Schedule of Press Events at MSBoston2014
- September 1, 8:00 a.m. – The abstracts will be posted on the MSBoston2014 site and available for journalists to review. The embargo for these presentations will lift at same time.
- September 10, 8:00 a.m. – The Late Breaker abstracts will be available on the MSBoston2014 site and available for journalists to review. The embargo lifts at same time.
- September 10, 9:30 a.m. – A Press Briefing will be held in the press briefing room with an interactive session with the ACTRIMS and ECTRIMS Steering Committee Members along with a few Young Investigators who are conducting exciting research work.
- Educational Program will take place at 8:00 – 11:30 a.m.
- Young Investigator Presentations will be at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.
- September 11, 8:30 a.m. - Opening Ceremonies – This ceremony will include an address by the President of ACTRIMS, Dr. Dhib-Jalbut on the MS landscape, and the President of ECTRIMS, Professor Trojano on global collaboration. This will be followed by a gripping video presentation by Oceans of Hope, a crew of people living with MS who will have just completed their first transatlantic crossing in a yacht to attend the MSBoston2014 Meeting.
- At 10:00,a press conference will be held in Press Room featuring the Steering Committee and the Oceans of Hope crew.
- Interviews with the Oceans of Hope crew will follow.
- Studio interviews and special on board tours & interviews can be arranged. Photos and broadcast quality video materials will be available.
- September 11&12 at 3:30 p.m. – Daily, an ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS representative(s) will visit the Press Room to provide journalists with overarching commentary.
- September 13, 8:30 a.m. – The Late Breaker presentations will be given in the auditorium.
- Interviews with Principal Investigators will be available following in press briefing room
If you have not registered for MSBoston2014, have questions, or wish to arrange an interview, please contact me by email at: [email protected] or at phone: 508-851-0930, of Catherine Laramee at: [email protected]. On-site Press Room Number (as of Wednesday, 10 September): 617-954-2954
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