Faculty for CME Sessions

Important Dates and Deadlines

  • January 20, 2012 ----------> Handouts Due
    Email your completed handouts to meetinginfo@aagponline.org. Please read the information below about handout specifications and requirements.

  • February 14, 2012 ---------> Hotel Reservation Deadline
    Reserve your room at the Washington Hilton Hotel to take advantage of AAGP's group rate. Reserve online.

  • February 27, 2012 ---------> Speaker Registration Deadline
    Discounted registration is only available through the special speaker registration link which was sent to all speakers who have completed required documentation. If you need the link, please email meetinginfo@aagponline.org.

  • Day Before Presentation ---> Check in at the Speaker Ready Room
    Please see information below about meeting check-in.
Handouts
  • Handouts are due to AAGP by January 20, 2012. This is a critical deadline as handouts are made available to meeting attendees several weeks before the meeting, and require considerable formatting prior to posting them online.
  • When preparing your handouts, consider that slides are not the only type of handouts useful to attendees - charts, tables, and other learning aids are also appreciated.
  • All handout materials must be submitted electronically in a Microsoft-compatible format (such as Word Doc, PowerPoint, or PDF).
  • If handouts of slides contain copyrighted materials, including but not limited to cartoons, pictures, diagrams, photographs, you must provide proof of permission to duplicate from the author or publisher. AAGP does not seek permission for duplication of materials. This is your responsibility.
  • When presenting therapeutic options in your slides, you should use only generic names whenever possible. If it is necessary to use a brand name, then those of several companies must be used.
  • Disclosure slide required at beginning of presentation. See information below.
Disclosure Information

In accordance with ACCME guidelines, faculty are required to disclose to the activity participants at the beginning of their presentation all relevant financial relationships. Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner. With respect to personal financial relationships, 'contracted research' includes research funding where the institution gets the grant and manages the funds and the person is the principal or named investigator on the grant.

Your disclosure must be made by a declaration in the program handouts (via a disclosure slide) and by a live announcement at the beginning of the activity. All slide presentations must include a "Disclosure Slide" at the beginning of every presentation, even if you have nothing to disclose.

Travel / Hotel

As a presenter at the 2012 Annual Meeting, you are responsible for all expenses related to your hotel and travel arrangements.

Special room rates have been arranged for the meeting. Should you wish to stay at AAGP's contracted hotel, the Washington Hilton Hotel, you must reserve a room no later than February 14, 2012 to receive a discounted room rate. More hotel information and the online reservation link are available on the Hotel Information page. AAGP recommends booking a reservation well before the established deadline, as the block could sell out.

Meeting Registration

Meeting registration is required for all presenters, but you are entitled to receive a 25% discount on your meeting registration. To receive the 25% discounted speaker rate, you must register using the discounted speaker form (all prices will reflect the 25% discount). The speaker registration link was emailed to all speakers who have completed the required documentation. To request the link, contact meetinginfo@aagponline.org .

The due date for pre-registration at the discounted rate is February 27, 2012. After this date, a presenter must pay the full meeting registration fee or register on-site at an increased rate.

Speaker Check-in Onsite

Please check in at the speaker ready room regardless of whether or not you have an A/V presentation to load. It is very important to check in at the Speaker Ready Room at least one day prior to your session to receive last minute instructions and to pre-load your presentation. We will not be able to accommodate loading slides in individual session rooms.

Location – Cardoza Room

Speaker Ready Room Hours:
Thur.-- Mar. 17 3:00pm - 6:30pm
Fri.---- Mar. 18 7:00am - 5:00pm
Sat.--- Mar.19 8:00am – 6:00pm
Sun.--- Mar. 20 8:00am – 5:00pm
Mon.--- Mar. 21 9:00am - 1:30pm

Room Setup

Each Session Room will have a screen, LCD projector, computer, podium, microphones deemed appropriate for the room, and a laser pointer. There will be an AV technician to assist you with any problems that may arise.

Speaker Disclosure

It is ** VERY IMPORTANT for each speaker to verbally announce any disclosure information to the audience at the beginning of their presentation, even if the speaker has nothing to disclose. The Chair will remind you at the beginning of the session.

Chairs of CME Sessions at the AAGP Annual Meeting

In addition to the above information, it is important for you to check in at the Speaker Ready Room at least one day prior to your session to pick up your Session Chair packet. This packet includes Speaker Biographies, information on Session Monitors and Evaluations, and Speaker Disclosure.

If there is any issue with your faculty being delayed or unable to attend, please notify the AAGP staff in the Speaker Ready Room as soon as possible.

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Case Presenters

Important Dates and Deadlines

  • January 20, 2012----------> Handouts Due
    Email your completed handouts to meetinginfo@aagponline.org. Please read the information below about handout specifications and requirements.

  • February 14, 2012---------> Hotel Reservation Deadline
    Reserve your room at the Washington Hilton Hotel to take advantage of AAGP's group rate. Reserve online.

  • February 27, 2012----------> Speaker Registration Deadline
    Discounted registration is only available through the special speaker registration link which was sent to all speakers who have completed required documentation. If you need the link, please email meetinginfo@aagponline.org.

  • Day Before Presentation----> Check in at the Speaker Ready Room
    Please see information below about meeting check-in.

Handouts

  • Handouts will be available for all meeting registrants online but will not be distributed in print form. If you wish to bring copies of your handout for you table, you may do so. (Table will be limited to a maximum of 10 participants).
  • Handouts are due to AAGP by January 20, 2012. This is a critical deadline as handouts are made available to meeting attendees several weeks before the meeting, and require considerable formatting prior to posting them online.
  • When preparing your handouts, consider that slides are not the only type of handouts useful to attendees - charts, tables, and other learning aids are also appreciated.
  • All handout materials must be submitted electronically in a Microsoft-compatible format (such as Word Doc, PowerPoint, or PDF).
  • If handouts of slides contain copyrighted materials, including but not limited to cartoons, pictures, diagrams, photographs, you must provide proof of permission to duplicate from the author or publisher. AAGP does not seek permission for duplication of materials. This is your responsibility.
  • When presenting therapeutic options in your slides, you should use only generic names whenever possible. If it is necessary to use a brand name, then those of several companies must be used.
  • Disclosure slide required at beginning of presentation. See information below.
Disclosure Information

In accordance with ACCME guidelines, faculty are required to disclose to the activity participants at the beginning of their presentation all relevant financial relationships. Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner. With respect to personal financial relationships, 'contracted research' includes research funding where the institution gets the grant and manages the funds and the person is the principal or named investigator on the grant.

Your disclosure must be made by a declaration in the program handouts (via a disclosure slide) and by a live announcement at the beginning of the activity. All slide presentations must include a "Disclosure Slide" at the beginning of every presentation, even if you have nothing to disclose.

Travel / Hotel

As a presenter at the 2012 Annual Meeting, you are responsible for all expenses related to your hotel and travel arrangements.

Special room rates have been arranged for the meeting. Should you wish to stay at AAGP's contracted hotel, the Washington Hilton Hotel, you must reserve a room no later than February 14, 2012 to receive a discounted room rate. More hotel information and the online reservation link are available on AAGP's Hotel Information page. AAGP recommends booking a reservation well before the established deadline, as the block could sell out.

Meeting Registration

Meeting registration is required for all presenters, but you are entitled to receive a 25% discount on your meeting registration. To receive the 25% discounted speaker rate, you must register using the discounted speaker form (all prices will reflect the 25% discount). The speaker registration link was emailed to all speakers who have completed the required documentation. To request the link, contact meetinginfo@aagponline.org . The due date for pre-registration at the discounted rate is February 27, 2012. After this date, a presenter must pay the full meeting registration fee or register on-site at an increased rate.

Speaker Check-in Onsite

It is very important to check in at the Speaker Ready Room at least one day prior to your session.

Location – Cardoza Room

Speaker Ready Room Hours:
Thur. Mar. 17--- 3:00pm - 6:30pm
Fri. Mar. 18---- 7:00am - 5:00pm
Sat. Mar.19---- 8:00am – 6:00pm
Sun. Mar. 20---- 8:00am – 5:00pm
Mon. Mar. 21 ----9:00am - 1:30pm

Room Setup

The case presentations will be held in a roundtable format, with up to 10 participants at each table. No audio/visual equipment is available. If you wish to bring paper copies of your handout for distribution at your table, you may do so.

Speaker Disclosure

It is ** VERY IMPORTANT for each speaker to verbally announce any disclosure information to the audience at the beginning of their presentation, even if the speaker has nothing to disclose. The Chair will remind you at the beginning of the session.

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Information for Poster Presenters

Important Dates and Deadlines

February 14, 2012---->Hotel Reservation Deadline
Reserve your room at the Washington Hilton Hotel to take advantage of AAGP's group rate. Reserve online.

Day of Presentation-->Set up poster during designated poster set-up time
Please see information below about poster set-up and presentation times

Poster Session Times

Early Investigator Poster Session
Saturday, March 17
Exhibit Hall (Columbia Hall)

Set-up time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Look for your assigned poster board number upon entering the hall.)
Poster viewing: 4:00 – 6:30 pm
Poster rounds: 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Poster session with authors present: 4:30 – 6:30 pm

Posters should be removed at the end of their appointed session or they will be discarded.

All presenters are asked to stand next to their poster during the official presentation time between 4:30 to 6:30 pm, (except for the time you are participating in poster rounds as described below). This allows attendees to discuss your research with you.

Poster Rounds: The first hour of the Early Investigator Poster Session, from 4:30-5:30 p.m., will include 'poster rounds', in which senior investigators, along with interested conference attendees, will meet with the new investigators to review and discuss the posters. Poster rounds are intended to facilitate interaction between senior faculty, young researchers, and the AAGP membership in a relaxed, collegial atmosphere. Poster exhibitors will be encouraged to follow the reviewers during the rounds and then are asked to stand by their individual posters for the final hour of viewing, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

New Research Poster Session
Sunday, March 18
Exhibit Hall (Columbia Hall)
Set-up time: 7:30 am – 1:00 pm (Look for your assigned poster board number upon entering the hall.)
Poster viewing: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Poster session with authors present :4:30 – 6:30 pm

Posters should be removed at the end of their appointed session or they will be discarded.

All presenters are asked to stand next to their poster during the official presentation time between 4:30 to 6:30 pm. This allows attendees to discuss your research with you.

Registration
All poster presenters must be paid registrants of the AAGP 2012 Annual Meeting. Third parties setting up posters on behalf of the presenter will need to either register for the meeting or purchase an “Exhibit Hall Only” badge at the Registration Desk.

Travel
As a poster presenter at the 2012 Annual Meeting, you are responsible for all expenses related to your hotel and travel arrangements.

Poster Specifications
The dimensions of each poster board are 45” (vertical) by 90” (horizontal) – roughly 4 feet by 8 feet. The boards are made of corkboard, and AAGP will provide pushpins onsite. Please do not mat your poster on foam-core, or any other material that will not mount easily onto the board.

Content
Please note that the use of trade names of pharmacologic agents in the abstract title or the poster presentation itself is prohibited.

If your poster has received financial support, you must list this funding source in the lower right hand corner of your poster in at least 1” font size.

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