January 18, 2012
- ATS 2012 PROGRAM NOW ONLINE; FULL REGISTRATION OPEN
- HAVE FUN AT 4TH ANNUAL RESEARCH PROGRAM BENEFIT
- WORLD SPIROMETRY DAY WEB SITE LAUNCHED
ATS 2012 PROGRAM NOW ONLINE; FULL REGISTRATION OPEN
Registration for ATS 2012 ticketed sessions is now open. In addition to registering for the International Conference, you can sign up for other exciting learning opportunities, including postgraduate courses, Sunrise Seminars, Meet the Professor Seminars, Thematic Seminar Series and Workshops.
ATS 2012 will be held May 18 to 23, in San Francisco, California.
You may also sign up for your Assembly’s dinner program, which will be held on Monday evening, May 21.
All sessions and dinners have limited space and registration is first come, first served, so please register today.
Virtual Advance Program
The ATS 2012 Advance Program, including information about the topics and speakers for the clinical tracks, critical care track, scientific symposia, workshops, postgraduate courses and seminars, is now available on the ATS 2012 Web site.
Hotels and Travel
Information about hotels for and travel to the International Conference is also available on the Web site. The ATS has secured an exceptional block of rooms at varying price levels. Although traveling to ATS 2012 may become easier with President Obama’s recent actions aimed at increasing travel to the United States, it is still very important to apply for a visa as soon as possible.
It Pays to Be a Member
Members enjoy a significant discount on registration fees. To become an ATS member, please click here.
To register for the International Conference as a member, please use your ATS username and password, which can be found on your membership ID card.
If you have any questions about becoming a member, please write to membership@thoracic.org or call at 1-212-315-8684.
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HAVE FUN AT 4TH ANNUAL RESEARCH PROGRAM BENEFIT
When you register for ATS 2012, you can also register for the ATS Foundation Research Benefit.
In its short history, the ATS Foundation’s benefit has become an outstanding destination for recognizing international achievement in advancing the practice of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.
The benefit follows the Opening Ceremony on Saturday, May 19, and sets the tone for the entire International Conference.
For 2012, we’ve added an extra element of fun to this global gathering of leaders in medicine and science. Instead of a formal sit-down dinner, attendees will mingle and network with colleagues while sampling a wide array of San Francisco’s delicious cuisines. And you can dance to music provided by a local DJ.
In addition to benefiting the ATS Foundation Research Program, the event will recognize Talmadge E. King Jr., MD, the 2012 recipient of the Foundation’s Breathing for Life Award. Dr. King is a past president of the American Thoracic Society, chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and a leading authority on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
For more information about the benefit, please click here. To register for the benefit, please click here
WORLD SPIROMETRY DAY WEB SITE LAUNCHED
The Forum for International Respiratory Societies, or FIRS, will for the second year mark World Spirometry Day. In 2012, however, calling it World Spirometry Day is a misnomer: although it will launch on June 27, the “day’ will continue right through July 27, when the 2012 Olympics kick off.
ATS members are encouraged to capitalize on the Olympics and hold events in the month before the games. Resources for organizing and promoting a spirometry event, as well as training healthcare professionals to perform spirometry, can be found on the World Spirometry Day Web site. You can also register your event through the Web site, so those interested in having the test can locate an institution or organization offering one.
