Instructions for Authors

Audiovisual Equipment / Speakers Service Centre (SSC)
The Speaker Service Centre (SSC) is located on the ground Floor of the congress centre, next to the cloak room. All lecture rooms will be equipped with a computer and a data projector (beamer) for PowerPoint presentations. Presentations must be handed in via CD-Rom, DVD, USB memory stick or via your own laptop at the SSC before the lecture.

It is essential for the smooth running of the congress that all speakers hand in their PowerPoint presentations at least one hour before the beginning of the session.
Speakers will have the opportunity to check their presentations on PCs available in the SSC.

Poster Sessions
Posters will be on display in two sessions. Presenters are kindly requested to stand by their poster during the Poster Viewing indicated below. The mounting and removal times are to be strictly adhered to. If the poster has not been removed by the end of the allocated removal time, it will be disposed of by congress staff.

Poster
Session
Presentation Day Presence at Poster Poster Mounting Poster Removal
Session I Thursday + Friday,
October 11 + 12
Friday, October 12
15:30 – 17:00
Thursday, October 11
12:00 – 14:00
Friday, October 12
17:00 – 18:00
Session II Saturday + Sunday,
October 13 + 14
Saturday, October 13
15:30 – 17:00
Saturday, October 13
08:00 – 09:00
Sunday, October 14
11:00-13:00


Poster Topics

Poster Session I: Friday, October 12, 2007
Topic Nr Topic name Prog. Nr
1 Immunology – Part 1 P129 – P162A
2 Immunomodulation – Part 1 P163 – P243B
3 Imaging – Part 1 P244 – P294
4 Epidemiology P295 – P352
5 Clinical and MRI diagnosis & laboratory aspects P353 – P381
6 MS symptoms P382 – P421
7 Neurophysiology P422 – P429
8 Treatment of specific symptoms P430 – P440
9 Comprehensive care P441 – P471C
10 Pathology P472 – P482
11 MS and infections P483 – P490
12 Neuroprotection P491 – P503

Poster Session II: Saturday, October 13, 2007
Topic Nr Topic name Prog. Nr
13 Immunology – Part 2 P504 – P549
14 Immunomodulation – Part 2 P550 – P591
15 Imaging – Part 2 P592 – P639
16 Genetics and transcriptomics P640 – P680C
17 MS variants P681 – P698
18 Clinical assessment tools P699 – P727
19 Differential diagnosis P728 – P746
20 Neuropsychology P747 – P792
21 Immunosuppression P793 – P816
22 Neurobiology P817 – P829
23 Experimental models P830 – P858
24 Economic burden P859 – P863
25 Quality of life P864 – P880

Publication
All accepted abstracts are published in a supplement to the journal „Multiple Sclerosis“ as well as on a CD-ROM. In addition to the abstracts, the CD-ROM also includes most of the posters presented during this year’s ECTRIMS meeting. They can be viewed on dedicated terminals in the e-poster area on the 3rd floor.
Both items will be available at the meeting and are included in the registration fee. Starting October 11, 2007 the abstracts will also be available electronically at the congress website.

Prizes
Five prizes will be awarded for the best poster presentations (€ 1500, € 1000, and three prizes at € 750). A further prize of € 500 will be awarded to the best RIMS poster. Award winning posters will be presented in a plenary session on Sunday, October 14, 2007.

Two additional prizes of € 1000 each will be awarded to the two best oral presentations given by young investigators (born on or after January 1, 1972). Prizes will be awarded in the closing session.