Important notice to registrants of the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis, Bangkok

Following the unfortunate cancellation of the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) in Bangkok, and thanks to a generous offer from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO), IOF is pleased to announce the following opportunity to all paid IOF WCO registrants:

Your IOF WCO Bangkok paid registration will be valid for the Ninth European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ECCEO9) to be held in Athens, March 18 – 21, 2009. Detailed information about this congress is found on the ECCEO website: http://www.ecceo9.org. The participants need to register through this ECCEO9 website and mention in the “Special discount” section: “IOF WCO FREE”.

For those registrants who had an abstract selected for the IOF WCO Bangkok, we are delighted to offer the opportunity of presenting the data at ECCEO9 in Athens, taking advantage of the free registration:

• Ideally, the abstract submitted for ECCEO9 should not contain the identical text as that submitted for WCO (to avoid duplicate publication) and should include a disclaimer at the end stating that (i) the contents of the abstract had been submitted and accepted for WCO, OR (ii) that it is an updated abstract. The disclaimer must also state the abstract ID assigned by the IOF (e.g. P100TH) followed by Osteoporosis Int (2008) 19 (Suppl. 2).
• The abstract should be submitted to the ECCEO9 website (www.ecceo9.org) and the presenter must register and fill in the section "Special discount" with the code "IOF WCO FREE".
• Whereas papers accepted for presentation in Bangkok will automatically be accepted for presentation in Athens, we cannot at this stage, guarantee the decision of the Scientific Committee regarding the selection of oral and poster presentations.
• The deadline for submission of these Athens abstracts is 12 January 2009.

We are delighted with this initiative and hope you will feel able to avail yourself of it. If you have any questions, please contact the IOF Secretariat (info@iofbonehealth.org)

With kind regards,

The IOF Executive Committee
Prof. John Kanis, Prof. Cyrus Cooper, Prof. Bess Dawson-Hughes, Prof. René Rizzoli,
Judy Stenmark

December 6, 2008

Abstracts notification

If you submitted a 'Late Breaking News' abstract you were notified by email by October  6, 2008.

If you submitted an abstract before the regular June 2, 2008 deadline you were notified by email by Aug. 4, 2008.

The secretariat has notified you about the date, time and form of your presentation (either oral or poster). Instructions for oral presenters and for poster presentations are available below.

Please also note that all email correspondence with the IOF secretariat in regard to your abstract is recorded in your account. To access your account, please login at www.iofbonehealth.org/wco/2008/abstracts/ with the same username and password used for the abstract submission.

If you have not already done so, please make sure that you have registered for the congress.

Instructions for Oral Presentations
Instructions for Poster Sessions

Instructions for Oral Presentations

If your abstract has been accepted for an oral presentation you will be notified by email of the final ID number and when/where you are to make your presentation. Please note that instructions relevant to your presentation are also posted in your user account.
Login here with the same username and password that you used for the abstract submission.

General information for Oral Presentations:

• Oral presentations will be 8 minutes long followed by a 4 minute discussion period. This timing will have to be strictly respected.
• Please make sure that you bring your presentation on a CD-ROM or USB key. See audiovisual instructions (currently not available)

Questions may be addressed to the Congress Secretariat - Marie-France Bragagnolo at mfbragagnolo@iofbonehealth.org

Instructions for Poster Sessions

If your abstract has been accepted for poster presentation you will be notified by email of the final ID number and when/where you are to present your poster. Please note that instructions relevant to your poster presentation are also posted in your user account.
Login here with the same username and password that you used for the abstract submission.

Download Detailed Instructions for Poster Sessions (PDF, 33.8 KB)

General Poster Instructions

• Posters are to be put in place in the morning (8:00-9:30) of the day that you have been assigned to present. They should remain on display during the entire day and should be removed at the end of the day (18:45-19:45).
• Poster dimensions: 90 cm width X 120 cm height, displayed vertically/portait style.
• Only double-sided tape is allowed - will not be supplied, so please bring your own.

Questions may be addressed to the Congress Secretariat - Floriane Damien at fdamien@iofbonehealth.org