• Speaker Information
• Poster Presenter Information

Speaker Information

Speaker Ready Room
(Pulanski– Savannah Convention Center)
A PowerPoint technician and two laptop computers will be available in the Speaker Ready Room. An AAGP staff member will also be on had to assist speakers. Please stop in the day before or morning of your presentation to load your slides onto the system. By doing this in advance, any problems can be detected and solved well ahead of your session. The room is also available for speakers who would like to review their presentation/slides on the equipment.

Hours

• Thursday, March 4 -- 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
• Friday, March 5 -- 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
• Saturday, March 6 -- 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Sunday, March 7 -- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Monday, March 8 -- 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM

• You must bring your final presentations to the Speaker Ready Room the day before your presentation to be loaded onto a computer. This is to ensure that your session runs smoothly and without technical difficulty. You will not be able to load your presentation in the session room.
• Bring two copies of your presentations in case of disk, CD, or memory stick failure.
• A technician and two computers will be available in the Speaker Ready Room for presentation review or for minor changes to your presentation. NOTE: No changes may be made to your presentation once it is loaded onto the system.

Disclosures
As an ACCME accredited provider of AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™, the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its continuing medical education activities. All faculty participating in AAGP's 2010 Annual Meeting are required to disclose to the activity participants all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This pertains to the faculty member's and his or her spouse/partner's relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. The ACCME defines relevant financial relationships as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. In accordance with ACCME Standards, failure or refusal to disclose will result in disqualification from participating as a faculty member in AAGP's 2010 Annual Meeting.

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.

Handouts
Handouts were due in January. AAGP will provide handouts online for all registrants.

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Poster Presenter Information

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.

Registration
All poster presenters must be paid registrants of the AAGP 2010 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 presenter at the 2010 Annual Meeting, you are responsible for all expenses related to your hotel and travel arrangements. Also, please be aware that special room rates have been arranged for the meeting.

Poster Session Times

New Research Poster Session
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Exhibit Hall A, Savannah Convention Center
Set-up time: 8:00 am – 12:30 pm
>>Look for your assigned poster board number upon entering the hall. (PDF)
Poster viewing: 2:30 – 6:00 pm
Poster session with authors present: 4:00 – 6:00 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 4:00 to 6:00 pm. This allows attendees to discuss your research with you.

Early Investigator Poster Session
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Exhibit Hall A, Savannah Convention Center
Set-up time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
>>Look for your assigned poster board number upon entering the hall. (PDF)
Poster viewing: 2:00 – 6:00 pm
Poster session with authors present: 4:00 – 6:00 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 4:00 to 6:00 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 4:00-5:00 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 5:00-6:00 p.m.

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