Audio-Visual facilities
Equipment for computerised PowerPoint presentation will be provided during the scientific sessions. Power Point presentations on Floppy Disk, CD-Rom or USB virtual disks can be viewed and tested prior to presentation in the slide preview room, but must be handed over to the Slide preview room technicians at least forty minutes before the beginning of the sessions and collected directly by the speakers immediately following their session.

It is essential for the smooth running of the sessions that all Speakers hand in their slides and Power Point presentation in due time.

European Accreditation
European Accreditation with UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists) has been requested for this programme.

Certificate of Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided on request at the registration desk on the last day of the Congress.

Posters
Abstracts will be selected for poster display by the Scientific Secretariat. Posters (at a maximum height of 150 cm and 90 cm base) will be displayed in the Congress area of the Melia Hotel from Thursday, 05 February to Saturday, 07 February 2009.

Posters should be attended by the authors themselves who must be registered, in order to view and discuss them during lunchtime and coffee breaks.

Call for Abstracts
Deadline for submission: 9 January 2009
• Authors presenting abstracts must be registered participants. Posters will not be displayed from unregistered authors. The corresponding author should be identified.

• Abstracts, which must be written in English, should be submitted electronically no later than 9 January 2009 to: Submission Here

• Abstracts can only be submitted on-line. Should you not have Internet access, please contact the Organizing Secretariat (+377 97 97 35 55).

• Acknowledgement of receipt of the submission will be sent to the stated mail address under section “Personal details”.

• Notification on acceptance of the abstracts will be e-mailed by 31 January 2009.

• The corresponding author will receive all correspondence concerning the abstract and is responsible for informing the other authors of the status of the abstract.

• Conflict of Interest/Disclosure:Work submitted for presentation must include an acknowledgement of any commercial funding sources. Authors should declare all commercial interests.

• All studies must have been approved by institutional committees on ethics of experimental and human investigations.

• The complete abstract must not exceed the box space (320 words).

• Structured abstracts are mandatory stating clearly the Background/aims, Methods, Results and Conclusions.

• It is the author's responsibility to submit a correct abstract. Any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact may be reproduced as typed by the author, if accepted.

• Changes to abstracts can only be accepted up until the deadline using your Personal Page.

If you have any questions regarding abstracts please contact: rti@publicreations.com

Instructions for preparing posters
1 The allocated poster board space is a maximum height of 150 cm and 90 cm base.

2 Poster material must be prepared in advance and should be large enough to be viewed at a distance of 2 m.

3 Drawings and charts should be clear and simple.

4 Authors are expected to attend their poster display during the assigned sessions.