Call for Abstracts

2023 COS Annual Meeting and Exhibition 
Quebec City, Quebec June 15 – 18, 2023

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS PASSED

Before submitting your abstract, please review the relevant abstract guidelines:

• Paper or ePoster Abstract Guidelines
• Surgical Video Abstract Guidelines 

The Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) is accepting abstracts for the following subspecialty sessions:

• Cataract surgery*
• Cornea, external disease & refractive surgery
• Equity, diversity and inclusion
• Glaucoma
• Global and public health ophthalmology
• Neuro-ophthalmology
• Ocular regenerative medicine
• Oculoplastic & reconstructive surgery
• Ophthalmic pathology*
• Paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus
• Retina*
• Uveitis
• Vision rehabilitation

FORMAT

All abstracts must be submitted as a written abstract with information under five (5) main headings: Purpose, study design, methods, results and conclusions, regardless of presentation preference. You may select one of two preferred presentation formats at the time of submission:

• Paper: 7-minute oral presentation, unless an alternate duration is specified at the time of acceptance and invitation.
• ePoster: Electronic poster (ePoster) presentation (single Power point slide describing your research). All accepted posters must be submitted digitally in advance of the meeting.

*Note the following exceptions for some topic areas:

• Cataract: Paper presentations are 3-minutes in length; presentations should include 1 slide each for methods, results, and conclusions
• Retina: Paper presentations are 5-minutes in length.
• Ophthalmic pathology: Case presentations are preferred, poster submissions are not accepted for the Canadian Ophthalmic Pathology Society meeting. Submissions of pathology abstracts must be made by email directly to:

Dr. James Farmer. The deadline for submission in this category is more flexible, Society members and regular participants will receive a submission reminder e-mail in December. An abstract is not required, only a title needs to be provided.

We are planning the 2023 COS Annual Meeting & Exhibition in-person in Quebec City, June 15 – 18, 2023.

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS HERE!