Newswise — CHICAGO: Advance press registration to cover the 2012 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) closes on Friday, September 7 at 1 p.m. (CT).
The Clinical Congress takes place September 30-October 4, at Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center and is one of the largest international meetings of surgeons in the world. While onsite press registration is available at the Convention Center, ACS recommends that members of the media register in advance to avoid standing in long lines in the Press Room.
• For press credentials criteria visit: http://www.facs.org/clincon2012/press/credentials.html
• For the press credentials application, visit: http://www.facs.org/clincon2012/press/press-credentials.pdf
This year’s Clinical Congress will feature an outstanding educational program and the launch of the College’s year-long Centennial celebration.
The program features special lectures, exhibits, and receptions to commemorate the ACS Centennial. Also scheduled are guest lectures by prominent leaders in surgery; press briefings on surgical news topics; panel sessions in theme- and discipline-based tracks; dozens of video-based education selections; a selection of didactic postgraduate courses and hands-on skills courses; leading-edge, research-in-progress papers in all surgical specialties for presentation during the Surgical Forum and Papers Sessions; daily town-hall meetings, “Meet the Expert Luncheons,” and over 200 posters displaying innovative scientific research.
Additionally, more than 200 companies will display products or services that improve the quality of surgical patient care or enhance management practices within the surgical profession.
The preliminary program can be viewed online at: http://www.facs.org/clincon2012/index.html
Hotel reservations can be booked online until Tuesday, September 4. For more information, visit: http://www.facs.org/clincon2012/hotel/index.html
If you have further questions please contact the ACS Office of Public Information at [email protected](.)
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