Participants are encouraged to contribute original papers in the field of Congress Topics. Their contributions will be published in the Book of Abstracts. Each paper should be ONE PAGE long with maximum one figure and one table. Papers should conform to the format of the CW 2008 template that can be downloaded here as a Word file.

Papers can only be submitted electronically as Word files to the email address: dctis.ctess@gmail.com .

Confirmation email will be sent after every successful submission. The deadline for paper submission is March 25, 2008. Authors will be notified of their paper acceptance/refusal by end of March 2008.

At the Congress, authors can present their contributions in the form of oral presentations (7 min. presentation + 3 min. discussion) or posters (90 cm x 120 cm).

CTESS will award 5 participants who will present their work at Cartilage weekend for the first time with registration fee free participation.