Call for abstracts

Submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations on topics related to water quality, safety, and management in swimming facilities.

Abstract guidelines

Scientific papers on all aspects related to the conference themes are welcome for consideration as oral or poster presentations;
Abstracts must contain sufficient information to allow for assessment by the scientific committee;
The registration of at least one author during early bird registration is required for paper acceptance and publication in the Conference Proceedings;
All communications regarding the abstract submission will be sent to the corresponding author, through the registered e-mail, and it will be his/her responsibility to forward the information to the co-authors.

Abstracts should be assigned to one of the following categories by authors:

Water microbiology
Water chemistry
Disinfection
Swimming and health- pros and cons
Air quality of indoor pools
Construction issues
Innovative technologies in design and maintenance
Regulations
Use of alternative water sources- impact on the regulations
Accidents and safety
Risk assessment
Sustainability and environmental considerations
Swimmers behaviour
Ethical issues
The use of pools related to tourism
Thermal waters
Natural pools
Pool management during specific or widespread public health events, e.g. COVID pandemic

Layout and Style
Abstracts must be written according to the following guidelines:

Abstracts must be written in English language;
Abstracts must include the following sections (headings in bold):
Introduction, Aims, Methods, Results and Conclusions;
Abstracts MUST NOT exceed 1000 words (excluding title, authors’ names and affiliations), and contain no more than 1 figure and 1 table;
The title should be written in capital letters; followed by Author(s) name(s) and affiliation. The name of the corresponding author must be underlined.
Line spacing: Single-space;
Font: Times New Roman, size 11;
Alignment: Justified;
Abstracts should ONLY be submitted as an attached Microsoft Word file, through the e-mail address icsps.athens@uniwa.gr, entitled “ABSTRACT”

Conference Venues

Our conference venues are fully accessible to individuals with disabilities.