Important Dates

Pre-Conference Preparation Date
Deadline for abstract submission (1 page / max. 350 words) 30 June 2024 (Extended: 15 Aug. 2024)
Notification of acceptance to present (in-person or virtually) at the MedGU-24 15 July 2024
Deadline for submitting a revised abstract (1 page / max. 350 words) 31 August 2024
Notification of acceptance or rejection of revised abstracts 1 September 2024
Opening of online registration to attend (audience), present/publish or to publish only at the MedGU-24 (authors of accepted abstracts only) 1 September 2024
Publication Plan: The Proceedings (optional) Date
Invitation to submit (optional) an extended abstract (based on the accepted short abstract), i.e. a short proceedings paper (using this Template) 1 – 15 September 2024
Deadline for submission of extended abstracts (short proceedings papers) 15 October 2024 (Extended: 15 November 2024)
Final Notification of acceptance to publish in the proceedings 25 December 2024
Signature of the Springer Consent-to-Publish Form 31 December 2024
Submission to Springer of the proceedings after English revision (free-of-charge) of accepted papers 31 January 2025
Typesetting, proofreading, corrections and production of the MedGU proceedings by Springer 31 January – 30 April 2025
Online publication of the proceedings in the Springer ASTI Book Series (indexed in Scopus) 01 May 2025
Conference Preparation & Plan Date
Deadline for online registration to attend, present or to publish only at the MedGU-24 30 September 2024
Deadline for payment as confirmation of participation to attend, present or to publish only (see payment rates on Registration) 31 October 2024
Conference days 25, 26, 27 November 2024
Workshops & Courses 28 November 2024
Post-conference field trip 28 – 30 November 2024
Publication Plan: The Special Issues Date
Invitation (after the conference) to submit in the special issues 10 December 2024
Deadline to submit the full paper to the special issues (see partner journals on Publications) 31 March 2025
Publication of the full special issues (however, papers will appear online as soon as accepted) 31 December 2025