RSNA2010.PlanningLog

RSNA 2010

RSNA’s 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, IL. The 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting begins on Sunday, November 28, at 8:30am and adjourns on Friday, December 3, at 3:15pm.

CTSA Slicer Workshop

Tenative plans are to adapt hands-on workshop from 2009, including Slicer3Minute, ChangeTracker, and PET/CT.

Slicer combined tutorial slides from RSNA2009

If possible, we will modify this workshop to include Slicer3Minute, PET/CT and DCEMRI.

Quantitative Imaging Reading Room

The Quantitative Imaging Reading Room will be located in the Lakeside Learning Center (Hall E) of McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago.

Exhibit Hours

• Exhibit should be accessible to attendees all six days of the meeting.
• The Lakeside Learning Center will be open according to the following schedule:
  • Sunday, Nov. 28, 8:00am – 6:00pm
  • Monday-Thursday, Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 7:00am – 10:00pm
  • Friday, Dec. 3, 7:00am – 12:45pm

Educational materials (link here as developed):

• templates
• poster...
• slides...
• handouts...
• DEADLINE: All exhibit materials (poster, handouts, presentations, etc) must be submitted to RSNA for review and approval no later than Friday, October 29, 2010.

Meet the Experts sessions:

One hour Meet-the-Experts (MTE) sessions will be held in the QI Reading Room during specified times. The MTE sessions are an opportunity for representatives of your organization to interact with RSNA meeting attendees. The sessions may involve:

• Software demonstrations of quantitative imaging products and applications
• Educating practicing radiologists about strategies for and the importance of augmenting subjective image interpretation with quantitative measures
• Review of the present uses of quantitative imaging in research and in clinical practice
• General question and answer session
• There is NO maximum/limit to to amount of time an exhibitor may be at their booth or interact with meeting attendees.

The scheduled MTEs will be promoted and published on signage and in other promotional items before and during the meeting. All exhibitors are required to provide a minimum of three 1 hour time-slots during which they, or an expert representative will participate in MTE sessions. Slicer sessions are tenatively scheduled for:

• (tentative) Wednesday (12:15-1:15pm)
• (tentative) Thursday (12:15 - 1:15pm)
• public presentation?

Educational posters should be designed to introduce and explain the applications to attendees when an exhibitor is not present.

Infrastructure provided:

Each exhibitor will be provided (no charge):

• One 6.5 foot long (2.0 m) counter (30 inches high) with two chairs
• A computer with 1GIG RAM, if needed
• Two multi-sync 19-inch flat screen LCD monitors,1280-1024 resolution, if needed
• An internet connection
• Electrical outlets
• Fixed poster panels which will accommodate a standard-size poster (usable display area: 77 inches wide x 40 inches high)

Setup:

• Installing and Dismantling of Exhibits (Contact: Karen Hamm, khamm@rsna.org)
• Installing: 8:00am-5:00pm, Saturday, November 27, 2010
• Exhibit must be fully installed by 5:00pm on Saturday, November 27.
• Lakeside Learning Center exhibit area will open on Saturday, November 27 at 8:00am.
• The Lakeside Learning Center will not be open for installation on Friday, November 26.

Dismantling:

• Exibits can be removed between 12:45pm-4:00pm, Friday, December 3, 2010
• Dismantling of exhibits may not begin before Friday, December 3 at 12:45pm and must be completed by 4:00pm.
• Any exhibits not dismantled or shipping arranged by 4:00pm on Friday, December 3 will be dismantled and shipped at the exhibitor’s expense.