Important deadlines

15 August 2009: Deadline session proposals

7-8 September 2009: Scientific committee defines topics for call for abstracts

18 September 2009: Session proposers informed on topics for call for abstracts

5 October 2009: Online abstract submission system open

30 November 2009: Deadline abstract submission

4 December 2009: Deadline short course proposals

14-15 December 2009: Scientific committee accepts sessions / short courses

21 December 2009: Session chairs informed on sessions planned for the meeting / Short course proposers informed on short courses planned for the meeting

15 January 2010: Registration opens

13 January 2010: Deadline session chair review of abstracts

22 January 2010: Deadline scientific committee review of programme

29 January 2010: Abstract acceptance / rejection letters to authors send

15 March 2010: Deadline early registration and grant applications

20 March 2010: Presenter registration deadline

2 April 2010: Abstract book and meeting programme to the printer

10 May 2010: Deadline late registration

23-27 May 2010: 20th Annual Meeting