For those presenting: Congratulations on your abstract acceptance for the 13th International Conference on Neural Tube Defects to be held August 11 – 14, 2024 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Participants should plan to arrive by Sunday afternoon, August 11th, in time for registration (12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time) and a welcome reception that evening. The reception will be held on the Rooftop, NEST Student Activity Center (SAC). This will be followed by a special lecture by Prof. Bruce Lanphear to be held in the Nest SAC Performance Theatre. The meeting will conclude Wednesday evening, August 14th.
ACTION ITEMS
1. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION – You will see Jen and Xue in the Lobby of Gage Residence who will help you with conference registration.
LINK to register for the workshop - https://ntdconference.com/registration-form
2. HOUSING RESERVATIONS - Note: housing accommodations MUST be made separately from the meeting registration by all attendees. The nearest airport is Vancouver International Airport (YVR)- 13 km / 8 mi. Taxi, Uber, car rentals and public transit are available from the airport (~ 25-minute drive). The lodging for the meeting is primarily at the Walter Gage Residences - 5959 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver BC V6T 1K2.
3. We also want your headshots for the program book.
Please send your headshot to xue.gu@bcm.edu
4. We are trying to finalize the program schedule and booklet. If you submitted an abstract that did not include the title, authors and affiliation (yes, some of you didn’t do that) and want to correct it, this is your last chance. Otherwise, it will be printed as we received it, as we do not have time to standardize the appearance of 70+ abstracts. Please submit changes to Xue.Gu@bcm.edu.
5. Platform presentation: please prepare a 20-minute talk for the platform presentation. Trainees are required to prepare a 15-minute talk.
6. Poster: Poster size cannot be greater than 4 feet wide by 4 feet tall (48 x 48 inches or 121 x 121 centimeters). We highly recommended 3 feet wide by 4 feet tall (92 cm x 122 centimeters)
The organizing committee looks forward to seeing everyone in beautiful British Columbia next month. We are excited about the meeting, and I think we will all have a great experience.