Abstract/Course Search &
Meeting Planner Help
The Abstract/Course Search
Meeting Planner site offers the
following features:
The meeting planner will show all events for
the upcoming conference with additional details for
each event, where available. Some events have
associated abstracts or courses, such as Scientific Program
Posters/papers and Ellerbrock Lectures. To view the associated
abstracts/course do the following:
Click on the folder to show a list of the
related abstracts/courses. They will show in grey striped rows
below the conference event.
Click
the Open Folder Icon to close the folder and hide the
related events.
If your browser will not support the folder methods, you
will see an alternate option: a hyperlink to "Show
Events." Click on the hyperlink to view the details
for the event.
Check/uncheck the days at the top of the list which are
of interest to you then click one of the following
buttons:
My Events- Checked Days: Use this button if you have
created a personal meeting plan. This button will not
appear if you have not created a login account and
signed in. Events that you have previously checked and
saved to your personal meeting plan will display for the
selected dates.
Add Events - Checked Days: Use this button to show all conference events
for the checked days. If you have saved events for your
personal plan, they will show as checked with this
option.
For Dial Up Accounts: It
is recommended that dial up Internet users select one day at a time in
order to minimize the download time. Selecting multiple days will
download all the events for the conference and may take up to 60 seconds
depending on your connection speed.
More Info
Click the Info button for more details about the event.
A "Popup" box will display with additional
details if any are available.
Click the "Article Info" button for more details about
the abstract or course. The hyperlink under the title will
open a large popup box with the full text for the
abstract/course. Article info is available after opening a
folder for events with more details.
You can create a personal account to store your
personal meeting plan. It is necessary to create a personal
account if you want to print or email your plan, or
filter the conference events to show only those that are
of interest to you. Your personal account will be removed
after 90 days. Use the menu option "Login New
User" or Login Returning User" to create or
open your personal account.
Use your email account as
your personal account identifier, this will also show as
the
default for the email address TO: if you choose to email
your personal plan to yourself.
After you have created an account,
your checked events can be saved into your "Personal
Meeting Plan" with the "Meeting Planner -> View
Events -> Save My Plan" option.
Save my Plan: Click the
"Save My Plan" button after checking the events of
interest to you. You personal plan showing only the events
that you have chosen will display after clicking this
button. If you would like to choose more events from the
full event list, click the "Show Checked Dates"
button. Your selected events will remain checked on the
display and the remaining conference events will show
unchecked.
Check All: Use the "Check All Events"
hyperlink to quickly check all events.
Uncheck All: Use the "Uncheck All
Events" hyperlink to quickly uncheck all events.
You can Print your personal
plan and meeting materials (Detailed abstracts and course materials) in
either plain (black on white) or html (colorful) formats.
Choose Meeting Planner->Print My Program to view the
print options depicted below.
Format: Check for HTML
mail (colorful, formatted, pretty) or uncheck for plain
text format (black text on white).
Detail Level: Choose 'Brief' for a list of events similar to the Event
view. 'Brief' includes time, room, event title. Choose
'Summary' to include additional summary information about each
event. The 'Detail'
level will
display the related meeting materials for the abstract
or course you have selected. You will be able
to view and print out the entire Scientific Program
abstract and/or the Ellerbrock course information including the outline.
A form similar to the one below
is available when you choose "Meeting Planner ->
Email My Program". You have to login
with your personal account and save
events to your personal plan
before you can email it.
To: Enter the full email
address of the recipient. You login account will appear
in the To: box by default. You can change it if desired.
CC: You can enter an
additional email address to send the plan to here.
Subject: The subject is
pre-filled with the name of the conference. You can
change it if desired.
Mail Format: Check for
HTML mail (colorful, formatted, pretty) or uncheck for
plain text format (black and white).
Body Detail Level: Choose
Brief for a list of events similar to
the Event view. Choose Summary
to include more information about each event.
The information that shows in the info or
abstract popup boxes will be included under the title with
the Summary format. (Note: The "Detailed" view is not
available as an email.)
Submit: Click the submit
button to send the email. Your saved list of events will
be emailed to you and the CC recipient in the format
specified. You can preview your list of events prior to
emailing with the View Events or Print My Plan options.
