The PREP Symposium strives to provide the participants with a stage to present and discuss the very latest scientific and technological advances in preparative and process chromatography, with an exposure to the latest chromatography products available on the market, and with opportunities for training and continuing education. As such, researchers with new results in areas relevant to the meeting are encouraged to submit a one-page abstract online for oral communication or poster consideration.

Abstract submission is now open, and the following deadlines apply:

• submission deadline for oral communications: March 1, 2024
• submission deadline for poster presentations: April 18, 2024

Please note that your registration is required to access abstract submission tool, but payment of the registration fee is not mandatory at this stage.

SUBMIT ABSTRACT AS A PLACEHOLDER if you cannot submit the abstract prior to receiving company approval. 
By the date the abstract is due, please submit as a placeholder online the title, authors and a brief description of the kind of material that you would like to present, and indicate when approval is expected. This material will be kept confidential. It is your responsibility to submit the abstract upon approval.

All abstracts must be written exclusively in English (including the title, abstract text, author names and affiliations).

It should be noted that all papers are accepted based on the understanding that one or more of the authors will personally attend the conference as a conferee to present their work. In addition, by submitting the abstract you accept that the abstract will be provided to meeting participants as part of the scientific program. Kindly note that abstracts submitted for oral communication but not accepted for an oral time slot will be accepted for poster presentation. If you submit several abstracts, and many of them are accepted for poster presentation, it is your responsibility to make sure that all of your posters are covered at the assigned Poster Session times. If you have more than two posters scheduled at the same time, please ask a co-author to help you or withdraw the extra posters. Note, if a co-author presents the poster, the co-author must also be registered as a conference attendee (not booth staff). Once the abstract is submitted online, you will receive an email confirmation that the abstract has been successfully received. If you do not receive a confirmation, then we did not receive your abstract.

All abstracts submitted for oral communication by the oral submission deadline will be reviewed and rated by the Scientific Committee. Submitters will be notified in March regarding the abstract's placement in the program as either an oral or poster presentation.
As in the past, abstracts submitted to PREP 2024 will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and placed in the PREP 2024 scientific program accordingly.

Abstracts must be submitted via the Abstract Submission tool available under the Registration menu on this website. Please note that your registration is required to submit abstracts, but payment is not mandatory at this stage. However, accepted summaries will only be published in the book of abstracts of the symposium after full payment of the registration fee.

In order to submit your abstract, select “Abstract submission” under the “Registration” menu. Log in using your registration number (received upon registration) as well as your e-mail address. Select “Abstract Submission” and “Add”.

• Paste the title of your abstract in upper cases in the field “Subject”.
• Select whether you agree to be selected for an oral communication (if applicable) [Save].
• Select one Main category for your abstract (mandatory) as well as one or more Secondary categories (optional).
• Under “Authors”, add the number of authors and click on [Add authors]. Fill in each author’s firstname and lastname and tick the box for the main author. If no author is ticked, the submitter will automatically be selected as main author.
• Add the author’s full address(es) under “Author’s affiliations and addresses”. If several addresses are used, please add reference numbers between brackets at the end of each author’s name to refer to the corresponding author’s affiliation.
• Paste your abstract text in the field “Abstract content” (text only).
• To insert a picture, place your cursor into the text where a picture should appear and click on [Insert Image tag]. You can use several images.
• Under “Pictures”, add the number of images to be inserted and click on [Add files]. Browse your computer to attach the right images. (Please note that if the image is too large, it will be reduced to the A4 page size. If the image is smaller, it will keep its size. Please make sure the image quality is 300 dpi).
• Under “References”, add the number of references and click on [Add references]. Fill in the number of the references and the reference texts.
• A temporary number (TempXX) is assigned to your abstract for communication purposes. Please be aware that the definitive Poster or OC number will be communicated in your last information e-mail 1 week before the event.
• Click on [submit/edit].
• Click on “PDF preview” to check the result. Please note that the abstract should be one page maximum. Therefore, only the first page on the preview will be taken into account. If the preview shows more than one page, please adapt your page accordingly so that it fits into one page.
• You can update your abstract if necessary and submit/edit or preview as many times as needed. It will not re-create a new abstract but just update it.

The pdf will be inserted in the book of abstract as shown on the preview. Please be aware that it is your responsibility to fill in all data correctly and completely. Any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact will be reproduced as typed by the author.

You can have access to your poster via the website and make changes to it, until submission deadline, by using your registration number and email address as indicated at registration.