Message from Garry E. Gold, ISMRM Program Chair
 

Dear Colleagues,

In light of the devastating effects of Storm Sandy on the East Coast of North America, we are extending the ISMRM 21^st Annual Meeting abstract deadline to Sunday, 23:59 EST, 11 November 2012.   The stipend programs and attendant membership deadlines will extend to Sunday as well, of course.

Please note we will be unable to extend the deadline beyond 11 November or the peer review will be jeopardized, but we hope this one extension will allow time for our colleagues in Eastern North America to recover and submit their abstracts.

We encourage everyone not to wait until the weekend, though, to start the submission process.  Technical support will be minimal on the 10^th and 11^th, and we will be unable to accommodate any changes to your abstract once the abstract deadline has passed.  Please get started now by putting in your titles, author information and abstract details (review categories, disclosures, stipend requests, etc.).  This will make the final upload of your abstract less stressful for all.  Online abstract submission guidelines can be found at http://ismrm.org/13/submission.htm.  Please note the information regarding how to format your abstract is suggested not required.  

We know that many of our colleagues on the East Coast are currently without power.  We ask you to please let your colleagues in the community know the ISMRM abstract deadline has been extended.  We need to spread this information throughout the community.  We appreciate your assistance in this regard.

Our good wishes and hopes for a swift and safe recovery go out to all our colleagues impacted by this storm.

Sincerely,

Garry E. Gold, M.D., 2013 Program Chair
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
Section for Magnetic Resonance Technologists (SMRT)
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