14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious ...

Introduction to the Scientific Programme
Meet-the-Expert Sessions
Sunday through to Tuesday the day will start at
07.15 with 6 Meet-the-Expert Sessions given by
experts in their fields. These sessions permit
the attendees to participate actively in the
session's topic. After a short presentation the
expert will open the session for discussion.
Coffee and tea will be offered.
Keynote and ESCMID Award Lectures
At 08.30 each morning, lectures of 60 min will
be given by opinion leaders in their fields as
well as by the winner of the ESCMID Award
for Excellence 2004. The ESCMID Young
Investigator Award lectures will be held on
Monday, May 3, 14.00–15.00.
Symposia
From 10.00-12.00, from 14.00–15.00 and from
15.30-17.30 each day, parallel symposia will
convene renowned speakers from Europe and
other continents who will cover a wide range
of recent developments in their field.
A number of symposia have been organised
in co-operation with ESCMID study groups
and some are joint sessions with other
societies or organisations.
Symposia arranged by the industry have been
organised in close co-operation with the
ECCMID Programme Committee. They are
an integral part of the scientific programme
(Integrated Symposia) or presented as a
Satellite Symposium on Saturday afternoon.
Oral Sessions
During the same time slots as the above
mentioned symposia you will also find
sessions composed of free submissions, to
be recognised by the prefix “O” before the
programme numbers.
Poster Sessions
Most of the accepted abstracts are scheduled
for poster presentation from Sunday to Tuesday.
The selection was based on a blind review by
at least 3 experts in each field. The posters will
be displayed in the foyers of the 3rd and 4th floor
of the PCC. The poster exhibition is open to all
participants from 08.00 to 18.00. Please note
that posters are replaced daily. Poster authors
must be present at their posters for discussion
between 12.00 and 13.00 or 13.00 and 14.00,
depending on the schedule of their session
(see page 24 for details).
Guided Poster Walks
For the second time at ECCMID, guided poster
walks on selected topics will take place over
lunch time. For further details please see
pages 36, 48 and 61.
Publication Only
Due to the overwhelming response to the call
for abstracts, ESCMID was unable to accommodate
all worthy abstracts for presentation
during the meeting. Abstracts in this category
are not included in the Final Programme but
will be published in the Abstract Book, on the
CD-ROM and the congress website.
Abstract Book
All accepted abstracts as well as abstracts of
invited speakers (where available) have been
referenced and published in the Abstract
Book, which is a supplement to the journal
Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI), the
official journal of ESCMID.
CD-ROM
All abstracts included in the Abstract Book have
also been recorded on a CD-ROM (sponsored
by AstraZeneca). In addition to this, a CD-ROM
including most of the posters presented during
the congress will be produced after the
14th ECCMID and mailed to all delegates
interested in this feature (sponsored by Pfizer).
You will find vouchers for the collection of
both CD-ROM's in your congress bag.
Scientific Programme on the 14th ECCMID
Website
The final scientific programme including all
accepted abstracts is now available at the
congress' website:
www.escmid.org/eccmid2004.
Go to link “scientific programme” to compose
your personalised programme of lectures. You
can use the search facility to find keywords,
speakers and chairpersons. The internet
corner is located in the industrial exhibition
on the 2nd floor.
For your clarification, the following prefixes have been
used throughout the programme:
E=Meet-the-Expert Session K=Keynote Lecture
S=Symposium O= Oral Session P=Poster Session
www.escmid.org/eccmid2004
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