Late-breaking is a way for researchers to share early results, solicit helpful feedback, and build ties among colleagues. It also provides the opportunity for a select number of accepted submissions to be highlighted on the conference program’s main stage. During these sessions, authors will present their research to a group of attendees.
In the past, 24-hour news networks reserved programming interruptions for breaking news, such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Today, such news is frequently announced on television by lower thirds and other graphics that can be updated as events occur. Similarly, the MSMilan2023 conference will host Spotlight on Late Breaking Clinical Research sessions to highlight the results of major randomized trials and registries. Other clinical research will be presented in rapid fire sessions that will feature a short oral presentation.
The presenting author of an abstract submitted to the late-breaking category must be registered for the corresponding SfN event by the abstract submission deadline. If an in-person or virtual presenter is not registered by this date, the abstract will be removed from the program. Authors must be prepared to discuss their work in a concise manner (limited to 2 minutes).
SfN members may appear as presenting authors on only one late-breaking abstract. The scientific content of a late-breaking abstract must be new, innovative, or a substantial extension of existing knowledge. The content must not have been presented at a national meeting, or published in any other online or PubMed indexed venue by the time of submission. Authors must also be able to defend the legitimacy of their claim that the research described in the abstract is truly late-breaking.