Regulations

1.1. ISC 2021 will take place at Rīga Stradiņš University on 22 to 23 March 2021.

1.2. Applications for participation at the ISC shall be announced by the ISC Organising Committee.

1.3. The decision on amendments to the ISC Regulations shall be taken by RSU SU Board.

1.4. The ISC Regulations shall be published on the website of RSU SU sp.rsu.lv and on the conference website isc.rsu.lv.

1.5. Acceptance and supervision of conference abstracts shall be provided by RSU SU and the ISC Organising Committee. The evaluation of the abstracts shall be ensured by an independent panel of experts.

1.6. The working language of the conference shall be English.

1.7. The conference will feature the following sections of Health Sciences: Internal Medicine I (Cardiology, Pulmonology); Internal Medicine II (Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology); Surgery I (Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Vascular Surgery); Surgery II (General-, Visceral-, Endocrine-, Paediatric Surgery, Urology); Oncology & Haematology; Basic & Preclinical Science (Morphology, Pathology, Genetics); Dentistry, Maxillofacial Surgery & Otorhinolaryngology, Otorhinolaryngologic Surgery, Ophthalmology; Gynaecology, Gynaecological Surgery, Obstetrics, Perinatology; Paediatrics; Public & Global Health, Occupational Medicine, Nutrition, Rehabilitation; Traumatology, Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, Radiology, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery; Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesiology, Reanimatology; Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Physiology; Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Dermatology, Immunology, Allergology; Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy; Psychology;

1.8.Case Reports, Small Case Series: Internal Medicine; Surgery; Paediatrics.

1.9. The conference will feature the following sections of Social Sciences: Law; Economics; Political Science, International Relations; Communication.

1.10. In the event that less than seven abstracts are approved for the participation in the ISC within one section, the ISC Organising Committee shall have the right to merge the sections or to transfer the submitted abstracts to another section.

1.11. In the event that more than fifteen abstracts are approved for the participation in the ISC within one section, the ISC Organising Committee shall have the right to subdivide the sections or to transfer the abstracts submitted to another section.

2.1. The conference shall have the following possibilities for participation:

2.1.1. Active Participant – shall present his/her research work in the following format:

2.1.1.1. Oral presentation – the participant shall present his/her research work in the format of a PowerPoint (ppt, pptx) presentation. The presentation shall be designed and submitted in accordance with the procedure set by the ISC Organising Committee, which is published on the ISC website isc.rsu.lv in the section Presentation requirements.

2.1.1.2. Poster presentation – the participant shall present a poster or spreadsheet. The poster presentation shall be designed within the specified time and in accordance with the procedure set by the ISC Organising Committee, which is published on the ISC website isc.rsu.lv in the section Presentation Requirements.

2.1.2. Passive Participant or Attendee – is free to attend any section and ask questions of his/her interest in the discussion part.

2.2. All the participants of the conference shall have the opportunity to apply for workshops, tours and other activities of the social programme in accordance with the procedure set by the ISC Organising Committee.

2.3. Information on the amount of the participation fee shall be published on the ISC website isc.rsu.lv in the section Fees.

2.4. Participation fee for RSU students:

1.3.2. Active participation shall not be charged.

2.3.2. Passive participation shall not be charged, if it is registered on the ISC website isc.rsu.lv not later than 5 working days prior to the ISC. After the expiry of the prescribed time limit, the participation fee shall be charged for passive participation in the amount set by the ISC Organising Committee.

2.4. Participation fee for students of other higher education institutions:

2.4.1. Active and passive participation shall be subject to fees in the amount set by the ISC Organising Committee.

2.4.2. The fee for active participation must be paid within 5 working days of the notification of the results by the Abstract Evaluation Commission. If no payment is made within 5 working days, the participation in the conference shall be revoked. The participation fee shall cover the necessary costs of organising the conference. In the event of an online conference, the fee for providing the necessary software for the conference shall be covered.

2.5. Confirmation of passive participation in the conference shall be received within 3 working days after the application is registered on the ISC website isc.rsu.lv.

2.6. Payment for passive participation may also be made on the day of the conference according to the procedure and in the amount set by the ISC Organising Committee.

2.7. When registering a payment, the date of the transfer of the participation fee shall be determined by the payment order

2.8. The participation fee shall be refunded only if the conference is cancelled.

3.1. Students of any accredited higher education institution may participate in the conference with their research: students of first and second level professional programmes, Bachelor’s programmes and Master’s study programmes, including students on academic leave.

3.2. Students of the study programme “Residency in Medicine” and students of doctoral study programmes cannot participate in the conference with their research.

3.3. Students whose studies are financed both from the state budget and their own funds may take part in the conference.

4.1. Abstracts must be submitted within the specified time and in accordance with the procedure set by the ISC Organising Committee, published on the ISC website isc.rsu.lv.

4.2. The Organising Committee may decide to extend the deadline for submitting abstracts by posting information on the ISC website isc.rsu.lv.

4.3. One student may submit abstracts of several research papers in all sections, except for the Case Report section (for the Case Report section one student may submit an abstract of only one case description).

4.4. Abstracts based on literature reviews, including meta-analyses, shall not be accepted at the conference.

4.5. When submitting an abstract for research work, the student shall indicate only one section in which he/she wants to present the respective research.

4.6. Following the evaluation of the independent panel of experts, the ISC Organising Committee shall have the right to transfer the abstract to another section, upon notification to the first author as indicated by submitting the abstract.

4.7. After submitting the abstracts, it is possible to make changes to the abstracts and to change the sequence of the authors of the research until the deadline for submitting the abstracts.

4.8. The ISC organising team shall not be responsible for any grammatical or other errors in the abstracts.

4.9. The evaluation of applicants and the decision on approval of the abstracts for the conference shall be carried out by the Panel of Experts.

4.10. The applicant shall submit the abstract electronically by the date specified by the ISC Organising Committee on the platform indicated on the ISC website isc.rsu.lv.

4.11. When applying electronically to participate in the conference on the ISC website isc.rsu.lv, the applicant shall:

4.11.1. Complete the conference application.

4.11.2. Submit the abstract in the specified format and in accordance with the procedure set by the ISC Organising Committee.

4.12. If the submitted abstract does not comply with the specified format and requirements, it will not be accepted.

4.13. Upon application, the applicant agrees to the transfer of personal data to the third party concerned, insofar as it is necessary for the administration of the process in compliance with the RSU SP privātuma politikai (Privacy Policy of RSU SU).