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2003
PAS Annual Meeting
May 3 – 6, 2003
Seattle, Washington
Related
and Alumni Activities
The 2003 PAS Annual Meeting
is the site for various committees, gatherings and
receptions. All requests for space for these events must
be submitted to the PAS Program Office. Space is assigned
on a first come, first served basis.
The Sheraton Seattle and
Westin Seattle Hotels will serve as the location for most
clubs, affiliates and related activities. A schedule of
all known activities will be provided to all
pre-registrants and will also be available on-site at the
meeting registration desk.
Making
a Function Space Request
- All
activities are restricted to the official meeting
hotels—Sheraton Seattle and Westin Seattle Hotels or
alternate property assignment at the discretion of PAS
Show Management.
Each of these properties is near the Washington
State Convention & Trade Center where the PAS
scientific program will be held.
You will be responsible
for the organization of your function.
Your session/function will be set according to
your request as possible.
You will also be responsible for any charges
for special needs, i.e., catering, projectionists,
audio visual equipment, etc.
- Per
hotel policy, no outside
food and beverage is allowed in any meeting function.
- Bulletin
boards will be available at the convention center so
you may publicize meetings and gatherings.
Notices are limited to a size of 8 ˝ x 11”
(letter size paper).
You may put a larger poster-type notice at the
door of the function, but only during the
scheduled time of the function.
Poster boards scattered throughout the hotels
and convention center will not be allowed and
will be removed.
Print
a Function Space Request Form
(PDF file; Acrobat
Reader required)
Statement
on Conflict of Interest
American
Pediatric Society v
Society for Pediatric Research v
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
Members
of our Societies and our Societies as a whole, must avoid
actual or apparent conflict of interest regarding social,
educational or research activities.
As
guidelines, governing conflict of interest in consulting,
company ownership and research funding emerge at the
institutional level, our Societies seek to promulgate
similar policies as they pertain to our association and
its members.
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Work
submitted for presentation at the annual meeting must
include an acknowledgment of commercial or industrial
funding, consulting, or equity holdings in companies
which could be affected by the results of the study.
Such a statement should appear at the conclusion of
the abstract and should read "funded by..."
and/or "equity in...," where pertinent.
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Societies
are encouraged to solicit and accept funds for
educational purposes. These donations will be
acknowledged on a yearly basis in the description of
the relevant activity in the program issue, at the
site of the relevant activity, or as contributions to
general educational funds. No
funds will be accepted for social activities of the
Societies. Awards
or symposia with commercial sponsors must adhere to
the educational mission of the societies, must
exclude commercial involvement in the selection
of awardees and program content, and must be approved
by the Councils of the Societies.
Related clubs, societies, symposia, etc. must
adhere to similar policies.
Print
a Function Space Request Form
(PDF file; Acrobat
Reader required)
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