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19th Annual AAMA Symposium
Baltimore, MD, USA
April 27-29, 2007
Instructions for free (oral) Papers
You are invited to apply to present a Free (Oral) Paper at the AAMA Symposium 2007 on April 26-29, 2007.
Please follow all instructions carefully to allow your application to be considered fully. While space and time are limited, we do expect a hearty number of great submissions from our international colleagues. Further, international submissions have often won awards for our Poster Presentations and Research Papers at our Symposia for many years. All Free Papers, Poster Presentations, and Research Papers must be submitted in the English language.
CALL FOR SYMPOSIUM ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Members and others interested in presenting a Free Paper Oral Presentation at the 2007 Symposium, April 26-29, 2007, should submit a one page abstract (summary) of the proposed oral presentation via email by February 20th, 2007 to cjdowden@pacbell.net with the Email Subject line reading: AAMA Free Paper, in order to be properly received. Abstracts should have the title, author, affiliation, contact information and abstract text of no more than 250 words.
If your application is approved, you will be notified by February 28th, 2007. Approved Free Papers will then be eligible to compete for the Free Paper Awards competition, though presenters are not required to compete for the awards. Free Papers eligible for awards must be original, unpublished papers suitable to be published in the Conference Syllabus. The actual paper must be submitted by March 31st, 2007 via email to cjdowden@pacbell.net with the Email Subject line reading: AAMA Free Paper Award Contest, in order to be properly received and considered for the Free Paper Awards. Free Paper Awards will be offered to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place presentations, with $750 USD, $500 USD, and $250 awarded, respectively. Awards will be announced at the close of the Symposium.
Free Paper topics may be clinical or research (basic or clinical) related. Those selected for Free Paper Oral Presentations are responsible for their own transportation and housing costs and must pay Symposium registration fees in order to participate in the Free Paper Presentation Sessions.
Only computer and oral presentation is allowed (No overhead projectors, whiteboards, or similar). Presentations for PC's (Windows 98 / 2000 professional / XP professional configurations) will be accepted, (no MAC, no UNYX). Please prepare and submit your presentation application using PowerPoint Version 97 professional, 2000 premium or XP standard. Pictures must be in the following format: jpg, gif, tif, or .bmp (format pict is not allowed as it will not be displayed correctly).
AS PER CME REQUIREMENTS, NO COMMERCIAL ENDORSEMENT OF ANY PRODUCT OF ANY KIND IS ALLOWED AND THIS WILL DISQUALIFY ANY SUBMISSION.
Please, save the presentation on 3.5" floppy disks (high density formatting, 1.44 MB), CDs, or USB flash disk. You will NOT use your own laptop for the presentation. Standard PCs will be provided with OS Windows XP (1,136 GHz processor). The PC projectors project at XGA resolution (1024 x 768 pixels).
All morning presentations must be checked with the technical staff the night before, and afternoon presentations during the morning prior to presentation. All speakers should bring media with their presentation to the technician AT LEAST TWO HOURS BEFORE THE START OF THEIR SESSION.
Time allocation for the Free Oral Papers is 20 minutes. The speaker should present for 15 minutes and allow 5 minutes for questions. The Session Chairperson will announce the 15 and 20 minute times and will stop the presentation at the 20 minute time, even if the presentation is not complete.
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