12^thAnnual Conference of Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology

On behalf of the Indian Society of Neuro-Oncology, it gives us great pleasure to welcome you to the 12th annual meeting of the society to be hosted by Christian Medical College, Vellore from April 15-17, 2021. The meeting will be held on a virtual platform. The themes of the meeting are

• 1. Tumours of the spine and spinal cord
• 2. Central Nervous System tumours in teens and young adults.

The COVID pandemic has opened up new avenues to enhance our learning experience. This virtual meeting thus aims to provide an opportunity to listen to a gallery of international and national experts in the field of Neuro-oncology from the safety and comfort of our own workplaces. The programme has been designed to address the needs of postgraduate residents, junior and senior faculty involved in management of patients with Neuro-oncological problems.

We encourage you to participate in this meeting and share your work in various aspects of Neuro-oncology through the poster and free paper sessions.

With best wishes,

• 1. Submission is invited for E-Posters or Platform presentations.
• 2. The final decision on the category of the presentation will be made by the scientific committee after evaluating your abstract.
• 3. The abstract should be divided into the following subsections: Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
• 4. The word limit should not exceed 400 words.
• 5. Submit your abstract in Times New Roman font of size 12.
• 6. Award categories for abstracts received include:
          A) Basic Sciences/Translational research
          B) Clinical Neuro-Oncology and
          C) Tumours in the TYA (Teenagers and Young Adults) population.
          Please specify the category in which your abstract is being submitted.
• 7. Abstract Submissions extended up to 25^th March 2021.
• 8. For consideration for award presentation, the presenting author should be an ISNO member or should have applied for membership of ISNO. If you are not a member of ISNO, please apply for membership using the link provided in the homepage of the website www.isnocon2021.com and then copy the details to isnocon2021@gmail.com before 31^st March 2021.

• 1. Registration for ISNO Quiz is open for Post-Graduate residents from Neurosurgery, Pathology, Neuropathology, Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology and                  Radiology.
• 2. The quiz will be on individual basis and NOT as teams. The topics for the quiz will be Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology and       Radiology related to Neuro-Oncology.
• 3. Registration for ISNOCON2021 is mandatory for participation in the quiz.
• 4. The preliminary round will be conducted online on 10^th April 2021 with 25 questions, 15 of which will be from the primary speciality to which the participant               belongs to and 10 questions from the ancillary fields of Neuro-Oncology.
• 5. The registration should be accompanied by a certificate duly signed by the Head of Department that the registrant is a Postgraduate student of the related field.
• 6. The final round will be held online live during the conference on 17^th April 2021.
• 7. Please contact isnocon2021@gmail.com for any further queries.