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Abstract & Speaker Information
Policies & Procedures
The abstract submission site is closed.
The
Program Committees invites you to submit abstracts of
original investigations for consideration in the 55th
Annual Scientific Session and the Innovation in Intervention:
i2 Summit 2006. There will be a separate submission
system for each meeting. Each abstract submitted will
be peer-reviewed by a panel of reviewers. More than
2,000 abstracts will be selected for presentation, March
11-14, 2006, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
New
Abstract Category for ACC.06: Innovative Models for
Practice, Education or Research
Priority will be given to submissions that demonstrate
a team-based approach to cardiac care or include
nonphysician professionals.
Late-Breaking
Clinical Trials: Separate submission
process available beginning Thursday, November 17, 2005,
through Wednesday, January 5, 2006, 11:59 p.m. Central
Time (CT).
General Information
- The majority of accepted abstracts
will be scheduled as either 10-minute oral presentations
or three-and-one-half-hour poster presentations. The
Program Committee will determine format, based on
the abstract topic and relationship to others submitted.
- All abstract presentations and
question-and-answer periods will be in English.
- Abstracts selected will be published
exactly as submitted in a 2006 supplement(s) of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The text of the abstracts will be available online
in advance of the meeting to coincide with the JACC supplement date. Abstract title, authors, and up to
two institutions with city, state, and country will
be published in the onsite programs.
- Investigators need not be ACC
members to participate.
- There is a $15 processing fee
for each abstract submitted payable online by credit
card only. Purchase orders, checks, and electronic
bank transfers will not be accepted. This fee is non-refundable and used to cover the cost of submission and processing.
- The College is unable to reimburse
Annual Scientific Session and i2 Summit faculty for
travel, hotel, and per diem expenses. All accepted
abstract presenters will be charged a $75 meeting
registration fee and must complete a registration
form to obtain a hotel reservation and meeting badge.
This form, contained in the ACC.06 Advance Program,
will be available in September; however, registrations
in this category will not be accepted until Dec. 19,
2005. ACC members will automatically receive the brochure
by mail. All others may request a copy: by e-mail resource@acc.org;
by telephone 800-253-4636, ext. 694, or 301-897-2694
outside of North America; or fax 301-897-9745. Online
meeting registration will be available to ACC members
beginning Sept. 15 and to the general audience on
Sept. 29. Please visit the ACC Web site on or after
the dates listed to register online. Individuals who
wish to register and secure housing before abstract
notification should register in the appropriate category
(member, nonmember, etc.) and then request a refund
of overpaid fees if your abstract is accepted.
- Abstract co-authors interested
in finding out their acceptance status may access
the ACC homepage, www.acc.org,
beginning Dec. 19, 2005. During the week of Dec. 19,
an e-mail will be sent to the person who submitted
the abstract directing them to the abstract Web site
to learn the disposition for each submission and to
complete requested information for each accepted abstract.
- General Information subject
to change due to circumstances beyond the ACC’s
control.
Policies
- Abstracts must be SUBMITTED
BY 11:59 p.m. CT, ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2005. The
American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) is
not responsible for abstracts that are not submitted
by this deadline date.
- Submissions with incomplete status
cannot be processed.
- Submission of an abstract constitutes
a commitment by the author(s) to present if accepted.
Failure to present and register for the meeting, if
not justified, will jeopardize future acceptance of
abstracts.
- There is no limit to the number
of abstracts an investigator may submit. If selected,
the presenter must be one of the co-authors listed. An investigator may present no more than two
abstracts. If more than two abstracts are
accepted from an investigator, one of the co-authors
must present any additional papers.
- Investigators should not submit
the same research; abstracts that appear to be replicate
versions of a single study will be rejected. The same
paper should not be submitted to both the ACC.06 submission
process and the i2 Summit 2006 submission process.
Submissions will be checked for duplication and replicate
versions will be rejected.
- Follow all instructions for completing
the submission. Be sure to structure the content into
Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion sections.
- Clarity of expression will be
considered in the review process. The overall quality
of language used should assure comprehension by the
reader.
- Use a maximum of five unique abbreviations
in the body of the abstract. No abbreviations should
appear in the title. Place abbreviations in parentheses
after the full word the first time it appears. Abbreviations
increase the difficulty of reading and evaluating
abstracts, which will be considered in the review
process.
- If authors' names appear on more
than one abstract, their names must appear and be
spelled identically on each abstract in order to facilitate
proper indexing. Whenever possible, do not list authors
with initials only.
- Submitters may return to the online
system to edit abstracts, revise information, correct
typographical errors, tables, graphics, or delete
a submission at any time before 11:59 p.m. CT on October
5, 2005. After this time, the system will be closed,
and abstracts will be forwarded for the reviewing
process. An author may not revise or resubmit an abstract
in order to make changes or corrections after this
deadline; adding or removing authors is not permitted.
The abstract may be withdrawn or, if accepted, the
error may be indicated during the presentation. Proofread
abstracts carefully to avoid errors before they are
submitted. The ACCF is not authorized to make changes
to a submission. This includes typographical errors.
Your abstract, if selected, will be published in print
and electronic versions exactly as submitted. Tables
and graphics, if the quality submitted is poor, will
also appear badly in print and electronic versions.
If you choose to withdraw an abstract after the submission
deadline, this request must be received by the ACCF
in writing.
- Abstracts are not eligible for
consideration if the paper has been presented at a
U.S. national or international meeting held in North
America before the ACC Annual Scientific Session.
- Abstracts are not eligible for
consideration if the manuscript of the abstract has
been published before the ACC Annual Scientific Session.
- Abstracts submitted to the Young
Investigators Awards (YIA) Competition may also
be submitted for ACC.06 consideration using the respective
submission methods. If selected both as a YIA Competition
finalist and as a presenter of an oral or poster presentation,
an author must choose one forum for this abstract.
Submission to the YIA Competition does not automatically
enter the abstract in the ACC.06 abstract process. Click
here for additional information regarding the YIA
submission process.
- Any human experimentation must
conform with the principles of the Declaration of
Helsinki of the World Medical Association.
- The Annual Scientific Session
Program Committee and the i2 Summit Steering Committee
endorse the position of the American Association for
the Advancement for Science in requiring assurances
of the responsible use of animals in research. All
submissions for consideration must be in compliance
with the guidelines.
- Each presenting author will be
asked to comply with the ACCF "Statement on Disclosure
(Vested Interest) and Conflict of Interest for Accredited
Educational Activities” Policy. Indication of
the relationship, the associated commercial entity
and level of support is required for each author at
the time of submission. Again this year, all presenters
at ACC.06 and the i2 Summit 2006 must display a slide
(or equivalent if poster session) at the beginning
of their presentation indicating disclosure information
as applicable, or that they have nothing to disclose.
- The submitter acts on behalf of
all co-authors and in submitting an abstract, transfers
to the American College of Cardiology the copyright
and all other rights in the material comprising the
abstract if the abstract is accepted. Co-authors reserve
the following: a) all proprietary rights other than
copyright, such as patent rights; and b) the right
to use all or part of the abstract in future works
of their own. The American College of Cardiology,
as holder of the copyright on the accepted abstract,
reserves all rights of reproduction, distribution,
performance, display, and the right to create derivative
works in both print and digital formats.
- In light of increased attention
to the manner is which research results (particularly
those affecting the stock of publicly-traded companies)
are made public, ACC is clarifying its policies and
procedures regarding disclosure of abstracts. All
abstracts submitted are disclosed to members of the
peer review selection committee, as well as to ACC
employees and contractors as necessary in connection
with the annual meeting. Those abstracts that are
accepted for presentation are published and are publicly
available to the public in advance of the annual meeting.
The usual procedures for publishing abstracts are
set forth below under “Accepted Abstracts.”
Abstracts not accepted for presentation are not published,
and are ordinarily not disclosed outside of ACC and
persons associated with the selection process (i.e.,
the peer review committee). Notwithstanding these
policies and procedures, ACC is not subject to any
confidentiality requirements with respect to submitted
abstracts. In addition, compliance with any disclosure
or nondisclosure requirements that apply to researchers
or research sponsors (whether under federal securities
laws, contract agreement, or otherwise) is the sole
responsibility of the researcher and/or sponsor, and
not the ACC.
- All authors
must comply with the ACC embargo policy, which states
that scientific study results to be presented during
the Annual Scientific Session and i2 Summit must not
be revealed to the public prior to the scheduled time
of presentation at ACC.06/i2 Summit 2006 or the ACC
news conference, whichever one comes first. This includes
presentations at satellite meetings or press conferences
held before the scheduled Annual Scientific Session
scientific presentation. This also means that if media
representatives contact abstract authors/presenters,
information must be given with the understanding that
material is under embargo until the time of presentation
or ACC news conference to include the date and time.
Abstract authors/presenters who ignore the embargo
rules run the risk of being withdrawn from the program.
Accepted Abstracts
Titles and co-authors of accepted
abstracts for oral and poster presentations will be
listed in the onsite programs. Title and co-author listings
will also be posted in the online Program Planner in
December. Full text of accepted abstracts will be published
in print and/or electronic versions of the Journal
of the American College of Cardiology, and the
online Program Planner in advance of the meeting.
The person submitting an accepted
abstract will receive an e-mail in mid December. The
submitter will be asked to reconfirm the name and contact
information of the presenter or change it to one of
the authors (in order to comply with the two-abstract
presentation limit); and indicate audiovisual needs
for oral presentations on the Presenter’s Agreement.
Oral Presentations
All oral presentations will be programmed
into 15-minute time slots. Your Presenter’s Agreement
will indicate the time of your session. You will have
10 minutes for presentation and three minutes for discussion.
All abstract presentations, question, and answer periods
will be in English. If you need assistance in understanding
the questions or responding in English, you are encouraged
to have the session co-chair or a member of your research
group assist you.
ACC is committed to providing the
audience and faculty the best education environment
possible. The ACC uses an all-electronic format for
audiovisual requirements. All meeting rooms utilizing
audio visual equipment will be networked. Presentations
will be downloaded from a central server and sent to
the respective meeting room on a secured site. Presenters
will be required to upload their presentation in advance;
or bring their presentation in an electronic format
to the Speaker Ready Room, where they will have the
opportunity to review or make changes on computers in
the room, and then give the okay for the presentation
to be uploaded to the appropriate meeting room. This
will allow presenters to leave their laptops in the
hotel room (or at home) and will minimize distraction
and critical time wasted for both the head table participants
and the audience as well.
A listing of the audiovisual hardware/software
provided in each of the education rooms will be indicated
on the Presenter’s Agreement.
Poster Presentations
If your abstract is accepted as a
poster, your Presenter’s Agreement will indicate
the hour you are required to attend the board. Each
light gray poster board measures four feet high (121
cm) and eight feet wide (244 cm). You must provide
a copy of the abstract, typed in large type for posting
on the board. Illustrations must be readable
from distances of at least three feet. Use lightweight
poster board only; heavy board is difficult to secure.
Velcro fasteners and push pins will be available on
site. All presentation materials should be made in advance
and brought to the Annual Scientific Session/i2 Summit.
No audiovisual, projection, or computer equipment requiring
electrical power will be permitted in the general poster
session area.
Other
Poster Presentation Formats. ACC will
be piloting a number of different formats at ACC.06
and i2 Summit 2006 that may include e-poster, moderated
e-poster, moderated poster, and featured poster presentations.
Your Presenter’s Agreement will indicate if you
are accepted to present in one or more of these formats
and will contain specific information regarding each. |
