Abstract Submission Rules for SSCR2023

Please read the submission rules before submitting an abstract. 

1. Your abstract should be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 250 words.
2. The presenting author is required to ensure that all contributors and funding organisations are aware of the content of the abstract before submission.
3. All abstracts accepted for presentation will be published prior to the Conference.
4. You may submit more than 1 abstract. However, presenters that are accepted for oral presentation will be permitted to give only 1 oral presentation.  
5. Abstracts will be considered/evaluated according to the following criteria: 

1. Research value and/or Reef management value
2. Clarity and quality
3. Content and methodology
4. Fit with symposium theme/s
5. Connections to Human Dimensions framework for the Great Barrier Reef (see Figure 1) 

(Adapted from: Assessment and monitoring of the human dimensions within the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: final report of the Human Dimensions Expert Group, 2019)