IRC Poster Session Abstracts; Second Notice

[james.g.barnes@ATT.NET]

Dear all,



The deadline for abstract submittal for the Health 

Physics Society's International Poster session is APRIL 

24, 2002.  Those of you who which to submit an abstract 

are requested to do so before the deadline.



The announcement is provided below for reference.



James Barnes, CHP

International Relations Committee; HPS

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.



10) 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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