Dates :
From 27-Mar-07 to 30-Mar-07
Location :
Brussels (Brussels Exhibition & Convention Center)
1020 Brussels
Belgium
GENERAL INFORMATION :
The International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is organised by the department of Intensive Care Emergency Medicine of Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, in association with the Belgian Society of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (SIZ). The meeting is held every year in March, in Brussels and this year we will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Started in 1980, this meeting has become established as one of the largest in its field, now attracting more than 4700 participants from countries world-wide.
The objectives of this four day symposium are to provide participants with an up to date review of the most recent, clinically relevant, developments in research, therapy, and management of the critically ill.
The meeting is open to all physicians, nurses and other health professionals with an interest in critical care or emergency medicine.
Invited speakers are well-known experts in their field, and more than 200 take part each year. Different session formats including 'state of the art' lectures, mini-symposia, workshops, round table discussions, 'meet the expert' sessions, pro/con debates, tutorials, and demonstrations are included in the program.
Original posters are presented, and annual 'Poster Awards' are offered. The poster abstracts are published in the journal "Critical Care" and displayed on the Internet at http://www.ccforum.com.
The 'Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine', published annually by Springer, includes chapters on the year's latest advances in the field of critical care, written by speakers at the symposium. Each participant receives a free copy of the book.
Books available in the series:
- Yearbooks 1992-2004
- Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine: vol. 1-42 on request.
The accompanying scientific exhibition occupies some 15,000 m2 with 163 stalls in Halls 6 & 7. Companies from all over the world display the latest in medical and scientific equipment, pharmaceutical products, books, and services related to intensive care and emergency medicine. Techniques and therapies focused at the sub-specialties are displayed along with products aimed at the broader intensive care audience.
Technical fora offer companies the opportunity to demonstrate directly their new products and technologies to interested participants, and to obtain instant feed-back reactions.
Abstract submission instructions
Scientific contributions will also be selected to be presented in the form of posters.
Presentation and submission
Abstracts must be written in English and submitted via the website.
Accepted abstracts must be presented in the form of posters and will be published as a supplement to Critical Care, edited by Jean-Louis VINCENT, and will also be available on the ccforum website at www.ccforum.com.
Deadline
Abstracts must be submitted by December 15, 2006 and their receipt will be acknowledged. Selection of the abstracts will take place in January 2007, and candidates will be informed by email (via website). Please note that the presenter of a poster must complete normal registration formalities.
Resubmission/correction
If you need to make a correction/alteration and resubmit your abstract, please refer to the mail you receive as confirmation of submission of the original abstract and click on the link provided. Abstracts can be resubmitted up until the submission deadline.
Do not click on the button below for a resubmission as this will generate a completely new abstract without replacing your original submission.
The deadline for the abstract submission is December 15, 2006 at midnight GMT
http://www.intensive.org/1/main.cfm?L1=1&L2=1&L3=1
