• ACG Annual Meeting Dates
• Press Credentials for ACG Annual Scientific Meeting
• Press Badges
• ACG Press Room 2009
• Media Briefings Schedule
• Media Guidelines for Exhibitors
• Photography
• Outside Press Conferences
• Hotel Reservations

2009 Annual Meeting

74th ACG Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course
October 23 - 28, 2009
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, California

Members of the working press are welcome at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting and all scientific and poster sessions are open including plenary sessions, symposia, research and clinical forums, and postgraduate courses. Registration is free.

To register use the link below to apply for press credentials, or call the ACG Office at 301-263-9000.

Click Here to apply for Press Credentials. You will recieve an e-mail confirming your Press Registration.

Press badges will be distributed on site in the ACG Press Room. A press badge must be worn to gain access to all sessions, the exhibit floor and the Press Room.

Only journalists who have presented press credentials will receive a press badge. Clips, a business card or letter of assignment on media outlet letterhead can serve as credentials. Bring credentials with you to ACG. Please direct any questions regarding registration to:

Anne-Louise Oliphant
American College of Gastroenterology
6400 Goldsboro Rd., Suite 450
Bethesda, MD  20817
Phone: (301) 263-9000
E-mail: mediaonly@acg.gi.org

The ACG Press Room is available to registered journalists. A press badge must be worn to gain access to the Press Room. Daily Media Briefings are held and staff can assist in coordinating interviews with physicians who present their work at ACG.

The Press Room for the 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting will be located in Room 28E at the San Diego Convention Center.

Workspaces are made available in the Press Room, in addition to a fax machine, telephones and Internet access for laptop computers. Reporters will also be served lunch on Monday and Tuesday.

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In conjunction with the Annual Scientific Meeting, ACG will hold two media
briefings in the ACG Press Room. More details to follow.

Exhibitors are welcome to provide press materials for display in a designated exhibitor area of the ACG Press Room subject to the following guidelines.

1. All Exhibitor press materials must be on letterhead from the sponsoring company or organization and inside a folder clearly identified as from the company or organization.
2. While prior approval of Exhibitor press materials is not required, Exhibitor press materials should not be written in such a way that a reader might mistake the source as ACG. All Exhibitor releases displayed in the ACG Press Room should make absolutely clear the source of the release, and while they may convey that the information was presented at ACG, in no way should the release imply that ACG endorses a particular study or supports the conclusions drawn in any Exhibitor press materials. The College reserves the right to remove from the Press Room Exhibitor press materials in violation of this guideline.
3. Exhibitors releasing information to the media based on research presented at ACG or events at ACG should honor the ACG embargo. All research presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting is embargoed until 8:00 am on the first day of the Annual Meeting. For 2009, this is Monday, October 26, 2009 at 8:00am PDT/11:00 am EDT.

Exhibitors, Attendees, Guests, and Media are strictly prohibited from taking still photography or video of the Exhibit Hall or any edcuational session or event of the meeting for publication, re-broadcast or placement on a non-ACG website or print publication without prior permission from the ACG.  For more information about photography or video at the meeting, contact ACG's Director of Meetings, Elaine McCubbin at emccubbin@acg.gi.org.

Press conferences at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting sponsored by exhibitors or groups other than ACG are outside press conferences. The College requests that no group schedule a press conference at the same time as the ACG sponsored Media Briefings. Groups holding outside press conferences are responsible for securing their own space, but are welcome to coordinate with an ACG Meetings Manager to try to identify an appropriate venue. As a courtesy, please notify the College of plans to hold a press conference at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting by either calling the ACG Office at 301-263-9000 or by e-mailing mediaonly@acg.gi.org.

Reporters should make their own hotel reservations. For a complete listing of hotels near the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, you can log onto the ACG Web site (http://www.acg.gi.org/acgmeetings/hotel.asp). There you will find up-to-date hotel information.