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Meet-the-Expert sessions – FOR SALE € 10 PER TICKET
Meet-the-Expert sessions are held on Friday, June 13 from 11:30 – 12:30 and Saturday, June 14 from 13:00 – 14:00, In total 16 Meet-the-Expert sessions will be organized. The number of participants is limited to 25 persons per session in order to guarantee the opportunity of intensive interaction with leading experts in the field.
Pre-registration for these sessions is necessary and can be done onsite at the congress. Tickets can be purchased during registration hours at the Meet-the-Expert desk in the Registration Area. Meet-the-Expert tickets will be handled on a “first come, first serve” basis and the price per ticket is € 10,–. Coffee and tea will be served in the room. Lunches will be available in the meeting room. For the Meet-the-Expert program see pages 61 and 138.
Poster Presentations
The main goal of the poster walks is to gain a maximum benefit from the scientific work presented and to create a lively interaction between poster authors, moderators (senior experts in the field) and interested congress participants. Poster-walks will be organized during the poster sessions on Friday, June 13 (17:45 – 19:00) and Saturday, June 14 (18:00 – 19:15). Poster authors and moderators are requested to be present at the first poster in their poster session, at the beginning of the presentation time (17:45). Snacks and drinks will be served!
Poster area
Poster sessions will take place behind exhibition area (see floor plan, back cover).
Poster mounting
- Posters should be mounted during the indicated set-up time (see schedule below).
- Posters should be mounted with double sided tape or Velcro tape.
- Assistance and material for mounting the posters will be available from set-up time (see schedule below), at the poster desk in the poster area.
Poster viewing and presentation
- Posters will be on display in the poster area for three days and will be open for viewing during Exhibition hours.
- Poster authors are requested to be present at their poster during the entire presentation time (see below) to attend the Poster-walks. During these walks, an expert in the field will discuss posters in the same poster session, together with interested congress participants.
Removing your poster material
- Material should be removed before 14:00 on Sunday, June 15.
- If posters are not removed within the time for dismantling (see schedule below), your poster will be removed and destroyed by the congress organizer.
Poster Session I – Friday June 13
Set-up |
Friday, June 13 08:00 – 09:30 |
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Poster Session I – Saturday June 14
Set-up |
Friday, June 13 08:00 – 09:30 |
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On-line Disclosures
As part of the EHA CME accreditation procedures, all speakers and chairs
have been obliged to provide disclosures. To view the disclosures of
speakers and chairs of the 13th Congress, please go to:
www.ehaweb.org
CME/Disclosures and click on the Disclosure tab. In case of any questions,
please send an e-mail to cme@ehaweb.org
Program Changes
Actual program changes will be indicated on the message boards located throughout the congress center.
Speaker Ready Room and PowerPoint presentations
Equipment to enable a final check of your PowerPoint presentation is available in the Speaker Ready Room located in the Center Hall. (see floor plan, back cover).
Opening hours: Speaker Ready Room
Wednesday, June 11 |
13:30 – 18:00 |
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(see floor plan, back cover)
Only PowerPoint presentations will be accepted. To ensure that the
presentations are well prepared, we strongly advise you to bring your
presentation AT LEAST 3 HOURS before the start of your presentation to
the Speaker Ready Room. You can bring your presentation on CD-Rom,
DVD or USB memory stick. You may also bring your own laptop (just for
copying your presentation onto the network). The use of your own laptop
during your presentation is prohibited.
EHA Awards and Grants
José Carreras Award / Lecture
During the congress the José Carreras Award 2008 will be presented to
Professor J Goldman. He will present the José Carreras honorary lecture.
This lecture is entitled: Chronic myeloid leukemia - yesterday, today and
tomorrow and takes place on Friday, June 13 from 13:15 – 14:00.
EHA-José Carreras Young Investigator Fellowship &
EHA Fellowships/Grants
The presentation of the winners of the EHA-José Carreras Foundation Young
Investigator Fellowship and EHA Fellowships & Grants 2008 takes place
immediately after the official opening on Friday, June 13 from 13:00 – 13:15.
EHA Travel grants
A total of 80 travel grants has been awarded to scientists according to the mean score of abstracts, within 15 years of graduation or less than 10 years post-doc experience and complete applications.
Website
Up-to-date information regarding the congress program, including all abstracts, is available at the congress section of the EHA website: www.ehaweb.org
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