Affiliation Guidelines

Affiliation Guidelines 

The Indian Cartilage Society (ICS) is committed to promoting high-quality academic exchange in the field of cartilage science and surgery. ICS welcomes requests from individual professionally managed societies for affiliations. However, the Society sincerely expects the following from organisers seeking affiliation.

1. Dedicated Cartilage Session

A dedicated cartilage-focused session is mandatory for the affiliation.

• For multi-day conferences: Minimum duration of 90 minutes
• For single-day conferences: Minimum duration of 60 minutes

2. ICS-Branded Session

• The session must be titled as an “ICS Session”
• The scientific program should be designed in consultation with the ICS Executive Committee (EC)
• The ICS EC will nominate a designated contact person for coordination and planning

3. Inclusion of Cartilage Surgery

• If the conference includes live surgical demonstrations, at least one cartilage surgery must be included

4. Affiliation Fee

• At present, ICS does not charge any fees for granting affiliation to professionally managed scientific meetings

5. ICS Logo

• ICS will strongly expect ICS-affiliated logo to be included in all brochures, certificates, prints, website, social media etc with due weightage to its size and prominence. No other ICS logo should be used for the purpose, except provided with the affiliation confirmation email
• Once ICS affiliation is granted, the requesting society will receive a letter of confirmation along with ICS-Affiliated Logo copy

Note:
ICS affiliation reflects academic collaboration and quality endorsement. Organisers are encouraged to maintain high scientific standards aligned with the Society’s objectives.