Welcome!

Thank you for agreeing to present at the Frontiers in Intraoperative Cardiac Tissue Identification Conference on Friday, May 13, 2022. The conference will be held in person and via Zoom. Speakers will have the option to present live in person or virtually, or submit a pre-recorded presentation that will be shown during the conference.

Please see below for important dates and information.

What we need from you:

DISCLOSURE: a signed disclosure form is required for participation in the conference.

SPEAKER AGREEMENT: We ask that you sign a speaker agreement, by which you attest to reading and agreeing to the guidelines for online continuing education. There is a link to the guidelines in the speaker agreement. The guidelines include a description of the conditions under which you may use copyrighted images in your presentation. If you would like assistance in determining the copyright compliance of your presentation, please submit your slides via Dropbox by the date below.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: please include 3 (plus or minus) learning objectives at the beginning of your slides. It is best practice to determine your objectives for your learners prior to developing your presentation, and then shape your talk to meet the objectives.

Abstract Submissions

We invite poster presentations, which will be discussed in dedicated interactive sessions. The abstract should have a length of up to 1 page. The text should include a title, author names, and affiliations followed by paragraphs for introduction, methods, results and discussion. Please submit your abstracts via email to FICTI@childrens.harvard.edu.

Important Dates 

• April 22^nd,  2022: Abstract submission deadline
• April 29^th, 2022: Notification of the authors

Recorded Presentations

If you are pre-recording your presentation, see our suggested tools and tips for recording. Please submit recordings via Dropbox by the date below, including the conference name in the file name.

SLIDES: If you would like to make your slides available for download by conference attendees in PDF format, please submit them via Dropbox.

Dates

	4/15	4/22/22	4/29/22			Week of 4/25	4/29	5/13
	OPTIONAL: Submit pre-recorded presentation	Abstract Submission deadline	Notification to the authors			Technical Rehearsals for Virtual Speakers	Submit slides to post for download by attendees	Conference