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SYMPOSIA Metabolic Syndrome Osteoporosis GHD in Adults. An Update at 15-yrs from the Beginning Low-Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Laboratory in Endocrine Practice An Update in the Treatment of Acromegaly The Expanding Field of NET: What is the Role of the Endocrinologist? These symposia will be held at the “Verona Fiere” Convention Center, which is the Meeting venue. Please, choose only one pre-congress symposium in the morning and one in the afternoon. Please, also note that the number of participants to pre-congress symposia is limited. The admission to symposia will be on first-came, first-reserved basis. Confirmation of admission will be given by fax or email from the AME Organizing Secretariat after the payment of the registration fee. For all Pre-congress Symposia Italian ECM credits will be requested. DINNER SYMPOSIA Current Management of Obesity Controversies in the Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors These symposia will be held at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia (Piazza Bra, Verona) after the Opening Ceremony. Italian ECM credits will be requested for Dinner Symposia separately. PLENARY LECTURES The Opening and the Closing Plenary Lectures will be held by AACE and AME speakers at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia and at the “Verona Fiere” Convention Center, respectively. CLINICAL SYMPOSIA AME and AACE experts will present clinical up-todate information on endocrine and metabolic disorders commonly encountered in everyday practice. Interaction with the audience will be assured by a remote control. MEET THE EXPERT Eight Meet-the Expert sessions will be simultaneously held (in parallel sessions) by AME and AACE experts. The courses will have an educational format. NURSES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY The First AME – ANIE Joint Meeting will be held on Saturday 28 October at the “Verona Fiere” Convention Center. All sessions will be held in Italian. POSTER SESSION After all participants and the Scientific Committee have selected their favourite posters for oral presentation, lunch-time parallel poster sessions will be held on Saturday. An 8-minute presentation will be followed by a 5-minute discussion. INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTER PRESENTATION The deadline for abstract submission is July 31st, 2006. Abstracts will be submitted to the Organizing Secretariat (Nord Est Congressi, via Aquileia 23, 33100 Udine-Italy, ame@nordestcongressi.it) by e-mail or on a CD according to the following instructions: • Topics: Clinical Endocrinology • Title of Presentation, Authors (presenting author must be underlined) and Institution should not exceed 120 characters. • The text should be organized in four headings (Aim, Methods, Results, and Conclusions) and should not exceed 350 words. • The scientific contributions should not have been previously presented at meetings or published as a whole or in part. • The presenting authors are required to register at the Meeting. • The presenting authors will be notified of the abstract acceptance by September 30, 2006. • The Scientific Committee can accept abstracts on condition of the revision of the English text. BEST POSTERS AWARDS
LANGUAGE Italian-English simultaneous translation will be available for all sessions held in Room 1 and Room 2. The remaining parallel sessions will be held in Italian. All slides and posters will be in English. ECM Italian ECM credits will be requested for all sessions. TECHNICAL EQUIPMENTS The congress rooms will be equipped with: • video projection from PC/CD ROM; • overhead projector; • televoting system (Room 1, only); • simultaneous translation (Room 1and Room 2). Only PowerPoint presentations (1998, 2000, XP) will be accepted. Videos and clips should be inserted into the PowerPoint presentations. SPEAKER READY ROOM At the Congress Center a speaker ready room will be available. Speakers are asked to arrive at the speaker ready room at least two hours in advance of their session. Technicians will be available to assist speakers. CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE All regularly registered participants will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the Meeting. EXHIBITION There will be a large exhibition area parallel to the working sessions. Representatives from the major pharmaceuticals/technology manufacturers operating in the endocrine and metabolic fields are eager to meet you and answer your questions. PRE-REGISTRATION FOR PARALLEL SESSIONS AND PRE-CONGRESS SYMPOSIA Participants are required to register for the parallel sessions and the pre-congress symposia by means of the enclosed registration form. Participants who have not registered in advance will be allowed to attend the session according to the number of seats available. |
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