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HPS IRC Poster Session Announcement
Dear all,
Last month, we published an announcement for a poster session for non-US
participants who would not be attending the upcoming annual meeting of the
Health Physics Society. The session is sponsored by the Society's
International Relations Committee.
We have had a good response to the announcement. Please be advised that the
deadline for submittals has been extended to Wednesday, 12 February. We
encourage anyone who wishes to participate to submit an Abstract.
The description of the program is provided below.
Thanks,
James Barnes, CHP
International Relations Committee; Health Physics Society
james.g.barnes@att.net <mailto: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 American Radiation Safety Conference and Exposition to be
held in San Diego, California, on 20 - 24 July 2003. This call is a Committee
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 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 extended ABSTRACT DEADLINE is FEBRUARY 12, 2003. The successful
submitters will need to provide a poster not later than 27 June 2003 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) 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(1[Presenter 1's full address and
affiliation]; 2[Presenter2's full address and affiliation], etc.)
Text (A thorough description of the work. Not less than 150 words nor more
than 2,000 characters. The body of the abstract must be one concise paragraph.).
*(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.)
The IRC may edit or modify the Abstract for clarity and to ensure that the
formatting and word and character limits are met.
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.
9) 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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