Scientific information

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Meet-the-Expert sessions – FOR SALE € 10 PER TICKET

Meet-the-Expert sessions are held on Friday, June 5 from 11:30 – 12:30 and Saturday, June 6 from 12:00 – 13:00. 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. Lunch boxes will be available in the meeting room. For the Meet-the-Expert program see pages 61 and 144.

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 5 (17:45 – 19:00) and Saturday, June 6 (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 Desk opening hours:

Friday, June 5	07:30 – 19:30
Saturday, June 6	07:30 – 19:30
Sunday, June 7	07:30 – 15:00

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 7.
• If posters are not removed within the time for dismantling (see schedule below), your poster will be removed and disposed off.

 

On-line Disclosures

As part of the EHA-CME accreditation procedures, all speakers and chairs have been obliged to provide disclosures. On the first slide of every presentation disclosure must be presented for at least 10 seconds. To view the disclosures of speakers and chairs of the 14th 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 Service Center and PowerPoint presentations

Equipment to enable a final check of your PowerPoint presentation is available in the Speaker Service Center located behind the registration area. (see floor plan, back cover).

Opening hours Speaker Service Center

Wednesday, June 3 13:30 – 18:00
Thursday, June 4 07:00 – 18:00
Friday, June 5 07:00 – 18:00
Saturday, June 6 07:30 – 18:00
Sunday, June 7 07:30 – 12:00

(See floor plan)

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 Service Center. You can bring your presentation on CD-Rom, DVD or USB memory stick. You may bring your own laptop (exclusively for copying your presentation onto the network). The use of your own laptop during your presentation is prohibited.

EHA-José Carreras Young Investigator Fellowship & EHA Research Fellowships

The presentation of the winners of the EHA-José Carreras Foundation Young Investigator Fellowship and EHA Research Fellowships 2009 takes place immediately after the official opening on Friday, June 5 from 13:00 – 13:15.

EHA Awards and Grants
José Carreras Award / Lecture

During the opening ceremony the José Carreras Award 2009 will be presented to Professor W Vainchenker (Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France). He will present the José Carreras honorary lecture. This lecture takes place on Friday, June 5 from 13:15 – 14:00.

EHA Travel grants

For the 14th Congress 81 Travel grants have been awarded to scientists according to the mean score of abstracts, within 15 years of graduation or less than 10 years post-doc experience. Several travel grants have been reserved for abstract authors from countries with lower- and lower/middleincome economies.

Website

Up-to-date information regarding the congress program, including all abstracts, is available at the congress section of www.ehaweb.org .