FAQs

The main congress will be held on 18-23 August 2019 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, while the 3-5 days pre-congress events will be organised mainly at Sasana Kijang, Bank Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Please click here for more information.

The congress is open to all.

Registration will be open from 1 December 2018 and participant can register via Registration System available on the website.

The information about the registration fees is available under the Registration tab.

The information on funding opportunities is available in the Awards and Funding section, under the Scientific Programme tab.

Yes.  The official letter of invitation will be issued to fully registered and paid participants as well as their registered accompanying persons.   The letter is intended to help potential participants to obtain travel funds or a visa. The letter does not constitute any financial commitment on the part of the Congress.  Formal request should be submitted to the ISI WSC 2019 Secretariat at secretariat@isi2019.org.

Yes, but in the event that both proposals are approved by the Scientific Programme Committee, the Committee will contact you to advise on how to proceed from there.

Submission of IPS and STS proposals is already closed. However, submission of contributed paper can be submitted via the Submission System until 31 January 2019. To submit a contributed paper, you will need: a title, an abstract, and a short paper (max of 6 pages). More information is available under Submission System tab.

Scientific Programme Committee will review the Invited Paper Sessions proposals while Local Programme Committee will review proposals for Special Topic Sessions and Contributed Paper Sessions.

No.  An individual can only organise one IPS or STS.  However, any exceptions must be approved by the Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee or Local Programme Committee.  All requests should be submitted via email to lpc@isi2019.org.  Please refer to the 62^nd ISI WSC 2019 Guidelines for Participation which can be found here,

Yes.  An individual can serve as Chair or Discussant in more than one session provided that there is no conflict in schedule.  Please refer to the 62^nd ISI WSC 2019 Guidelines for Participation which can be found here.

An individual, including the session Organiser, can take up the role of either Presenter or Chair or Discussant only.  He/She cannot assume more than one role in a session.  Please refer to the 62^nd ISI WSC 2019 Guidelines for Participation which can be found here.

Speakers are required to log in to the system using the same email address as submitted by their Organiser in the IPS/STS proposal. This is the email address for speakers to register as Congress delegate as well.

If you are not sure of the email address as submitted by the Organiser, kindly contact your Organiser or or the support team via email helpdesk@aosconventions.com.

Only speakers are required to submit abstracts. Organiser, Chair, Discussants and Panellists are not required to submit abstracts.

The Organiser needs to contact the Local Programme Committee for these changes to be done via email helpdesk@aosconventions.com.

Speakers are required to submit abstracts through their ISI WSC 2019 account using the same email address as submitted by the organiser in the IPS/STS proposal.

If you are not sure of the email address submitted by your organiser, kindly contact your organiser or the support team via email helpdesk@aosconventions.com.

There are three Premier Sponsorship Tiers offered, i.e. Diamond, Gold and Silver and list of individual sponsorship items for organisations to choose from. Please refer to sponsorship opportunities available here.

You may also contact the following telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for any enquiries about the ISI WSC 2019 Sponsorship:

1. Gregg Parker:
   Tel. No.: +603-4252 9100
   Email address: gregg@aosconventions.com
2. Wendy Liew
   Tel. No.: +603-4252 9100
   Email address: wendy.liew@aosconventions.com
3. Amos Y.C. Wong
   Tel. No.:+603-4252 9100
   Email address: amos@aosconventions.com

Please refer to the various benefits offered for respective sponsorship package here.

There are 2 types of specially designed exhibition booth to best suit individual organisation’s needs and budget, i.e. Standard Booth (floor area: 3m x 3m) and Premier Booth (floor area: 6m x 3m). Please refer to exhibition opportunities available here.

Please refer to the various benefits offered for respective exhibition package here.

No. A Professional Congress Organiser has already been appointed for the congress.

Information on visa and entry requirements is available in Practical Information section under Plan Your Trip tab.

The congress shall be conducted in the English language. There will be no translation facilities provided during the congress.

The information on suggested local hotels is available in the Accommodation section, under the Plan Your Trip tab.