Scientific information

Important Notice for Chairpersons and Speakers

All chairpersons and speakers are kindly requested to be in the session room at least 10 minutes before the beginning of the session.

Abstracts

Abstracts are printed as supplement of Vox Sanguinis. All abstracts are listed in the Programme Book.

Certificates of Attendance

Certificates of Attendance will be available at Registration Desk as of Monday November 12, 12.00 hours.

Dr. Harold Gunson Fellowships

Thanks to the ISBT, the Organising Committee has awarded several young people from low income countries with a Harold Gunson Fellowship.

Dr. Harold Gunson, President of the Society 1990 – 1992 and Secretary-General 1992 – 2000 is recognised as one of the key leaders of the ISBT.

In a period that ISBT encountered many very serious problems as a consequence of the discovery that hepatitis B and AIDS are blood bone transmissible infectious diseases, it was the Executive Board and in particular Dr. Gunson who leaded the Society through difficult times. The Office of the Secretary-General had to move to another place, the bad financial situation had to be solved, and at the same time the
activities of the Society had to continue. Dr. Gunson, a modest but determined scientist, took this task on his shoulders and at the same time he devoted much of his time to developing countries and in particular to fellowships in order to create the opportunity that doctors and scientists from developing countries would be able to attend the Congresses of ISBT.

For International and Regional ISBT Congresses, the Society gives financial support for a number of Fellowships. These are given to people working in the field of blood transfusion, 40 years or younger, who have had an abstract accepted for inclusion in the scientific programme.

ISBT Science Series

Most papers of the invited speakers are printed in the ISBT Science Series.

Poster Area

Posters will be presented in the Poster Area, which is located on the 1st floor (see floor plan).

Posters

Posters will be presented on poster boards from Sunday, 11 November until Tuesday, 13 November. Presenters are requested to be available for discussion of their posters on the day of their presentation and during coffee, tea and lunch breaks. Please click here for more details.

Poster Mounting

Please mount your poster on Sunday 11 November, between 08.00 and 10.00 hours. The number of your poster can be found in the final programme and/or abstract book which will be handed over to you upon registration. There is a poster desk in the poster area. The staff at this desk can help you as well. Assistance and material for mounting the posters (tape, blue tack, etc.) will be available during these periods.
Setting-up a poster generally takes at least 15 minutes.

Poster Material Removing

Material should be taken on Tuesday, 13 November before 12.00 hours. according to the above mentioned schedule. Material that has not been taken down by the author(s) in time will be removed and destroyed.

Responsibility for poster presentations

The Local Organising Committee nor the ISBT does assume any responsibility for material displayed on the poster boards.

Power Point presentations

Only PowerPoint presentations made in Microsoft Office XP or earlier versions will be accepted.

Programme changes

The organisers cannot assume liability for any changes in the programme due to external or unforeseen circumstances. Changes will be mentioned on the message board in the registration area.

Speaker Ready Room

The Speaker Ready Room is located in Function Room 5 in the Melia Hotel.
Speakers are requested to bring their presentations to the Speaker Ready Room on USB stick or CD-Rom at least 3 hours before your presentation is scheduled. You may also bring your laptop for copying your presentation to the main computer, which will be used for sending the presentations to the different meeting rooms. The use of your own laptop during your presentation is NOT possible.

Opening hours of the speaker ready room are as follows

Saturday, November 10	07:30 – 17.00 hours
Sunday, November 11	07.30 – 17.30 hours
Monday, November 12	07.30 – 17.30 hours
Tuesday, November 13	07.30 – 12.00 hours