Scientific Program
PROGRAM
FINAL PROGRAM
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR ON RADIATION PROTECTION OF CHILDREN, EMBRYO AND FETUS
REFRESHER COURSES
R1. Lessons learned from the accidents in radiotherapy: how to prevent them? Keynote lecturer: Dr. Tommy Knöös (ESTRO)
R2. Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs): How helpful up to now and in the future? Keynote lecturer: Dr. Paul Shrimpton (Health Protection Agency, UK)
AUTHORS GUIDELINES
Each oral presentation is allocated a 12 minutes time slot, with 10 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for discussion. Plenary lectures are allocated upto 30 minutes and invited talks - 15 or 20 minutes. Since the conference schedule is tight, Session chairs will need to strictly enforce these timings.
You should mark your presence by uploading your presentation at least 3 hours before session. You should meet your session chair in the presentation room 5 minutes before the beginning of your session. You are requested to be in attendance for the whole session and take your seat in the front row of the session room.
You are responsible for advancing your slides during your presentation.
You are required to bring your presentation in Power Point format to the conference on a USB stick, CD or DVD. We strongly advise that to deal with unforeseen circumstances you bring an extra copy of all presentation files, and ensure you have a copy available from a suitable area on the internet that is generally accessible.
Speakers Presentation Check zone, equipped with PCs and staffed, will be available close to the Registration desk . You should visit this area and upload your files any day before or latest by 3 hours prior to your session of presentation. You can change your presentation upto 3 hours before your session starts.
Each session room will be set up with the following audio visual equipment:
Laptop
Data projector and screen
Lectern and microphone
ELECTRONIC POSTERS
LIST OF POSTERS
What is an e-Poster?
E-poster is a stand-alone PowerPoint presentation, displayed on monitor screens.
The e-poster includes text, figures and images, just as in traditional Power Point presentations.
How to prepare e-Poster?
Poster should be made in Microsoft PowerPoint slide format (PPT).
The aspect-ratio should be 3 x 4.
All images and graphics should be integrated.
The maximum size for poster file is 5 MB. Larger files will not be accepted.
Total Number of slides allowed – upto 10. If extra slides are submitted the last ones will be deleted to meet the requirements.
Recommended fonts are: Arial, Book Antigua, Bookman old style, Garamond, Georgia, Helvetica or Times New Roman.
The first slide should contain the title of your paper, authors’ names, institution, city, country, and e-mail address of the presenting author.
Next slides should contain Introduction, Purpose, Materials and Methods, Results and Conclusion.
How to submit e-Poster?
Submit your electronic poster by emailing the PPT file to abstracts@rpm2010.org.
Last Date for Submission of е-Posters: 15th August 2010
Please note – before sending the e-poster, at least one of the authors must register and complete the payment of the registration fee.
When can I view e-Posters?
The e-Posters will be uploaded to the conference website www.rpm2010.org and will be available for viewing at any time during and after the conference.
During the conference, you can view them from your own computer with an internet connection, or use one of the computers located in the conference e-Poster area at a time convenient to you. Every registered participant will receive a password to enter the e-Posters virtual library.
How can I meet the presenters and to discuss the posters?
Conference attendees can communicate with the poster presenters by sending emails to the presenting author’s address listed in the abstract and on the PPT presentation.
Presenters can be emailed during and after the conference.
You can set up a face-to-face meeting with authors in the poster area during the conference.
Go to the E-POSTERS LIBRARY
PROCEEDINGS
The conference proceedings will be published in a special issue of the journal Radiation Protection Dosimetry.
The deadline for paper submission is 20 November 2010.
It is allowed to use up to 4 printed pages corresponding to 3 200 words or word equivalent in figures and tables. Invited speakers are allowed to use up to 6 printed pages corresponding to 4 800 words or word equivalent in figures and tables. Each printed page contains approximately 800 words or words equivalent in figures and tables. Typical single column figures or tables equate to 150 words; double column figures or tables equate to about 600 words. The instructions for authors are available at the home page of Radiation Protection Dosimetry.
All papers will follow the usual refereeing process of special issues of RPD journal.
The manuscripts should be submitted electronically as a word-file (.doc) to committee@rpm2010.org and not directly to the journal websites.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR ON RADIATION PROTECTION OF CHILDREN, EMBRYO AND FETUS
REFRESHER COURSES
R1. Lessons learned from the accidents in radiotherapy: how to prevent them? Keynote lecturer: Dr. Tommy Knöös (ESTRO)
R2. Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs): How helpful up to now and in the future? Keynote lecturer: Dr. Paul Shrimpton (Health Protection Agency, UK)
You should mark your presence by uploading your presentation at least 3 hours before session. You should meet your session chair in the presentation room 5 minutes before the beginning of your session. You are requested to be in attendance for the whole session and take your seat in the front row of the session room.
You are responsible for advancing your slides during your presentation.
You are required to bring your presentation in Power Point format to the conference on a USB stick, CD or DVD. We strongly advise that to deal with unforeseen circumstances you bring an extra copy of all presentation files, and ensure you have a copy available from a suitable area on the internet that is generally accessible.
Speakers Presentation Check zone, equipped with PCs and staffed, will be available close to the Registration desk . You should visit this area and upload your files any day before or latest by 3 hours prior to your session of presentation. You can change your presentation upto 3 hours before your session starts.
Each session room will be set up with the following audio visual equipment:
Laptop
Data projector and screen
Lectern and microphone
What is an e-Poster?
E-poster is a stand-alone PowerPoint presentation, displayed on monitor screens.
The e-poster includes text, figures and images, just as in traditional Power Point presentations.
How to prepare e-Poster?
Poster should be made in Microsoft PowerPoint slide format (PPT).
The aspect-ratio should be 3 x 4.
All images and graphics should be integrated.
The maximum size for poster file is 5 MB. Larger files will not be accepted.
Total Number of slides allowed – upto 10. If extra slides are submitted the last ones will be deleted to meet the requirements.
Recommended fonts are: Arial, Book Antigua, Bookman old style, Garamond, Georgia, Helvetica or Times New Roman.
The first slide should contain the title of your paper, authors’ names, institution, city, country, and e-mail address of the presenting author.
Next slides should contain Introduction, Purpose, Materials and Methods, Results and Conclusion.
How to submit e-Poster?
Submit your electronic poster by emailing the PPT file to abstracts@rpm2010.org.
Last Date for Submission of е-Posters: 15th August 2010
Please note – before sending the e-poster, at least one of the authors must register and complete the payment of the registration fee.
When can I view e-Posters?
The e-Posters will be uploaded to the conference website www.rpm2010.org and will be available for viewing at any time during and after the conference.
During the conference, you can view them from your own computer with an internet connection, or use one of the computers located in the conference e-Poster area at a time convenient to you. Every registered participant will receive a password to enter the e-Posters virtual library.
How can I meet the presenters and to discuss the posters?
Conference attendees can communicate with the poster presenters by sending emails to the presenting author’s address listed in the abstract and on the PPT presentation.
Presenters can be emailed during and after the conference.
You can set up a face-to-face meeting with authors in the poster area during the conference.
Go to the E-POSTERS LIBRARY
The deadline for paper submission is 20 November 2010.
It is allowed to use up to 4 printed pages corresponding to 3 200 words or word equivalent in figures and tables. Invited speakers are allowed to use up to 6 printed pages corresponding to 4 800 words or word equivalent in figures and tables. Each printed page contains approximately 800 words or words equivalent in figures and tables. Typical single column figures or tables equate to 150 words; double column figures or tables equate to about 600 words. The instructions for authors are available at the home page of Radiation Protection Dosimetry.
All papers will follow the usual refereeing process of special issues of RPD journal.
The manuscripts should be submitted electronically as a word-file (.doc) to committee@rpm2010.org and not directly to the journal websites.