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Public Health Symposium

In October 2020, hundreds of public health professionals, students and public health practitioners will meet in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for the BioMIC 2020 Symposium. It is organized by the Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

The BioMIC 2020 Simposium comes at a critical time for our planet This year a global challenge to Public Health suddenly threatening human life with the raise of Covid-19 pandemic. The health crisis has spread to economic and even to politics in some parts of the world. In the crush of the threat, experts from various field of sciences are required to work hand in hand and move quickly. Society is faced with the reality of the consistent threat that impacts alertness and compliance in one pole, as well boredom and apathy on the other. The crisis also raises to a series of increase in other diseases such as mental illness, non-communicable diseases, and another infectious disease to name some, due to the focus of health efforts on tackling the COVID-19. Public health practitioners are required to be a resilience agent of change in all level of target, from the lowest-level in the society to policymakers.

The theme of This Public Health Track on the symposium, "Public Health Resilience in the time of COVID-19", reflects our commitment as global public health actors, who are responsible for overcoming the health challenges. The 2020 BioMIC Symposium, although held virtually, provides an opportunity for health professionals and public health practitioners to exchange ideas in order to find various possible solutions.

There will be some ignition speech from internationally recognized experts, followed by some parallel session where participants and experts may discuss their ideas freely in a new virtual format.

Topics

Primary health care, Metabolic syndrome, Maternal, Infant, and child health, Epidemiology, Family planning, Environmental health, Occupation and safety health, Mental health, Adolescent and young adults health, Social determinants of health, Health communication and health information technology, Non-communicable diseases, Health economics, Oral health, Sexual and reproductive health, and related areas.

Committee

Coordinator
dr. Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Ph.D.

Members
drg. Rosa Amalia, Ph.D.
Dr. Susi Ari Kristina
Luthfi Azizatunnisa', MPH

Contact person
dr. Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Ph.D.
fatwasari@ugm.ac.id

Symposium image by Pixabay, free to use.

Preparing your manuscript

The manuscript topic should conform to the scope of the conference/symposium. Read the topics
The submitted manuscript must be original work and should not have been previously published or presented at another meeting.
The manuscript should be written in English (US), with font type Arial (for paper title and headings) and Times, Times Roman, or Times New Roman (for all contents, included figures and tables).
The abstract should be no more than 200 words (excluding abstract title, authors, and affiliations), with two-column of A4 Paper size in PDF or DOC format.
The template modified in Ms Word 2010 or earlier and saved as a “Word Document” for the PC, provides authors with most of the formatting specifications needed for preparing electronic versions of their papers. Margins, column widths, line spacing, and font sizes are built-in.
- Font sizes. Title (16 pt); Heading 1 (12 pt); Author name, Heading 2, heading 3, and content (10 pt); Author details, abstract, figures, and tables (9 pt).
- Margins. Top (25 mm); Left (20 mm); Bottom (20 mm); Right (20 mm).
- The text should be set to single line spacing.
- Paragraphs should be justified. The first paragraph after a section or subsection should not be indented; subsequent paragraphs should be indented by 5 mm.
- If your manuscript in the PDF format, please ensure that all fonts are embedded, not as encrypted/secured file, and has no headers, footers, bookmarks, form fields, links, or annotation.
Make sure the listed artworks have the best resolution for printing (300 DPI).
For both primary and co-authors, credentials along with their full names and email addresses must be included. If co-authors are from different institutions, the secondary institution(s) and the institution investigators are associate with must be listed.
The guideline details for this symposium can be read in the paper template.

Documents

Paper guidelines
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Paper template
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Policy and ethics
Webpages

Publication

The accepted and presented of selected papers will be submitted to the journals/proceedings that are indexed by Scopus/Clarivate Analytics/DOAJ/Sinta: BIO Web of Conferences or Indonesian Biomedical Journal.

Delivering your research

Each parallel symposia will have a moderator, with one or more committee members in attendance. Oral presentations for the BioMIC symposia have been allocated 15 minutes of effective presentation time. One article can only be presented by a presenter, the other authors can register as non-presenters who help in the discussion sessions. Based on allocated presentation time, the presentation file should ideally contain approximately 10–12 PowerPoint slides. You are responsible for the content of your presentation.

All presenters are required to submit their presentation file during registration on the first or second day of the conference, at the submissions desk in front of the ballroom. It is not possible to use your own computer for your presentation.

Your presentation file should be in a format compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (or earlier).
Bring your presentation on a USB memory stick. Facilities will not be provided for other submission methods.
We highly recommend that you keep a backup of your presentation file on a second USB stick.
Please do not embed videos in your presentation.

Facilities

Laptop
Projector and screen
Microphone
Laser pointer

This tutorial will guide you through creating your EDAS account. If you already have an EDAS account, please log in to submit your manuscript using your registered account.

Action 1

Go to the EDAS site

Type edas.info on your browser and click Create a new account below the login form.

Action 2

Entry your details

Type your information in the required fields (marked with a red asterisk), you can complete other information after the registration. At the end of the form, tick the box “I consent to the EDAS privacy and policies”, and click Add this person to create your account.

Your account has been created. Your username and ID number will be sent to your email.

Action 3

Set up your password

Set up your initial password by clicking the link on your email. You could find the email in your inbox or spam mail.

Your initial password has been created.
If you still didn't get the email from the EDAS system, feel free to contact us or EDAS Helpdesk. Please note that we use a third-party software, so you cannot request in the end of time.

This tutorial will guide you through the submission of your manuscript. In order to maximize our services, you need to complete the following details before submitting your manuscript:

The registered EDAS account of all authors in your manuscript.
Manuscript format and content in accordance with the author guidelines.

Action 1

Log in to the BioMIC UGM 2020 EDAS site

Type edas.info/N27196 and log in to your EDAS account.

Action 2

Entry your paper details

Once you are logged in, click the symposium name —under the Track column—that matches on your manuscript to be registered.

Enter your manuscript details, tick the box “Add yourself as author” and click Submit button to register your manuscript.

Your manuscript has successfully been registered. You will now be able to view your manuscript in your EDAS account.

Action 3

Add your manuscript's author(s)

Click Add authors to add your co-authors (if available).

Write your co-author’s name, EDAS ID, or email address. Alternatively, you can simply select your co-author’s name from the co-author list. Then, click Add author button.

Select the radio button before your co-author’s name and click Select this person button to confirm it.

Action 4

Upload your document

After adding your co-author, click Upload the manuscript to upload your document.

Tick the box “I have checked that the authors listed in the manuscript are the same as the current list of authors on the paper record”, choose your document, and click Upload ... button.

Please ensure your document is in the DOC, DOCX, or PDF format.

Your manuscript has been uploaded.

If you still require further assistance, please feel free to contact us.

Your paper will go to the blind review. You can check the status of your paper anytime from your account in EDAS.