VENUE
AND HEADQUARTERS HOTEL
The Hyatt Regency Vancouver
is the venue and headquarters hotel of the 12th World Congress on
Heart Disease – New Trends in Research, Diagnosis and Treatment.
655 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC,
V6C 2R7, Canada
Tel: +1 604 683 1234; Fax: +1 604 689 3707
LANGUAGE
The official language of the Congress is English.
REGISTRATION DESK
The Registration Desk will operate as follows:
Saturday, July 16,
2005 16:00 - 20:00 hours
Sunday, July 17, 2005 08:00 - 18:00
hours
Monday, July 18, 2005 08:00 - 18:00
hours
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 08:00 - 14:00
hours
PROJECTION
EQUIPMENT
Please bring your Powerpoint (or any other computer)
presentation on a floppy disk (3.5"/1.44 MB), a CD or on a memory
stick, using the USB port in the computer.
A Speakers' Ready Room will
be available. Please load your presentation onto one of the
Congress computers provided, at least 1 hour before the start of
your assigned session. You may supply your own laptop computer
as back-up.
The computers provided by the
Congress in the session halls are installed with Windows XP and
Office XP.
Important note for Macintosh users!
If using a Macintosh laptop
computer, please note that you must provide your own computer and
confirm that it has a VGA socket for external signal. On arrival
at the Congress please check your computer in the Speakers’ Ready
Room and again in the session hall where your lecture will take
place, at least 30 minutes before the start of your session.
Please note that video projection, 35 mm’ slide projection and
overhead projection will not be available!
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Please see the program for the exact date of your poster
presentation. Presenters must put up their posters by 08:30 if
presenting in the morning session, on the relevant day of their
presentation and remove them by 12:30. If presenting in the
afternoon session, posters should be put up by 14:00 and dismantled
by 18:00 on the same day.
PLEASE NOTE: The Congress
Organizers are not responsible for posters that have not been
removed / collected by the end of designated sessions.
Please make yourself available
next to your poster during coffee and lunch breaks to answer
possible questions.
EXHIBITION
An exhibition will take place during the Congress and will be open
as follows:
Saturday, July 16, 2005
18:30 - 20:30 hours
Sunday, July 17, 2005 10:00 - 17:00 hours
Monday, July 18, 2005 10:00 - 17:00 hours
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:00 - 13:00 hours
ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES
An attendance certificate will be provided upon request for
participants who need proof of attendance for income tax or other
purposes.
GET-TOGETHER RECEPTION
Registered participants are invited to the Get-Together Reception,
which will take place in the Exhibition Area of the Hyatt Regency
Vancouver on Saturday, July 16 at 18:30 hours.
FAREWELL DINNER (Optional)
Tickets for the Farewell Dinner may be purchased at the Registration
Desk for US$ 85 per person, no later than noon on Sunday, July 17,
2005.
Please note that the number of
seats are limited and will be sold on a “first come first served”
basis.
INSURANCE
The Congress Secretariat and Organizers cannot accept liability for
personal accidents or loss of, or damage to, private property of
participants, students and accompanying persons, either during or
indirectly arising from the 12th World Congress on Heart Disease.
Participants should make their own arrangements with respect to
health and travel insurance.
CONGRESS SECRETARIAT
12th WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE
PO Box 17659
Beverly Hills, CA 90209, USA
Tel: +1 310 657 8777; Fax: +1 310 275 8922
E-mail:
klimedco@ucla.edu
Website:
www.CardiologyOnline.com
ORGANIZERS
CARDIOLOGY ONLINE
PO Box 17659
Beverly Hills, CA 90209, USA
Tel: +1 310 657 8777; Fax: +1 310 275 8922;
E-mail:
klimedco@ucla.edu
Website:
www.CardiologyOnline.com
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PO
Box 29041
Tel Aviv, 61290
Israel
Tel: +972 3 5175150
Fax: +972 3 5175155
E-mail:
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