF)