Educational Workshops
At the beginning of the ECCMID / ICC on Saturday morning, 31 March 2007, 08.30–10.30 and 10.45–12.45, several educational workshops have been organised in cooperation with ESCMID Study Groups and other organisations.
Please note that educational workshops are subject to a separate registration fee and that places are limited. Part of these Educational Workshops will be recorded and will be available as webcasts on DVD. Please look for the respective counter in the registration area.
ISC Working Sessions
On Saturday morning, 31 March 2007, 08.30–10.30 and 10.45–12.45, several ISC Working Sessions have been organised. No separate registration fee is required for them.
Meet-the-Expert Sessions
Sunday through to Tuesday the day will start at 07.15 with up to 6 Meet-the-Expert Sessions given by experts in their field. These sessions permit the attendees to participate actively.
After a short presentation the expert will open the session for discussion. Coffee will be offered.
Keynote and Award Lectures
Sunday through to Tuesday at 11.00 each morning, lectures of 60 min will be given by opinion leaders in their fields as well as by the winner of the ESCMID Award for Excellence 2007. The ISC HUMA Award Lecture will be given an Sunday afternoon and the ISC Honorary Membership Commemorative Lecture on Monday afternoon.
Symposia
From 08.30–10.30, from 14.00–15.00 and from 15.30–17.30 each day, parallel symposia will convene renowned speakers from Europe and other continents who will cover a wide range of recent developments in their field.
A number of symposia have been organised in co-operation with ESCMID Study Groups and some are joint sessions with other societies or organisations.
Symposia arranged by the industry have been organised in close co-operation with the ECCMID / ICC Programme Committee.
They are an integral part of the scientific programme (Integrated Symposia).
Oral Sessions
During the same time slots as the above mentioned symposia you will also find sessions composed of abstracts selected for oral presentation, to be recognised by the prefix “O” before the programme numbers.
Poster Sessions
Most of the accepted abstracts are scheduled for poster presentation from Sunday to Tuesday. The selection was based on a blind review by at least 3 experts in each field. The posters will be displayed next to the industrial exhibition. The poster exhibition is open to all participants from 08.00 to 18.00. Please note that Posters are replaced daily. Poster authors must be present at their posters for discussion between 12.00 and 13.00 or 13.00 and 14.00, depending on the schedule of their session. Posters that have been submitted prior to the congress for inclusion on the poster CD can be viewed during the entire congress on PCs next to the poster desk.
Publication Only
Due to the overwhelming response to the call for abstracts, the Programme Committee was unable to accommodate all worthy abstracts for presentation during the meeting. Abstracts of this category are not included in the Final Programme but will be published on the CD-ROM and the congress website.
On-line Meeting Planner during ECCMID/ICC
The final scientific programme including all accepted abstracts is available at the congress website www.eccmid-icc.org. Go to the link “Scientific Programme” to compose your personalised programme of lectures.
You can use the search facility to find keywords, speakers and chairpersons. The internet corner is located in the industrial exhibition.
| For your clarification, the following prefixes have been
used throughout the programme: E=Meet-the-Expert Session  K=Keynote LectureS=Symposium O=Oral Session P=Poster Session |