You are most welcome to submit your abstract related to, but not limited to, the main themes of the symposium:

• Recording methods for physiological parameters
• Methods for assessment of health and wellbeing
• Evaluation of the effects of wellbeing technology

General policy

1. All abstracts must be submitted and received on 26 April, 2010 at the latest, by e-mail to minna.lahtinen@tut.fi

2. All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and the results of the review will be announced by sending a notice of acceptance/rejection via email to the authors by 4 May, 2010. Instructions for oral and poster presentations will be sent to the presenting author. Thus, presenting authors must register and pay their registration fee by 14 May, 2010 to be included in the book of abstracts and to ensure their rights for presentation.

3. The accepted abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book.

Instructions for preparing abstracts

Please read the following instructions carefully before preparing your abstract.

1. Abstract must be typed in ENGLISH and saved in Microsoft Word format (.doc, .docx, .rtf) with the body limited to 300 words or 200 words containing one table or one figure (not including authors' information).

The file size of the submitted abstract should be within 2 MB.

2. The text should be single spaced and written in point size 12, using Times New Roman font. The title should be concise and describe the research to be reported in point size 14 and be bold. Leave one blank line between the title and the name(s) of the author(s).

3. The author information should be bold in size 12 and only include:

(1) Name(s) should begin with full first name, middle initial and last name. Underline the name of the presenting author; otherwise the first author will be taken as the presenting.

4. Use standard abbreviations and place a special or unusual abbreviation in parenthesis after the full word appears. Write numbers as numerals rather than words.

5. An acceptable structure of an abstract must consist of the following components (when it is applicable)

(1) Background: A statement of the hypothesis or research question

(2) Methods: An explanation of the study design and experimental methods used

(3) Results: A concise summary of the major findings of the study or intervention. Sufficient data must be provided to permit evaluation by the reviewers and public reading the abstracts. Statements such as "the data will be discussed" are not acceptable. (It is only acceptable to insert one table or one figure in an abstract.)

(4) Conclusion(s): Summary of the overall findings or experiences and the importance of the study

6. Authors are expected to ensure the accuracy of the submitted abstracts. Any mistakes in literature or in scientific facts will be published as what is typed. The language of the abstract should preferably be checked before submitting.

7. The Scientific Committee of the Symposium reserves the right to accept or refuse an abstract, to designate abstracts either oral or poster presentation and to choose a suitable session for the abstract. The authors' preference of the type of the presentation and theme will be taken into account.