For the BMT 2012, we kindly ask you to submit:

papers

or                                    

papers for the DGBMT student competition

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Submission of papers

Please submit your structured abstract (maximum of 300 words) in English. The selection of abstracts will be made by a peer review process. All accepted abstracts will be published online as a supplement to the regular volume of the Biomedical Engineering journal in the Walter de Gruyter (WdG) publishing house.

New in 2012

• If a submitted structured abstract is accepted by the peer review the author receives the opportunity to optionally submit a conference paper of a maximum of 4 pages in English. Also, the conference paper will undergo a review process.
  
  
• Accepted abstracts and conference papers will be prepared by WdG to be listed in PubMed.
  
  
• Accepted abstracts and conference papers will be freely available on http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bmte (WdG).

The submission of papers (PDF document without password protection) is by means of a web based manuscript handling system (for paper submission please click here).

The use of the template (see download box on the right) is binding – it is absolutely essential that you observe the structuring and formatting guidelines.

Copyright:
By submitting your abstract in English you accept the terms of the copyright agreement.

Important dates and deadlines:

1 Upon expiry of the deadline the title and authors of the submitted papers become binding and
   cannot be modified any more.
2 Every submitting author (author who also holds the presentation) can submit up to two papers.

 
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Submission of papers for the DGBMT student competition 2012

At its annual conference the German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT) within VDE calls for presenting results of outstanding final papers except dissertations.

The best papers (conference papers) – submitted as posters or presentations (in German or English, max. of 4 pages) – will receive certificates and prizes.

1st prize: 1000 EUR   /   2nd prize: 600 EUR   /    3rd prize: 400 EUR.

 
The assessment procedure for the student competition of the submitted written papers is carried out by reviewers and at the annual conference by experienced jurors of the expert committee “Training and further education: BMT in your studies”. The best 10 papers are assessed by the jurors during the running sessions of the BMT conference and the winners determined. The other finalists receive a participation certificate.

The best 10 papers are published online (only in English) as a supplement to the regular volume of the Biomedical Engineering journal in the Walter de Gruyter (WdG) publishing house.

The assessment of submitted written papers is based on the following criteria:

• Innovation content
• Problem solving
• Comprehensibility
• Care, formal impression of the presentation.

The assessment at the conference is based on the following criteria:

• Scientific content of the paper
• Scientific content of the presentation
• Quality of the presentation
• Timing in the presentation
• Demonstration of competence in the discussion.

Conditions of participation:

Only first authors are admitted who while writing their scientific study presented in the paper

• are or were at the time enrolled as a student at a university,
• are younger than 30 years on the last day of the conference and
• a member of the DGBMT (or of one of the two affiliate societies in Austria or Switzerland). (In the first year DGBMT membership is free for students.)

When submitted dissertations of participants shall not yet have been finished. This means that scientific assistants, doctoral students and PhD students are allowed to take part if they fulfil these requirements. Please note that final papers must have been finished when submitted.

A submission application (application form) and an informal letter of recommendation (application endorsement for participation in the student competition) written for instance by a university lecturer or professor supervising the thesis or dissertation shall be submitted in electronic form (PDF document) together with the paper (conference paper). The paper shall present only current research work which may have been terminated not more than one year before the deadline for submission. In the absence of supporting documents the participant will be eliminated.

Preparation of the paper:

Papers for the DGBMT student competition may be submitted as a presentation or a poster the assignment of which is in the hands of the conference scientific advisory board. In the case of team work the submitted paper shall refer only to the personal contribution of the author.

The submitted paper (conference paper) for the DGBMT student competition should not exceed a maximum of 4 pages (PDF document, no password protection) and may be written in German or English.
Please use the binding structuring and formatting template for conference papers (template see download box on the right). The submission of papers (PDF document without password protection) is by means of a web based manuscript handling system (for paper submission please click here).

The official conference languages are German and English.

Copyright:

By submitting your paper in German or English for the DGBMT student competition you accept the terms of the copyright agreement.

Participation in the conference:

The criterion for admission to the student competition is a position among the top 30 of applications to the student competition in the peer review process of the registration to the conference. Student papers are assigned in line with the topic of the running sessions of the BMT conference and identified as such in the conference programme.

Registration:

Participants in the student competition also pay the BMT participation fee for students. (In the first year DGBMT membership is free for students.)

Prize-giving ceremony:

The prize-giving ceremony takes place at the closing event of the conference. Prizes are awarded personally to first authors according to their score in the ranking. In exceptional cases a representative may be appointed to receive the prize.
The awards are published after the conference both in the DGBMT members’ magazine “Health Technologies” and on the DGBMT homepage (www.dgbmt.de). Prize winners are requested to publish a contribution in the Biomedical Engineering journal (WdG) (the usual review process being passed).

If you have any questions about the submission of papers for the student competition please contact:

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Knut Möller
Studienkoordinator
FH-Furtwangen
Medical Engineering (ME)
Jakob-Kienzle-Str. 17
78054 Villingen-Schwenningen

If you have any questions or problems with the manuscript handling system (paper submission) please contact:

VDE Conference Service
Frau Hatice Altintas
Stresemannallee 15
60596 Frankfurt/Main
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 6308-477
Fax +49 (0) 69 96 3152 13
E-mail: vde-conferences@vde.com