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General
Information
Venue
The
Conference Center of the Southern Medical University Hotel Weather
July
in Guangzhou is sunny and hot. The average daily temperature is 30¡ãC,
with its highest at around 35¡ãC
and lowest at 26¡ãC.
Insurance
The
registration fees do not include insurance for the participants regarding
accidents, sickness or loss of personal property. You are advised to make
necessary arrangements for a short-term health and accident insurance
before leaving your home country. Currency
Exchange
In
China, only RMB is used. Exchange centers can be found at airports and
banks. The rate of exchange is set by the People¡¯s Bank of China, which
is now about US$ 1.00 = RMB 8.21. When exchanging money, you should keep
your receipt in case you want to change any RMB back to foreign currency
when leaving China. The department of Bank of China in campus will set up
a special window for the participants of the congress. Congress
Secretariat Room 501 at Kangfu Hotel will serve as the Congress Secretariat Room. It will be open all days of congress time. Tel: 86-020-61360888 ext. Room501 or Mobile: 86-13729856056.
Arrival
Registration
Participants are requested to go to the registration desk for registration and picking up the Congress bag. The
oral presenters submit presentation files. On
site registration:
On
site registration is available at the Registration Desk. On
site registration fees are
Delegate: US$ 400; Student: US$ 240; Accompanying Person: US$ 200. *Students
are defined as full-time students, enrolled for degrees or diplomas in a
university or other tertiary institution. The student's institution or
advisor should verify the student status. Registration
Desk
The registration desk will be set up in the lobby of Kangfu Hotel at the following hours: July
10
08:00-18:00 July
11 07:30-18:00 July
12 08:00-18:00 On the conference registration desk, please tell conference-staff your registration number. It can help you pick up the Conference document more favoringly. Please find your registration number>> * Delegates are recommended to check in first. Please tell the Conference -staff your room number, when you register in the lobby of Kangfu Hotel. Arrival
in Guangzhou
The
Congress will arrange the pick-up services with shuttle bus every hour
from 9:00AM to 9:00PM at Guangzhou BaiYun International Airport on July
10, 2005. Local organization staff will be available at airport
Information Desk on July 10. The
participants arriving at other dates may have to take taxis.
The taxi service is available at Guangzhou BaiYun International
Airport during the whole day. It takes about 1 hour from the airport to
Kangfu Hotel. The cost is about RMB 100 Yuan.
Please show the following notes to the taxi driver to get to Kangfu Hotel:
Map
of the Campus of Southern Medical University
¡¡Traveling
Between Guangzhou and Hong Kong
Guangzhou(Eatern
Guangzhou Railroad Station)/Hong Kong
Hong
Kong/Guangzhou (Eatern Guangzhou Railroad Station)
Please
visit www.gogobus.com.
for the buses schedule between Hong Kong/Guangzhou.
Instructions
for Oral Presenters
Working
Language
The
working language of the Congress is English. Presentation file Type
All
oral presentations should be made using Microsoft PowerPoint 2000. Oral PresentationsPlenary
speaker - 40 minutes plus 10 minutes questions Symposium
speaker ¨C15 minutes plus 5 minutes questions However
Plenary and Symposium Chairpersons have their rights to make changes in
order to fit to the total number of speakers. NOTE THE GOLDEN RULES OF A GOOD
PRESENTATION:
Clear
simple messages on each slide - use a large font (>28, Arial) Carefully
use your combinations of colours - avoid reds and greens, especially on
dark backgrounds Use
no more than one slide per minute of presentation time! Presentation Loading
1.Please
specify your file with your abstract number. 2.The
preference is to copy your presentation file to a CD-ROM disk, which is
submitted when Arrival Registration. 3.Alternatively load presentation file to the computer at Registration Desk when Arrival Registration. 4.The
last choose, or copy to the appropriate laptop computer (designated by the
room in which you are presenting) half an hour before the symposium
started. Symposia Chairpersons
Please
check the meeting room and presenters to make sure they are ready for your
symposium. Before your symposium started, make sure all PowerPoint files
have been copy to the computer in the meeting room. Instruction
for Poster Presentation
*Each
poster has been allocated space on boards (90cm width x 180 cm height)
located on Room A4 of Conference Centre. Poster should be placed during the welcome
reception in the evening of July 10, 2005. The posters can remain on
display until the end of poster session on July 15, 2005. *Each
poster must be in English. *Posters
should have a head part containing the title, author(s) name(s),
institution, address and the text.
*Posters
should be prepared beforehand and brought in person by the participants.
Do not mail your poster to the Secretariat.
*Posters
must be legible from a distance of at least 2 meters. Headings and
subtitles should have the smallest letters in 80-point font (12 mm,
capitals 17 mm). In the text the smaller letters should be 36-points font
(7 mm, capitals 9 mm) with a line thickness of 1 mm.
*Use
colour pictures, graphs and diagrams in preference to tables. Avoid
excessive detail and keep the number of words to minimum. Use only key
phrases or points. Posters should have a single, easy to follow message,
be readable in a few minutes.
*Posters
can be displayed on the board using only pushpins. No tape or glue can be
used. Pins will be available at Room A4.
*Please
mark the time when the authors will be beside posters for detailed
discussion.
*The
congress secretary will not assume responsibility for possible loss of
posters left on the board after 4pm on July 15th, 2005.
Please
contact the Congress Secretariat for any inquiries. Map
of Conference Center
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