October 21, 2015
To the Chairman
Department of Pediatrics

Dear Sir/Madam:

Greetings!

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) will hold its 23rd Annual Convention on February 17-18, 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Galleria with the theme: “Pediatric Infectious Disease Scenarios… Providing Practical Solutions” Our society would like to invite you, your consultant staff and physicians-in-training to join our research paper contest. Any topic on Pediatric Infectious Diseases can be submitted. Interested participants are encouraged to submit a copy of their research papers and a completed abstract form to pidsp@uplink.com.ph with poster presentation as the subject heading. Attached are the rules for submission and an abstract form which you may reproduce if your institution has more than 1 entry.

To encourage participation, the Society would like offer the following:

1. Free convention registration for the research contest participants who submitted on or before the deadline;
2. Prizes for the winners are as follows:
   • 1st Prize : Php 15,000.00
   • 2nd Prize : Php 12,000.00
   • 3rd Prize : Php 8,000.00
3. The author of the winning papers shall give an oral presentation during the PIDSP convention and these researches are assured of publication in the PIDSP journal. Other entries will be highly considered for publication.
4. Publication of their abstract in the souvenir program of the 23rd Annual Convention
5. Deadline for submission: December 5, 2015.

Your participation in this competition is most welcome
Hope to see you all at the convention.

Sincerely,
Mercy Jeane Uy-Aragon, MD
Chair, Research Committee
23rd PIDSP Annual Convention