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Congratulations on your acceptance as an Annual Conference educational speaker! We hope you are as excited to speak at the 2008 Annual Conference as we are to witness your presentation inform, educate, and entertain our audiences.

We have created this section of our HIMSS 2008 Annual Conference website in order to provide you with all the information you will need to be a successful HIMSS Annual Conference speaker. This site will provide you with the following information:

This information is for those speakers taking part in the educational sessions at the 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference. If you are an Product Pavilion Session Speaker, please contact Virginia Geoghegan at 734-477-0855 or vgeoghegan@himss.org.

General Deadlines:

Below are the general deadlines in regards to your responsibilities for your 2008 Annual Conference speaking role. Please note that there will be minor deadlines along the way, not listed here, in regards to this process. These deadlines will give you at least two weeks to complete any given assignment not listed below.

All of the deadlines below have been put in place to ensure that your presentation is properly marketed and available to our Annual Conference audiences. We understand that your responsibilities as an Annual Conference education speaker are not the only responsibilities in your life, but please be aware that failure to meet these deadlines causes delays in our processes. These delays affect the ability of HIMSS to provide our audiences with the quality of information they have grown accustom to from HIMSS and the Annual Conference Because of this, failure to meet any of these deadlines will result in the prompt cancellation of your session.

Friday, August 24 All Acceptance packet material due
(your acceptance is contingent on HIMSS possession of the material in this packet)
Monday, October 1 Status report on presentation materials due
Wednesday, November 7 First version of presentation materials due
Wednesday, November 14 Reviewer comments due to speaker (if applicable)
Wednesday, November 21 Updated presentation materials due to HIMSS
Nov 21- Dec 12 Graphic design review of presentation materials
Wednesday, December 19 Final slides and annotated briefing due to HIMSS
February 24-February 28 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Orlando!

Within the month of September, a conference call will be arranged for you with HIMSS staff to go over the process of presenting at the Annual Conference Two times will be made available for this call. Attendance at this call is required for all speakers new to the Annual Conference, and we invite speaking veterans to call in as well. 

In addition, some of you will be provided with a reviewer coach to assist you in the preparation of your Annual Conference speaking materials. The role of this coach is to provide you with insight into the HIMSS audience, review your presentation materials, and act as a general sounding board in regards to your participation in the 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference.

Required Speaker Forms:

You can now get instant access to the following requests in one easy-to-use online form:

Presentation Material Guidelines:

Please visit our materials guidelines section to learn about what you will need to use as a speaker. All speakers must prepare a slide presentation for their session. Speakers can also choose to compile an annotated briefing or a professional paper E-Session. The materials guidelines section outlines the material requirements below:

Listen to the speaker orientation call that took place on September 25th, 2007.

Contact Information:

For any general speaking questions, contact:

Adam Bazer
Manager of Education, North America
312-915-9257
230 E. Ohio, Ste. 500
Chicago, IL 60611
abazer@himss.org

For any Co-Sponsor, Davies Award Winners, MHS, and additional specialty speaker related questions, contact:

Mari Franks
Education Coordinator, HIMSS
312-915-9559
230 E. Ohio, Ste. 500
Chicago, IL 60611
mfranks@himss.org

For all Views from the Top speaker questions, contact:
Views@himss.org

For all presentation material submissions, send your materials to the following address:
acpresentations@himss.org