Abstracts

Online Abstract Submission

This year, the online registration and abstract submissions processes are merged by creating 1 user account for multiple purposes. If your presentation is accepted as a poster or an oral presentation, you must register for to attend the conference. In order to register for the conference, you must create a user account. To create a user account, or to log into an existing user account, please use the System Login on the top right of this page.

Late Breaking Reports – Three Week Submission Period

From Monday, August 8 to Monday, August 29, 2005 late breaking reports of new findings will be open for poster submissions only. Instructions for submitting Late Breaking Reports will be announced in the WCPG newsletter as well as online by August 1.

Guidelines and Instructions: WCPG 2005 Oral Presentations

CME Credit

Because of more stringent regulations to qualify for CME credit, a faculty disclosure is required in advance of the program. If you have not already done so, could you please download the faculty disclosure and send the completed disclosure along with your CV to:

Gail P. DePalma
CME Coordinator, WCPG 2005
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Telephone (315) 464-3289
depalmag@upstate.edu (315) 464-3279

Download the faculty disclosure

At The Conference: Oral Presentations Instructions

Upon arrival at registration, you will be directed to the speaker ready room to deliver a final copy of your AV presentation to be used during the concurrent session. The presentations will be loaded onto the conference network, and not in the meeting rooms where the concurrent sessions are being held.

Submission : 24 hours in Advance of Your Presentation

Presentations must be submitted 24 hours in advance of your presentation. Due to the number of presentations we need to handle, your presentation needs to be submitted in a timely manner to ensure your presentation gets posted on to the conference network. After submission to the speaker ready room, changes cannot be made to your presentation.

Presentation Copies

Two copies of your presentation should be labeled with the following information CDROM or Flash Drive:

• Concurrent Session Title (please note that you will receive a second notice on the session you are presenting in)
• Date of presentation
• Time
• Title of Presentation
• Author's Name
• Email Contact Information
• Hotel Location while in Boston

Slides must be prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint (U.S. letter size in landscape page layout) and please use common fonts where possible and provide, with your submission, any special fonts used. In addition, if you have any imbedded videos, please make sure the file is included with your submission.

Audio Visual

Adequate Audio Visual Equipment will be provided in your presentation including computer, LCD Projector and a remote slide changer supported by audio and technical support. 35mm slide projectors and overhead will not be automatically provided.

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Guidelines and Instructions: WCPG 2005 Posters

Successful poster presentations are those that achieve both coverage and clarity. The Congress poster sessions will provide a more intimate forum of exchange, facilitating informal discussions between authors and the attendees. Ideally, a well-constructed poster will be self-explanatory and free the author from answering obvious questions so that the focus is on the discussion between author and attendee.

• Poster size is a 1m high and 1.5m wide. Please adhere to these size restrictions as this allows for the maximum number of posters, as well as continuous display throughout the conference.
• At registration, you will be provided with instructions on your poster location, as well as a number to mount with the poster. The number will be on a 4” x 4” sized card with large writing
  1. Poster installation is on Friday, October 14 from 3 p.m. – 9:00 p.
  2. Posters should be mounted on the assigned board as early as possible and for the duration of the meeting.
• We recommend that you prepare the following labels with lettering in bold, visible and 1” high (minimally) indicating:
  1. the title of your paper
  2. the author(s) for the top of your poster space
• A copy of your abstract (250 words or less), in large typescript, should be posted in the upper left-hand corner of the poster board.
• Please do not mount illustrations on heavy board because these may be difficult to keep in position on the poster board. The poster board is a bulletin board, and the posters will be adhered with thumbtacks.
• Your illustration may be viewed at distances as far as 3 feet or more. We recommend that lettering should be at least 3/8 inches high, preferably in a typed and easy to read bold font.
• Poster Viewing; Be in position with on your designated date and time at least 15 minutes in advance of the published viewing time.
• Bring at least 50 copies of your paper with you for distribution on paper or DVD. Label this information clearly. On-site reproduction will NOT be available.