The conference "Viruses 2020 – Novel Concepts in Virology" will accept abstracts only.

The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference. Moreover, participants will have the opportunity to contribute with a full manuscript to the special issue "Novel Concepts in Virology" in the journal Viruses.

Please note that abstract submission and conference registration are two separate processes.

To register for the conference, please follow this link.

To present your research at the event

• Create an account on Sciforum if you do not have one, then click on ‘New Submission’ on the upper-right corner of the window, or by clicking on ‘Submit Abstract’ at the top of this webpage.
• Indicate what thematic area is best suited for your research.
• Submit an abstract in English - the word limits are: minimum 150 words and maximum 300 words.
• The deadline to submit your abstract is 28 October 2019. You will be notified by 2 December 2019 about the acceptance for poster presentation.
• Upon submission, you can select if you wish to also be considered for oral presentation. Following assessment by the Chairs, you will be notified by 2 December 2019 in a separate email whether your contribution has been accepted for oral presentation.
• Please note that, in order to finalize the scientific program in due time, at least one registration by any of the authors, denoted as Covering Author, is required to cover the presentation and publication of any accepted abstract. Covering Author registration deadline is 18 December 2019. Your abstract will be withdrawn if your registration is not complete by this date.
• Authors with multiple contributions: please note that one author registration will cover only ONE accepted contribution. Authors presenting more than 1 contribution during the event will be charged 50 euro per additional abstract (e.g., 1 author with 2 abstracts: registration fee + 50 euro; 2 authors with 3 abstracts: 2 registration fees + 50 euro; etc.).

Oral Presentations
Short talks will be 15 min long including questions (12+3 Q&A). The typical presentation should be up to 10–12-minute talk.

All presentations must be uploaded in advance. Please bring your presentation to the registration desk at least 30 min before the start of your session, or at the end of the previous day for the early morning sessions. A technician will be available to assist you. For talks scheduled during the morning of the first day (5 February 2020), we ask you to please send the presentation by email before the end of Monday 3 February, to avoid any delays.

Poster Information

Maximum poster size limited to A0: 84 x 120 cm / 33 x 47 in (width x height) in vertical orientation (portrait). Please print your poster prior to the conference.

Your poster will be displayed according to the poster number found in one of the lists available at the Conference Schedule section and it will be allocated to one of the two formal poster sessions listed below, during which you are required to stand at your poster:

• Session A (Thursday, 6 February): Posters 1 to 73 (both included). Posters should be set up during the morning and must be removed by 17:00. The posters remaining after this time will be removed and recycled.
• Session B (Friday, 7 February): Posters 74 to 147 (both included). Posters should be set up during the morning and must be removed by 16:30. The posters remaining after this time will be removed and recycled.

Ten posters has been selected by the Scientific Committee to be presented in a 3-min Flash Presentation during a special session on the first day of the conference (please check the list in the Detailed Conference Program). These posters will be also displayed during the Poster Sessions. The Best Poster Award will be selected and granted to one of these ten posters.

Publication Opportunities

• All accepted abstracts will be available online in Open Access form on Sciforum.net.
• Participants of this conference are welcomed to contribute with a full manuscript to our Special Issue "Novel Concepts in Virology" in the journal Viruses.
• The submission deadline for this special issue is 5 June 2020. Conference participants will be granted a 20% discount on the publication fees.
• Viruses is indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), MEDLINE (PubMed) and other databases, and has an Impact Factor of 3.811 (2018).