If you have a late breaking finding, contact the organizers at schizophreniasoc@aol.com.
They will consider it separately on an individual basis.

Instructions For Submissions

Your abstract confirmation email will inform you of the acceptance of your abstract as an oral session or poster.

In April 2008, once the final program is confirmed and posted, authors will be notified of their oral presentation times or the poster presentation periods.

General Information

• Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and contain new data.
• The term "to be discussed" or anything similar should be avoided.
• You will be prompted for Introduction, methods, results and conclusions.
• No first/corresponding author may submit more than 2 abstracts.
• The submitting author will receive a user account with appropriate security and identification.
• Abstracts submitted after January 30, 2008  (Extended) and prior to the Program Committee will only be considered for poster presentations.
• Notice of acceptance will be sent by email only. When setting up your user account, please use all fields for author and administrative support so that you will receive your acceptance in a timely manner.
  
  

Faculty Disclosures

The first author must fill out a faculty disclosure form. If the first author is replaced, he / she must ensure that the replacing author returns a faculty disclosure form. The same stringent regulations apply to a replacing author and in order for your presentation to qualify for CME credit, a faculty disclosure is required in advance of the program. After May 10th, 2008 please refer to the final online program for the day, date and time of your concurrent session(s) as well as your email confirmation.

Presentation Timing

Your presentation cannot exceed 12-15 minutes of verbal presentation depending on the assignment of your presentation in a concurrent session. A room monitor will be in the room, holding time cards as a reminder of where you are in the presentation. The remaining period of time will be dedicated to Q&A from the audience, also managed by a room monitor.

At The Conference: Oral Presentations

Instructions Upon arrival at registration, you will be directed to the speaker ready room to deliver a final copy of your AV presentation to be used during the concurrent session. The presentations will be loaded onto the conference network, and not in the meeting rooms where the concurrent sessions are being held.

Submission : 24 hours in Advance of Your Presentation

Presentations must be submitted 24 hours in advance of your presentation. Due to the number of presentations we need to handle, your presentation needs to be submitted in a timely manner to ensure your presentation gets posted on to the conference network. After submission to the speaker ready room, changes cannot be made to your presentation.

Presentation Copies

Two copies of your presentation should be labeled with the following information CDROM or Flash Drive:

• Concurrent Session Title (please note that you will receive a second notice on the session you are presenting in)
• Date of presentation
• Time
• Title of Presentation
• Author's Name
• Email Contact Information
• Hotel Location while in Venice

Slides must be prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint (European letter size in landscape page layout)  and please use common fonts where possible and provide, with your submission, any  special fonts used. In addition, if you have any imbedded videos, please make sure the file is included with your submission.

Audio Visual

Adequate Audio Visual Equipment will be provided in your presentation including computer and LCD Projector.

Guidelines and Instructions: WCPG 2008 Posters

All posters should remain up during the Conference from June 22 until 2:00 pm on June 25

Poster Sessions with Author Presentations at Designated Times by Topic as well as Ongoing Poster Viewing. Oral poster presentations will alternate for topics, but all posters will be available during the conference.

Successful poster presentations are those that achieve both coverage and clarity. The Congress poster sessions will provide a more intimate forum of exchange, facilitating informal discussions between authors and the attendees. Ideally, a well-constructed poster will be self-explanatory and free the author from answering obvious questions so that the focus is on the discussion between author and attendee.

• The poster board area measures no more than 239 cm high x 90 cm wide.
• Please adhere to these size restrictions as this allows for the maximum number of posters, as well as continuous display throughout the conference. If you do not adhere to the size restrictions, the Congress Organizers reserve to move your poster to an available location outside of the topic area designated.
• At registration, you will be provided with instructions on your poster location
• Posters should be mounted on the assigned board as early as possible and for the duration of the meeting.
• We recommend that you prepare the following labels with lettering in bold, visible and 1” high (minimally) indicating:
• the title of your paper

2. the author(s) for the top of your poster space

• A copy of your abstract (250 words or less), in large typescript, should be posted in the upper left-hand corner of the poster board. • Please do not mount illustrations on heavy board because these may be difficult to keep in position on the poster board. The poster board is a bulletin board, and the posters will be adhered with thumbtacks.
• Your illustration may be viewed at distances as far as 1 meter or more. We recommend that lettering is written preferably in a typed and easy to read bold font.
• Poster Viewing; Be in position with on your designated date and time at least 15 minutes in advance of the published viewing time.

Bring at least 50 copies of your paper with you for distribution on paper or DVD. Label  this information clearly. On-site reproduction will NOT be available