Call for Poster Presentation: 1st Philippine Herbal Medicine Summit

The Institute of Herbal Medicine-National Institutes of Health is now accepting abstract submissions for poster presentation at the 1st Philippine Herbal Medicine Summit which will be held on October 25-27, 2016 at the Century Park Hotel, Manila, Philippines.

The theme for the summit is “Working as One Community to Ensure the Efficacy and Safety of Herbal Medicines”. The Summit aims to bring together all stakeholders of herbal medicine, including those involved in research, funding, manufacturing, distribution, regulation and consumption, together in order to share best practices as well work together to improve the state of herbal medicine drug development in the Philippines.

Poster papers should be original researches in any area of study for medicinal plant research (agriculture, preclinical, formulation and clinical trials) and related topics. The abstract must include: introduction, significance of study, objectives, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, recommendations if any.

Instructions for the submission of abstracts include the following:

  1. Title of abstract should be written in 10 pt. Times New Roman. 
  2. Names of authors and affiliations should be written in 10-pt Italic Times New Roman. Underline the name of the presenting author. Include email address of the presenting author. 
  3. Title, authors’ names, affiliations are centered. 
  4. Text of the abstract should be not more than 300words in length and written in 10 pt. Regular Times New Roman. Should be single-spaced and justified. 
  5. Submit the abstract as an attachment of MS Word document via email to the Scientific Papers Committee headed by: Dr. Evangeline C Amor (nih.ihm@gmail.com) Please indicate in the subject line of the email: “IHMHerbalSummit2016_your name” 

Deadline for submission of abstracts is on 15 August 2016.  Acceptance letters will be sent by September 8, 2016.

For further inquiries, please get in touch with Mr. AJ Ramos, Administrative Officer of the Institute of Herbal Medicine at telephone number (632) 5264248 or email at nih.ihm@gmail.com. You may also visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/instituteofherbalmedicine for updates.

Important Dates:

Abstracts Submission Date

August 15, 2016

Notification of Acceptance (by email)

September 8, 2016

Registration completed with Payment

September 30, 2016

Final Papers for Summit Proceedings

October 8, 2016

1st Philippine Herbal Medicine Summit

October 25-27, 2016