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Request for Abstracts; International Relations Committee - He alth Physics Society
Dear all,
The attached announcement is a pilot project of the
International Relations Committee of the Health Physics
Society. The intent of the program is to provide a
forum for exchange between radiation safety
professionals outside the United States who may not be
able to afford to attend meetings in the U.S., but who
have been involved in research or activities that would
be of interest to Society members.
The guidelines of the program and the contact
information are provided in the announcement. Please do
NOT respond to this list.
If you know of anyone who may be interested in
submitting an Abstract under this program, please
forward a copy of the announcement to them.
Thanks,
James Barnes, CHP
International Relations Committee; Health Physics Society
james.g.barnes@att.net
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The International Relations Committee (IRC) of the
Health Physics Society (United States) is requesting
abstracts for a special poster session it is sponsoring
at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society
to be held in Tampa, Florida, on 16 - 20 June 2002. This
call is a new Committee pilot project intending to
provide an avenue of communication between health
physics researchers and practitioners who are citizens
of foreign countries and their peers in the United
States.
This is a POSTER session; the submitter is NOT required
to attend the conference. It is the Committee's intent
to sponsor up to ten posters to be displayed at the
annual meeting. Please note that the Committee is NOT
sponsoring travel or expenses for submitters to attend
the conference.
The following guidelines should be followed in
submitting the Abstracts for this event. The DEADLINE is
APRIL 24, 2002. The successful submitters will need to
provide a poster not later than 1 June 2002 for posting
at the conference.
The following guidelines apply:
1) The submitter is a citizen of (and residing in) a
country other than the United States. The work may not
have any collaborators or authors from the United States
who would otherwise be qualified to submit the project
to the Society through a normal submission process.
2) The submitter is NOT intending to attend the meeting
in person.
3) The subject of the submitted work is directly related
to health physics, medical physics, radiation
biophysics, radiation biology, radiation safety,
radiation effects, or other discipline or activity
directly related to the field of radiation science or
practice of radiation safety. Note that discussion of
innovative work practices, regulatory issues in the
foreign country, unique problems encountered in the
practice of radiation safety, medical treatment of
radiation affected populations, etc., are all valid
subjects for submittal. The mere use of radiation or
radioactivity in the conduct of a project (such as
radiotracer studies) does NOT qualify it for
consideration.
4) Minimum abstract length is 150 words; maximum is
1,000 words. The abstract must be provided in the
English language in an ELECTRONIC FORMAT (i.e., MS Word,
WordPerfect, ASCII text file, etc.).
5) Submitted abstracts are to follow this example:
TITLE.* Presenter 1, Presenter2, Presenter3(1Presenter 1
full address and affiliation; 2Presenter2 full address
and affiliation, etc.)
Text (A thorough description of the work. Not less than
150 words nor more than 1,000).
*(If work was supported under government or private
grant, or performed as part of routine work duties,
provide information as to the source of funding or the
employer.)
6) The Abstracts will be reviewed by members of the
International Relations Committee with assistance from
other interested Society members. In general, the
criteria of review will be relevance to the practice of
radiation safety, quality of the science or practice,
potential level of interest to meeting attendees, etc.
The Committee is particularly interested in displaying
work that is innovative or is exploring aspects of
radiation safety that have not been the subject of
extensive research, commercial, or regulatory interest
in the United States.
7) Submittals must be in an ELECTRONIC format. The
PREFERRED method of submission is by email to:
IRC-Abstracts@worldnet.att.net
Alternately, an abstract may be submitted on a 3.5"
floppy disk or on a CD-ROM by surface mail to:
ATTN: International Relations Poster Session
Health Physics Society
1313 Dolley Madison Blvd; Suite 402
McLean, VA 22101
United States
8) Those persons whose Abstracts are selected for
presentation will be expected to provide a poster to be
displayed at the annual meeting. The available poster
area will be approximately 240 cm x 120 cm (8 ft. X 4
ft.). A member of the Committee or an interested society
member will assist the submitter in the preparation of
the poster, if desired. For efficiency, posters should
be transmitted to the Society in an electronic format.
Posters must be prepared in the English language. A
Powerpoint-type presentation format is acceptable.
10) The posters will be displayed in a special section
of the Poster Sessions at the annual meeting. The
International Relations Committee will provide a host
for each session who will describe the program, who will
provide a discussion of each poster with interested
society members, and will assist members with contact
information for the submitter. The Committee will
encourage members to contact the submitter in order to
establish collaborative efforts in the future.
11) The individuals preparing posters will receive an
acknowledgement of their participation in the annual
meeting.
Questions regarding the program can be sent to
james.g.barnes@att.net.
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