4th International Conference & AGM

CALL FOR
PAPERS

Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Important Dates ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Conference Strands ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Contributing Papers ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Specific Product Promotion ......................................................................................................................... 5
Presentation Options ................................................................................................................................... 5
Submission Requirements........................................................................................................................... 6
Conference Registration .............................................................................................................................. 7
Authors Responsibilities & Copyright ......................................................................................................... 7

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Introduction
The Australian Dental & Oral Therapists Association is proud to announce that their 4th International
Conference (ADOHTA2015), will be held at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Australia from 10-12
September 2015.
The conference will offer an exciting and stimulating scientific and keynote program that includes
international, national and local presenters sharing their expertise, exploring their challenges and
identifying opportunities. The program aims focus on the research and evidence based practice in
dental and oral health therapy to celebrate the successes, identify the opportunities for innovation and
development and also to explore the diversity in our practice and challenges so we can learn from
these experiences.
This document contains guidelines for the submission of abstracts for short paper sessions, workshops,
and talking posters.
Please note:
All abstracts must be in submitted electronically for review by the Conference Program
Committee via the website in the format outlined later in this document

All accepted papers are to be presented in person by at least one author at the conference
All presenters must register for the conference.

Submissions from a variety of disciplines and perspectives that will contribute to the conference
discourse are welcomed. We encourage educators, faculty and research students to submit
abstracts to cater for the broad audience of delegates comprised of dental therapists, hygienists,
oral health therapists, dentists, educators and other health professionals with an interest in oral
health
Sharing your research, experience and expertise will complement other excellent contributions from
across Australia and the world included in the conference program.
The theme of the conference is 50 years of Dental Therapy Practice in Australia - Celebrating
achievements, challenges and diversity whilst preparing for the future

Important Dates
June 2014:

Call for Papers Open

31 March 2015:

Abstracts Due

20 April 2015:

Notification of Acceptance

31 May 2015:

Program Available

10 August 2015:

Updated Abstracts due

01 September 2015: MS PowerPoint Files Due

10 September 2015: Conference Opens

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Conference Strands
The dental and oral therapist/dental hygiene workforce in Australia is relatively small and has gradually
expanded from small numbers in public dental health services to increasingly larger numbers in both
the public and private sectors. Abstracts are invited from health professionals and researchers from all
disciplines and sectors that address theme 50 years of Dental Therapy Practice in Australia Celebrating achievements, challenges and diversity
Presentations on Indigenous health will be particularly welcome. Presenters of Indigenous health
research focusing on particular communities are to provide with their abstract an additional paragraph
outlining whether the relevant community/ies have provided permission to publicise the research
findings.

Abstracts should address one of the sub-themes:

Achievements, challenges and diversity of practice
Many policies outside of oral health influence the delivery of oral health care; how have these altered
over the last 50 years; how has the practice of dental therapists/oral health therapists/dental hygienists
altered service delivery and offered new models of care; what can and should we be doing to ensure
making healthier choices are easier and to ensure improved oral and general health for all?
Generating and using evidence to address, the challenges and possibilities
How do we make progress in oral health when there is uncertainty? How do we generate, gather and
integrate the evidence we need to take action? How do we continue to support growing evidence
between general health and oral health?
New opportunities, new technology - towards the future
We must learn from the past and plan for the future. Health advocacy requires leadership and there are
many examples of new leaders making a difference to public oral health. New technologies also provide
challenges and opportunities in oral health, so how do we use these efficiently and effectively?
As the associations of oral health and general health are more closely established how do we develop
inter-professional practice.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSES 31 March 2015

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Contributing Papers

As part of your submission, you will provide information your contact details, a 300 word
abstract, an indication of your preferred session type, keywords and conference strand.

The abstract should have the ability to entice people to attend your session, whilst identifying
the aim of the study, results methods and/or discussion points.

Presenters are expected to list three key words/phrases that apply to their session that will
assist delegates to identify sessions they wish to attend. Examples of key words might be:
professional learning, early childhood, workshop practice, research, future trends.

Selection of papers will be based on the abstract submitted and its relevance, interest and
appeal to the conference delegates.

If your abstract is accepted you will be notified by 20 April 2015

Specific Product Promotion

The presentation options described in this document are designed for educators and researchers to
share their work with like-minded colleagues in ways that do not commercially promote specific
products.

Abstract authors should acknowledge the support of commercial organisations for their

research or presentations where applicable.

Please note on your presentation must identify any

financial or in-kind support provided by a commercial organisation and /or financial support for the
presentation of this paper

Presentation Options
Short Paper Sessions
Abstracts will be published in the Conference Program strictly as presented in the submission so
please ensure all details are correct and complete. The abstracts will also be placed on the
conference website and published in a special edition of the ANZ Journal DOHT

Each presenter will have a total of 15 minutes, (10 minutes to present with 5 minutes for
discussion)

If you exceed your 10-minute presentation time, the question-and-answer period after the
presentation will be shortened. If presentations exceed the 15-minute mark, the moderator will
interrupt.

All presentation rooms will be equipped for electronic presentations with Presenters may use
MS PowerPoint and load their presentations with the conference conveners at least 24 hours
before their scheduled presentation.
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Poster sessions
Abstracts will be published in the Conference Program and the ANZJDOHT Conference edition.

Usually the informal presentation that accompanies the poster relates to research in
progress, teaching and learning, innovation or the application of technology.

Posters will be displayed for the entire conference and a time will be scheduled for the
author/s to attend their poster for discussion and feedback.

A prize will be awarded for the best poster selected by a judging panel, comprising members of
the Abstract Reviewing Panel.

Maximum size for Posters will be AO = 841mm wide (33.1ins) x 1189mm high (46.8ins)

Please be aware that posters are largely visual communications and should not contain a lot of
text in small font.

Workshops
These sessions should be interactive, practical and hands-on. Presenter(s) would usually
conduct the session without a nominated chair, but if you will need assistance please indicate
and describe your needs, so that the feasibility of your proposal can be assessed by the
conference committee.

Workshop descriptions should identify 3 learning outcomes and who should attend, and will be
published in the program.

Time Limit: 45 or 90 minutes

Discussion points, pre-reading that would be required must be indicated

Number of attendees required and target audience

The presentation rooms will be equipped for electronic presentations with PowerPoint and have
a flipchart, whiteboard & markers.

Identify any special requirements that may be required but please consider that any additional
costs will NOT be covered by the Conference Committee. (Costs for additional materials and
equipment will need to be covered by the presenter)

Submission Requirements

Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 31 March 2015

Presenters will be notified of acceptance by 20 April 2015

Submissions will only be accepted by email to the Conference Organisers

Presenters will be advised that abstract has been received by return email

Questions regarding abstracts should be emailed to the same address as above

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Submission Format

The abstract should be a maximum of 300 words in simple text paragraphs without tables or
sub-headings describing the content of the paper.

All abstracts must be submitted in 12 point font by email in Word or Rich Text Format (windows
compatible).

The abstract must show the title of the paper (no longer than one line) and names of all authors.
State the presenters full name, title, institutional affiliation, postal address, phone and email
address. If there is more than one presenter, please indicate

All correspondence will be sent to the first presenter nominated in the abstract

List names and institutional affiliations of authors only, contact details are not required

Please clearly mark whether it is to be a poster, oral paper or workshop presentation.

Guidelines for preparation of posters and presentations are included in presentation options

All abstracts will be subject to peer review by the program committee

Conference Registration

For the purpose of this conference all presenters accepted by the program committee will be
given Honorary Association Membership enabling registration at members rates

Presenters must at time of acceptance register as full conference delegates and pay the
appropriate Member registration fees

Authors Responsibilities & Copyright

Authors of presentations accepted for the conference will be required to submit a statement for
copyright transfer if the paper is to be included. The statement will require authors to acknowledge that
they understand the copyright for the abstract is transferred to ADOHTA and that the conference
proceedings can be reproduced in the ANZJDOHT.
In addition, the statement will require authors to acknowledge they understand that they are not able to
submit the same works to any other professional group or publishing agency without the written
permission the ADOHTA 2015 Conference Committee
ADOHTA and the Conference Organisers accept NO responsibility for any breach of copyright by any
presenter at the Conference and all submissions are accepted and published in good faith.

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