As we are all aware, the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been the focus of the medical community throughout the world. This has prevented many of our colleagues from preparing and submitting abstracts for our congress in September. We have therefore decided to extend the abstract submission deadline to April 6.

We are also aware that some individuals are concerned about committing to traveling to the congress as it is still six months away. We have therefore decided to extend the abstract presenter registration deadline to June 15, at which point much more will be known about the containment for the coronavirus disease.