Newsroom: Press Kit
PLEASE NOTE: All research presented at the Joint Meeting is embargoed until date/time of presentation or until presented at an official Joint Meeting press conference, whichever comes first.
WATCH THE PRESS CONFERENCES Visit our multimedia gallery to watch streaming video of press conferences. Videos will be available by 3:00 p.m. each day. |
CONTACTS:
Jim Sliwa - ASM Office of Communications
jsliwa@asmusa.org
202.942.9297
Gina Czark - IDSA
gczark@pcipr.com
312.558.1770
The Joint Meeting Press Room will be located in room 143A/B in the Washington, DC Convention Center.
Phone:
202-249-4597
Fax:
202-249-4599
HOURS OF OPERATION |
| Friday, October 24 | -- 12:00 noon -- 6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday, October 25 | -- 7:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, October 26 | -- 7:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m. |
| Monday, October 27 | -- 7:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday, October 28 | -- 7:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m. |
ALERT: PRESS KIT UPDATES |
PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS Please note: Abstract books are not sent to attendees in advance of the meeting unless attendees have specifically made arrangements and paid for the book to be sent by Federal Express. Abstracts will not be made public via the online program planner until the start of the meeting on October 25, 2008.
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Abstract Book (PDF, 14MB, 840 pages) |
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Latebreaker Abstracts (PDF) |
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TIPSHEET Selected program highlights from slide and poster abstract presentations
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SUMMARIES Author-written summaries of select slide and poster presentations
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All press conferences will take place in Room 143C of the Washington, DC Convention Center unless otherwise noted.
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Saturday, October 25 |
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Monday, October 27 |
Tuesday, October 28 |
11:30 a.m. -- |
10:00 a.m. -- New MRSA Drugs in the Pipeline | 10:00 a.m. -- C. difficile: Have We Hit Bottom Yet? | 10:00 a.m. -- New Drugs Latebreakers |
1:15 p.m. -- Room 140 |
11:00 a.m. -- Vaccine Update | 11:00 a.m. -- Emerging and Reemerging Infections | 11:00 a.m. -- Environmental Molds and Human Health |
| 12:00 noon -- HIV Update | 12:00 noon -- Update on MRSA | 12:00 noon -- Seasonal Influenza: Controversies on How to Protect the Population | |