EAA-ISGA-ICEM-2022: Joint International Meeting: 22nd EAA Congress, 15th ISGA Congress, 5th International Conference of Evolutionary Medicine Vilnius University Vilnius, Lithuania, August 24-27, 2022 |
Conference website | https://www.eaa2022.mf.vu.lt/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eaa2022 |
Submission deadline | May 22, 2022 |
Dear Colleagues,
It is with a great pleasure that we welcome you to the Joint International Meeting: 22nd EAA Congress, 15th ISGA Congress, 5th International Conference of Evolutionary Medicine. We kindly invite scientists from different research fields to take part at this international and interdisciplinary scientific event which will be held on the August 24-27, 2022, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
During this third decade of the 21st Century, when we are experiencing profound changes to our planet as a result of the industrial, social, and economic development of our species it is timely that we should have a special focus on worldwide variation and adaptation evident in physical and physiological changes in the human body, evidence of ongoing evolution within the context of a changing environment, and evidence provided by the biopsychosocial and general health status in the past and today. That is why 22nd Congress of EAA (European Anthropology Association) will focus on Human variation and adaptation in a changing world.
Recently, many research areas – from biological anthropology, life sciences and medicine to physical and social sciences – have been dealing with changes in human body and background of variation in human physical status and development, emerging pathologies. Hence, we would like to invite scientists from different scientific fields and areas (anthropologists, physician, evolutionists and other human biologists, geneticists, public health specialists, sociologists, economists, even philosophers) to discuss challenging problems of human body variation and adaptation, health status and different diseases in relation to environmental, social, economic, cultural, political and other changes.
Simultaneously, in the same premises of the Old Campus of Vilnius University, we will be hosting the 5th International Conference on Evolutionary Medicine: An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the diversity of human health and disease. We kindly invite PhD students, other junior scientists and undergraduate students from different fields of research to take part at this international interdisciplinary scientific event, to share their research and cooperate to solve medical problems with the scientists from the other fields.
Finally, the 15th Congress of ISGA (International Society for the Study of Human Growth and Clinical Auxology) will be organized in parallel with the 22nd Congress of EAA. ISGA was established to expand our understanding of human growth and development in health and disease. For anthropologists, human biologists, educators, neonatologists, paediatricians, family practitioners and health workers dealing with all aspects of child and adolescent development this combined meeting of the EAA and ISGA will be a great opportunity to review your current research and future directions.
We believe, that the present joint international event will bring together participants from different areas of research to discuss human body variations and changes in general health status and diseases in relation to different environments, to deeper knowledge in possibilities of human adaptation and evolutionary mechanisms of current diseases.
Participants can register to attend one or all three events for a single registration fee. They would be able to attend plenary sessions and listen to lectures of all key-note speakers, as well as other presentations from all three scientific events.
This joint scientific meeting will be organized as hybrid event e.g. live in Vilnius and virtually. Virtual participation will only be possible for e-posers' presenters and non-presenting delegates. Speakers who will be presenting oral talks are expexted to participate in live event in Vilnius.
We would like to wish all the participants active scientific discussions, and fruitful interdisciplinary cooperation. We hope to see you in Vilnius University (Lithuania) by the end of August, 2022.
On behalf of EAA and the Organizing Committee,
Prof. Noel Cameron
President of the European Anthropology Association (EAA) | Professor of Human Biology, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK
Prof. Janina Tutkuvienė
Head of the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Submission Guidelines
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
- All abstracts must be submitted via EasyChair platform.
- Authors will receive an automatic confirmation once an abstract is submitted.
- All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Confirmation of the status/form of the presentation will be sent once the review process is complete but no later than June 15, 2022.
- Authors are asked to state their format preference as part of their online abstract submission however the Scientific Committee reserves the right to decide on the final form of the presentation.
- After the abstract is accepted, the presenting author is expected to register and pay the fee until July 1, 2022 otherwise the Scientific Committee reserves the right to withdraw the abstract from the Abstract Book. It is also expected that the presenting author of oral presentation would attend the Joint EAA-ISGA-ICEM Meeting live and do a presentation at the event.
- There is no limit on the number of abstracts that an individual may co-author, however each person may be the first author of a maximum of two abstracts.
- If an abstract submission confirmation email or an abstract status notification email is not received, we advice to check a spam folder first. If emails are not found there, we ask authors to contact Meeting Secretariat at eaa@seventips.lt.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
- All abstracts must be submitted and presented in clear English with accurate grammar and spelling of a quality suitable for publication. We recommend that a native English speaker should edit each abstract before submission.
- Please include full name (not initials) of each author so that an accurate index could be produced. If the author is on more than one abstract, please make sure that the name and affiliation is identical in each abstract, so that all abstracts could be indexed to the same name.
- The body of the Research-Based Abstract should contain paragraphs with the following headings (in bold): Background and Aim, Material and Methods, Results, Conclusions, Keywords (3-5 in alphabetic order). There are no special requirements for the structure of Descriptive Abstracts (they are recommended for Keynote speakers, Invited lecturers). The body of the abstract is limited to maximum 300 words. Do not include tables or illustrations, or use undefined abbreviations. Please do not include references. Please also avoid superscripts and subscripts, special symbols and formatting wherever possible.
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A Note on Self-Plagiarism: Abstracts must not duplicate previously published abstracts. Abstracts that are substantially the same as published abstracts cannot be accepted as copyright may be held elsewhere.
List of Topics
EAA Congress topics:
- Human Population Genetics
- Human Evolution
- Bioarchaeology
- Growth, Development and Aging
- Humans and Environment
- Applied Anthropology
- Biopsychosocial Studies
ISGA Congress topics:
- First 1000 Days
- Environmental Effects on Human Growth
- Nutrition and Body Comp
- Recent Advances in Growth Data Analysis
Committees
Scientific Committee
- Janina Tutkuviene (President of the Organizing Committee | Vilnius University, Lithuania)
- Noel Cameron (President of EAA | Loughborough University, United Kingdom)
- Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Vice-President of EAA | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
- Maria Kaczmerek (Vice-President of EAA | Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
- Jesper L. Boldsen (Vice-President of EAA | University of Odense, Denmark)
- Annamaria Zsakai (General-Secretary of EAA | Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary)
- Erksin Gülec (Vice-President of EAA | University of Ankara, Turkey)
- Rimantas Jankauskas (Vice-Rector of Vilnius University | Lithuania)
- Algirdas Utkus (Dean of the Medical Faculty | Vilnius University, Lithuania)
Organizing committee
- Arunas Barkus
- Ramune Cepuliene
- Egle Jakimaviciene
- Renata Mackeviciene
- Ruta Morkuniene
- Laura Nedzinskiene
- Renata Simkunaite-Rizgeliene
- Andrej Suchomlinov
- Janina Tutkuviene
- Violeta Zalgeviciene
Keynote speakers
EAA Congress:
- Prof. Noel Cameron, UK
- Prof. Sylvia Kirchengast, Austria
- Prof. Christopher Kuzawa, USA
- Prof. Charlotte Roberts, UK
- Prof. Wulf Schiefenhovel, Germany
ICEM Conference:
- Prof. Martin Brune, Germany
- Prof. Maria Kaczmarek, Poland
- Prof. Slawomir Koziel, Poland
- Prof. Saša Missoni, Croatia
- Dr. Zuzana Obertova, Australia
- Prof. Frank Ruhli, Switzerland
- Prof. Nick Mascie - Taylor, UK
- Prof. Dr. Janina Tutkuvienė, VU
- Dr. Marian Vanhaeren, France
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to eaa@seventips.lt