Annual Meeting: Program Distinctions

Committee Presentations

Committee Presentations are to be submitted as Miniseminars.

Miniseminars

For the 2008 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL,the Program Advisory Committee is interested in increased member participation and new ideas for presentations. A good miniseminar is one which discusses an issue in detail, one which presents two sides of a current issue, or one which debates new ideas for disease processes or new treatment regimens. For 2008, International Societies will be required to submit their presentations as miniseminars.

Up to six of the accepted miniseminars will be selected for the morning Foundation Annual Meeting Symposia.

If you are going to request Academy funding for a guest speaker, you will need to request this at your initial abstract submission and supply an estimated budget by August 2007.  Please remember that members of our Academy do not receive reimbursement or honoraria for speaking at our Annual Meeting. We usually provide approximately $750 - $3,000 per miniseminar, but this amount varies with needs. Do not commit funding to any guest speakers before receiving proper approval from the Coordinator of the Program Advisory Committee. The Coordinator will get back to you on funding decisions at the end of March 2007.

Foundation Annual Meeting Symposia (FAMS)

FAMS are breakfast Miniseminars supported by our corporate partners. Submission for the Foundation Annual Meeting Symposium (FAMS) is identical to the Miniseminar. The submitter can ask that their abstract be considered for the FAMS, under comments. The ultimate decision as to which abstracts are FAMS versus Miniseminars lies with the Program Advisory Committee.

International Symposia

International Corresponding Societies may submit an abstract to be considered for a Miniseminar. For assistance and guidance, contact the International Affairs Department or the Scientific Program Coordinator.

Research Forum versus Scientific Program: What’s the Difference?

Each fall, otolaryngologists hoping to present at the Foundation's Annual Meeting face this inevitable question before submitting their abstract. Unfortunately, looking for advice from Webster’s will probably not help. So, in lieu of logical definitions, we've prepared the following checklist to help you sort through the difference between a Scientific Session paper and a Research Forum paper.

Please note that this coming year, more than ever, we will enforce the guideline all clinical papers must be submitted to the Scientific Program. Clinical papers submitted to the Research Forum after the deadline for the Scientific Program submission will not be reviewed.