Registration
Registration Fees
- Regular Registration - $825.00 (31 March – 20 June)
- Late Registration - $975.00 (21 June – Registration Close)
- On-Site Registration WILL NOT be accepted.
- Student - $350.00
(Please submit a letter from your supervisor to qualify for the registration fee) - Accompanying Guest - $450.00
- *isirv member discount - $675.00
(must have a valid membership in place for at least 6 months prior to registration)
Registration Information
Registration fees include access to opening ceremony, cross-cutting keynote sessions, plenary sessions, scientific sessions, poster sessions, welcome receptions, cultural event, lunches, coffee breaks and printed delegate materials.
Accompanying guest registration fees include access to poster sessions, cultural event, welcome reception, lunches, and coffee breaks. Guest registration fees will not include admission to the opening ceremony, cross-cutting keynote sessions, plenary sessions, scientific breakout sessions nor printed delegate materials.
Cancellations received up to (20 March 2010) will incur a $75 cancellation fee. Cancellations received between (21 March 2010) and (20 June) will incur a 50% cancellation fee. Cancellations received after (21 June 2010) will forfeit 100% of the registration fee.
Registration Changes/Corrections
All delegate registration substitutions and corrections must be made in writing to the Conference Secretariat (see section below for fax number and mailing address).
Please note: All corrections or substitution requests must note the conference name and delegate’s name in order to be processed. To ensure that all meeting materials can be prepared by the meeting date, please send all corrections and substitution requests by 1 August 2010. A confirmation form will be sent by fax for changes and/or corrections made to registrations.
Conference Secretariat
Integress Meetings and Events
2 Ravinia Drive
Suite 605
Atlanta, GA 30345
Tel: 1 404 233 6446
Fax: 1 404 233 2827
Preliminary Abstract Information
The Scientific Committee for the Options for the Control of Influenza VII invites authors to submit abstracts of original research papers in all areas related to influenza research for presentation during the Options for the Control of Influenza VII conference. Papers will be selected for inclusion in the program by the Scientific Committee members.
Goals and objectives for the Options VII conference:
- Provide comprehensive scientific guidance for all stakeholders involved in influenza prevention, control, and treatment, including seasonal pandemic planning
- Promote genuine international and multidisciplinary collaboration, supporting the full spectrum of influenza research from basic science to the development of new vaccines and antiviral agents to epidemiology and control programs
- Provide a collegial atmosphere where scientists working in public health and scientists working in agricultural or veterinary agencies may exchange information to develop collaborative approaches to the control and prevention of pandemic influenza
- Maximize the opportunities for informal discussions and exchange of ideas between representatives of government agencies, academia, and industry
Categories for abstract submission:
Abstract submissions should focus on the following topics:
- Pathogenesis & Systems biology
- Virology and viral receptors
- Influenza ecology in birds and poultry
- Influenza ecology in swine and other (non-human) mammals
- Epidemiology, disease burden and health economics
- Mathematical models informing public health decisions
- Influenza in the developing world
- Viral genomics and evolution
- Antiviral drugs and resistance
- Controversies in clinical care
- Diagnostics
- Transmission and infection control
- Vaccines
- Pandemic mitigation: What worked and what did not
- Innate & adaptive immunity
- Animal human interface, risk factors, sero-epidemiology, food safety
- Animal models for influenza
- Controlling influenza in domestic livestock
- Novel therapeutic strategies
Submission guidelines:
All abstracts must be submitted electronically. Abstracts should be submitted on-line via the conference web site.
Submissions will be accepted until June 1, 2010.
Please check back to this website to submit your abstract.
Badge Policies
- A full conference badge permits access to all of the opening ceremony, cross-cutting keynote sessions, plenary sessions, scientific sessions, poster sessions, exhibit hall, welcome reception, cultural event, lunches, coffee breaks, and printed delegate materials. Delegates with a full conference badge will receive a conference bag, conference program, and abstract CD-ROM. A full conference badge does not guarantee a seat in the breakout session. Breakout rooms are assigned in advance of the conference. The safety of the Options VII delegates is always a primary concern and may include closing a room if attendance exceeds the room capacity. We encourage early arrival to the sessions to help ensure that a seat is available.
- Delegates with an exhibit hall-only badge are eligible to attend all social events that take place in the hall (coffee breaks, lunches, and poster sessions). Delegates with an exhibit hall-only badge will not be permitted to attend the opening ceremony, cross-cutting keynote sessions, plenary sessions, scientific breakout sessions, or cultural event. Delegates with an exhibit hall-only badge will not receive a conference bag, conference program, or abstract CD-ROM.
- Delegates with an accompanying guest badge are eligible to attend all social events that take place in the hall (coffee breaks, lunches, and poster sessions) as well as the cultural event. Accompanying guests will not be permitted to attend the opening ceremony, cross-cutting keynote sessions, plenary sessions, and scientific breakout sessions. Delegates with an accompanying guest badge will not receive a conference bag, conference program, or abstract CD-ROM.
- Student badges may be requested by an undergraduate or pre-doctoral student. A legible photocopy of a current university ID or letter on university letterhead from the department chair indicating the student’s status and anticipated graduation date must be submitted with registration information. Student badges permit access to the opening ceremony, cross-cutting keynote sessions, plenary sessions, scientific sessions, poster sessions, exhibit hall, welcome reception, cultural event, lunches, and coffee breaks. Delegates with a student badge will receive a conference bag, conference program, and abstract CD-ROM.
Press Eligibility
- Only working journalists with appropriate press credentials will be allowed to register as media. Any reporter, writer, or editor with credentials from a newspaper, magazine, radio or TV station, wire service, syndicate, or other news organization may register and receive a press badge. Appropriate credentials include the following: a recognized press card; a current membership card from the National Association of Science Writers; a business card clearly showing media affiliation and position; or a letter on official letterhead from an editor of a publication or producer of a program certifying that you are covering the conference for their respective organization. In addition, freelancers must have a letter from a news organization indicating that they have been assigned to cover the meeting.
Please note: Publishers and representatives of sales, advertising, or marketing departments of publications or other news organizations may not register as media. No exceptions will be made.
Obtaining a Press Badge
- All press registrations must be completed on site. Daily press briefings will be conducted during the Options VII meeting with the Keynote and Plenary Speakers. Press badges are complimentary and include attendance to the morning Keynote Sessions Morning Plenary and Mid Morning Plenary Sessions. Press badges do not allow entrance to the afternoon workshops or entitle the bearer to obtain conference books or bags. On site badges can be obtained at the Options VII registration desk located on the ground floor level of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. A press work room will be made available to registered members of the press while attending the meeting.
Visa Letters
Please fill out the form below to obtain your letter of invitation.
If you require assistance please contact the Options VII secretariat at options.events@meetintegress.com .
