Acceptance / Rejection of Presentation
The Scientific Committee will review all submitted abstracts. Selected abstracts will be presented as Oral or Poster presentations. Authors of abstracts accepted for presentation will receive notification and information regarding their presentation, by September 4, 2006.
All selected abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book of the Meeting.

Oral Presentations
All authors will be informed in writing on details concerning their exact time of presentation. The scheduled time of each presentation is 8 minutes plus 2 minutes discussion.
All Meeting Halls at the Athenaeum Inter-Continental Hotel, will be equipped with slide projectors for single or double projections 50 x 50 mm slides (24 x 36 mm transparencies), overhead projector, screen, Data video projector for PowerPoint presentations, PC for the speaker’s podium, laser pointers etc.

Poster Presentations
Posters will be gathered, numbered and listed according to the Scientific Committee’s instructions.
Posters will be affixed, discussed and removed on the dates and at the times, which will be communicated to authors. Posters Size: Maximum width: 85 cm, Maximum Height 150 cm. Only scotch tape and self-adhesive pads are allowed. 

Speakers’ ready room
A preview room with a slide reception desk for acceptance and checking of slides and PC floppy disks will be located near the Meeting Halls. All slides and PC disks should be clearly labelled with the author’s name and the respective session. Slides must be 50 x 50 mm in plastic mounts and should bear an indication of the correct direction of insertion. Speakers are kindly requested to hand out their slides or their PC disks at least 2 hours prior to their respective presentation.

CD of Abstracts
A CD containing all abstracts and a list of Authors in alphabetical order will be distributed to all registrants when they collect their Meeting kit, at the registration desk.

Certificate of Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be given to each registered participant, during Meeting.

CME Accreditation
The 4th International Meeting of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center is seeking accreditation from the EACCME and the AMA.

Scientific Awards
Awards for the best Oral and best Poster Presentations will be sponsored by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. Candidates for the Awards should belong to a Residency or Fellowship program, should be first authors and should have performed most of the work presented.