Research Week

Abstract submission is now closed.

Authors of abstracts selected for poster display will be notified in August and will need to prepare a poster. Clinical Photography  request that you make arrangements early as demand becomes very high close to Research Week.

Poster Size: STRICTLY maximum 1 metre x 1 metres.

Normal rates rates apply for posters received by 27 August (design, print and laminate), and urgent rates apply after 27 August. Print only Posters accepted at normal rates until 10 September. Contact Clinical Photography x 2452.

Research Week

This event celebrates the research undertaken at Austin Health and highlights the breadth and excellence of our research. It will be an opportunity to learn what others are doing, to facilitate new research collaborations, and to encourage new students and junior researchers to undertake a research career at the Austin.

We hope you will join us in making Research Week one of the highlights of our academic year.

A/Professor Ian Davis
Chair, Austin Health Research Week Committee

The Austin Life Sciences Symposium - 12pm to 1.30pm, Wed 22 October 2008, in place of the Division of Medicine Grand Round. Four presenters will be selected from the submitted abstracts.

The Austin Health Research Week Plenary Session and award presentations - Thursday 23 October 2008. Guest speaker for 2008 is Professor Richard Larkins AO, Vice-Chancellor, Monash University.

This year will once again include two sessions for display of posters:
Session 1: 9:30am Mon 20 October 2008 to 11am Wed 22 October 2008
Session 2: 11:30am Wed 22 October 2008 to 10am Fri 24 October 2008

Poster presenters will be expected to stand by their posters during one of the following Poster Presentation Sessions:
Session 1: 2.30pm – 3.30pm Tues 21 October 2008
Session 2: 2.30pm – 3.30pm Thurs 23 October 2008

In 2008, posters will displayed in rooms 4.4 and 4.5 of the Education Precinct in the Austin Tower, and not in the corridors as previously. Finalist posters for awards will be displayed in the break out area of the Education Precinct, adjacent to the sponsor displays.

Authors of abstracts selected for poster display will be notified by early August 2008. Note that there will be strict limits on the dimensions of posters.

A full program will be issued in September.

• All abstracts selected for poster display will be notified in August and will need to prepare a poster. Clinical Photography can assist with poster production. We recommend that you make arrangements with Clinical Photography early as demand becomes very high close to Research Week.
  Clinical Photography will charge normal rates for posters received by 27 August (design, print and laminate), urgent rates apply after 27 August. Print only Posters accepted at normal rates until 10 September. Contact Clinical Photography x 2452.
• Poster Size: STRICTLY maximum 1 metre x 1 metres.
  - NB: oversize posters cannot be accepted and will be removed
  - Posters must be in a single sheet, to attach by Velcro dots flat to
  panel in one piece
• Presenting author is required to attend Poster Presentation Session (details of date and location will be given in September)
• Posters will be on display in two sessions, Monday – Wednesday morning or Wednesday – Friday. Presenters will be notified in August of their category, session and poster number
• Poster Sessions will run Monday-Wednesday and Wednesday Friday of Research Week
• Posters will be arranged according to the category indicated at the time of submission.
• Award winning posters will be notified.
• Velcro will be provided for mounting.