February 3, 2012

Poster Presentation Notification

We are pleased to inform you that your abstract entitled “Need For A Tool: Handling Professional Soccer Players Biochemical Data ” has been accepted for presentation in a poster session at the 59th Annual Meeting and 3rd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine of the American College of Sports Medicine being held at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, California, May 29- June 2, 2012.  Your abstract will be published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Volume 44:5 Supplement.  Your presentation date and time are as follows:

Name:                                  Giulio Tempesti
Session Viewing Date/Time:  Wednesday May 30, 2012 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Session Number:                  B-29
Presentation Time:                3:30pm - 5:00pm

Session Details
Attendees consider the poster sessions an important and valuable part of the educational program of the Annual Meeting and World Congress on Exercise is Medicine.  Therefore, the Program Committee has extended the viewing times of the posters.  If you are presenting your poster in a morning session, you must mount your poster on the assigned display board at 7:30 a.m. and remove your material at 12:30 p.m. (If presenting on Saturday, you will need to remove your material at 11:00 a.m.)  If you are presenting your poster in an afternoon session, you must mount your poster on the assigned display board at 1:00 p.m. and remove your material at 6:00 p.m.  You are required to be present at your poster during the entire one and one-half hour presentation time, which is listed above.  Your poster must be mounted for the entire viewing time as listed above.

Because of the importance of the poster sessions, we have a policy that applies to those infrequent instances when a session does not occur as scheduled.  We note there have been several “no shows” among posters over the last few years, which disappoints attendees and detracts from the program.  To address this, and maintain the quality and dependability of the program, the Program Committee now has assigned a chairperson to oversee the poster sessions.  The chairperson will monitor that posters are placed on boards as assigned and that the author is present at the poster during the designated time.

Failure to present is considered a no-show and the Program Committee will contact you following the meeting for an explanation.  The Board of Trustees has a long-standing policy stating that speakers who fail to provide notice of a reason acceptable to the Program Committee for not delivering an accepted paper will be prohibited from presenting at future Annual Meetings and World Congress on Exercise is Medicine.  Also, be advised per Program Committee policy, only the first author may withdraw the abstract.

In the event an emergency arises prior to or during the meeting that prohibits you from presenting your material, please immediately inform Lindsay Cooper in the Education Department at ACSM in writing by e-mailing [email-masked] or faxing to 317-634-7817.

Please prepare your poster according to the "Poster Presentation - Session Format" and follow the "Instructions for Poster Presentations ..."  Click here for the poster instructions.

The Program Committee has worked diligently to minimize content overlap among the concurrent sessions at the meeting.  As I am sure you will appreciate, it is quite an undertaking to create a meeting program without overlapping sessions in any given topical area.  Because changes to the time or day of any sessions would have a ripple effect throughout the program, we can not consider any change requests related to the date and time of sessions.  We appreciate your understanding.

Photography Policy
Photography and videotaping are not allowed in any scientific or clinical session.  Please refrain from taking photos during this session.

Meeting Registration Details
The Program Committee requests all speakers pre-register for the meeting by April 24, 2012. (NOTE: should you pre-register by March 13 you can take advantage of the first early bird price break.)  Pre-registering for the meeting allows ACSM the opportunity to ensure all speakers have registered for the meeting and gives you the advantage of avoiding long lines in the registration area.  To register online or to access the printable pdf registration form, Click here.

Housing
Be sure to book your room in one of ACSM's official hotels.  Reserving your room through ACSM's housing bureau will ensure you are in the center of the action.  Make plans early for a better chance at your preferred hotel!  For housing details, to reserve your hotel room, or to print a form to mail or fax, Click here.

Flight Details
Be sure to book your flight to San Francisco early!  For assistance with travel arrangements, please contact ACSM's preferred travel agency, ALTOUR.  Call (800) 428-6186 to speak with a travel agent.  To qualify for the lowest fare, plan to purchase airline tickets well in advance.

On-line Program Planner
Click here to get a sneak peek of the meeting programming including speakers, titles, dates and times of presentations before the meeting.  The online program planner allows you to search the entire meeting's educational content using various search functions so that you can build an itinerary in advance.

Thank you for your contribution to the program - we look forward to your presentation.

Sincerely,
2012 ACSM Program Committee
59th Annual Meeting and World Congress on Exercise is Medicine

American College of Sports Medicine

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