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 start of the session.

Abstracts

Abstracts are printed as supplement of Vox Sanguinis. All abstracts are listed in the Programme Book. The abstracts are also published on a CD Rom, SPONSORED BY GAMBRO BCT.

Certificates of Attendance

Certificates of Attendance will be available at Registration Desk as of Tuesday, June 26, 12.00 hours.

Fellowships

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

ISBT Science Series

Most papers of the invited speakers are printed in the ISBT Science Series.
The papers are also published on a CD Rom.

Poster Area

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

Posters

Posters will be presented on poster boards on a daily basis. Presenters are requested to be available for discussion of their posters on the day of their presentation during coffee, tea and lunch breaks. Please find the schedule on page Posters.

Poster Mounting

Please mount your poster on the above mentioned day, 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 the day of your presentation before 18.00 hours. According 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 Organising Committee does not 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 the Room Luxemburgo on the first floor. 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, June 23	08.00 – 18.30 hours
Sunday, June 24	07.30 – 17.30 hours
Monday, June 25	07.30 – 18.30 hours
Tuesday, June 26	07.30 – 17.30 hours
Wednesday, June 27	07.30 – 13.00 hours