Lecture timing: 10 min. talk followed by 5 min. discussion.

The duration of the lectures will be strictly 10 minutes followed by short discussion (maximum 5 minutes). We request all lecturers to comply with this regulation rigorously. Since the program is very tight, keeping the lectures and discussions within the given time frame will be pivotal. Chairpersons will strictly enforce the time limit.

Presenting authors will be required to visit the Lecture Hall computer board 25 minutes before the given session to upload and test their presentations on the main computer. Optionally, presentations can be uploaded in the morning before the first session, from 7:30 am.

Laser pointer and PC with projector will be available. Please prepare your presentations in Microsoft Power Point or compatible format (we recommend NOT to use the latest, 2007 version, due to possible compatibility problems). You may bring your presentation saved on a CD/DVD-ROM or on any USB compatible storage device (like jump- or pen-drives). If you include movies in your presentation, be sure to save the separate movie files on your device, as well (occasionally large movie files are not embedded within the power point file, and needs to be saved separately).

Poster dimensions: 90cm (width) x 120 cm (height) - in PORTRAIT format.

Please do not exceed the given dimensions! Posters may be mounted on the morning of 24th July (latest by 8:30 am) and may not be removed until the end of Poster Session III. - 12:30 pm 26th July, 2008. We will provide appropriate mounting material for poster presenters. Your exact poster session, poster number and presentation time has already been announced on our website.

IMPORTANT! NEW ORGANIZATION OF POSTER-SESSIONS in the EAVA-Congress 2008 Budapest

The congress will have three poster sessions: I-III. on Thursday 24, Friday 25 and Saturday 26 July. The posters are classified by theme groups. The poster sessions I and II will be "ATTENDED" alternatively half/half in the theme groups (A/B) and time between Thursday and Friday. Poster presenting authors, when attending their poster, have to present it by a 3 minutes oral abstract and to discuss it with the chairperson who is in charge of the Theme Group in which this poster is classified. Since the program is very tight, I have to emphasize, again, that keeping the short presentations and discussions within the 3 minutes time frame will be important. Chairpersons will strictly enforce the time limit.

Authors are also encouraged to be prepared to discuss their posters during coffee and lunch breaks!

(That is, e.g., Thursday, a (main) author attends his poster by orally presenting a short abstract (3 minutes), which is refereed by a scientific expert chairperson of the theme group in which this poster is classified, then Friday, this author has not to attend his poster but has time for studying posters of the other half of theme groups which now are attended, presented and refereed by their respective authors and chairpersons. The Saturday-poster-session, Session III, is "NON-ATTENDED", that is no authors are "bound" to their posters, but have time to "freely" study and discuss them.)

By submitting an abstract, the authors certify that their work complies with the ethical guidelines for human and animal research.

Abstract withdrawal. In writing only, by e-mail or fax to the Organizing Committee. State your last name, first name, Title of abstract. Withdrawal of an abstract without cancelling registration does not entail refund of the registration fee.