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

Instructions for Authors
Audiovisual Equipment /
Speakers Service Centre (SSC)
The Speakers’ Service Centre (SSC) is
centrally located on the 1 st floor of the Prague
Congress Center (please refer to the overview
on pages 2/3).
All lecture rooms will be equipped with a
PC and a data projector for PowerPoint
presentations only. Presentations must be
handed in via floppy disk, CD-ROM, zip drive,
memory stick or via your own laptop before
your lecture.
It is essential for the smooth running of the
congress that all speakers hand in their
PowerPoint presentations at least one hour
before the beginning of the session.
Enough time must be allowed to check the
presentation carefully and for the staff to
enter the data into the system. Speakers
will have the opportunity to check their
presentations on PCs available in the SSC.
Poster Sessions
Guided Poster Walks
For the second time at ECCMID, guided poster
walks on selected topics will take place over
lunch time. During each of the above poster
sessions certain abstracts will be presented in
a moderated poster walk. Chairpersons will
page 24 Final Programme
Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in a
supplement to Clinical Microbiology and
Infection (CMI), the official journal of ESCMID
as well as on a CD-Rom. Both items will be
available during the congress and are
included in the registration fee.
Please be aware that the abstracts will
be printed as they were received by on-line
electronic submission without editing.
Starting May 1, 2004, accepted abstracts can
also be viewed on the congress’ website:
www.escmid.org/eccmid2004
Following the 14 th ECCMID, a CD-ROM
including most of the posters presented
during the congress will be produced and
mailed to all delegates interested in this
feature (you will find a voucher in your
congress bag). Authors of abstracts accepted
for poster presentation have received
separate instructions.
Date of Poster Session Poster No Poster Presence of Poster
Mounting Authors Removal
Sunday, May 2, 2004 (I) P430–P674 08.00–09.00 12.00–13.00 17.00–18.00
Sunday, May 2, 2004 (II) P675–P913 08.00–09.00 13.00–14.00 17.00–18.00
Monday, May 3, 2004 (III) P914–P1156 08.00–09.00 12.00–13.00 17.00–18.00
Monday, May 3, 2004 (IV) P1157–P1400 08.00–09.00 13.00–14.00 17.00–18.00
Tuesday, May 4, 2004 (V) P1401–P1661 08.00–09.00 12.00–13.00 16.00–17.00
Tuesday, May 4, 2004 (VI) P1662–P1896 08.00–09.00 13.00–14.00 16.00–17.00
Poster dimensions are: width: 147 cm; height: 97 cm. Posters will be displayed for one full day. Authors are
requested to be present at their poster during the whole time of the poster session and to mount and remove
their posters at the above-mentioned times. Posters that have not been removed by the author at 18.00 are
removed and disposed of by the congress staff.
select quality posters on the day and discuss
these in more detail. For further information
please see pages 36, 48 and 61.