The Committee decided to extend the deadline for abstract submission up to December 15. The abstracts will now be reviewed by the International Scientific Committee. Given the high number of abstracts, the organisers expect the forthcoming congress to be a success.

From the total the following countries submitted the highest number of extracts China (78), India (33), Spain (22), Brazil (12), Germany (12), Turkey (7) and Italy, USA, UK, Romania all with 6. In total, 19 countries submitted abstracts for the committee’s consideration.