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 Selection of Future ISCBFM Congress Venue
Brain 2025

Letter of Intent Deadline: April 30, 2022
Application Deadline: May 15, 2022

The site of the BRAIN25 will be selected at the meeting of the ISCBFM Board of Directors during the 2022 meeting this summer in Glasgow.

Any members wishing to organize the 2025 meeting should send a letter of intent, including brief information listed in Paragraph C below, no later than Saturday, April 30, 2022. A full proposal/application will be due to the Board of Directors by May 15, 2022.

Please see below for detailed information and instructions on the bidding process.

Introduction
    1. Meeting Structure

      The  International  Society  for  Cerebral  Blood  Flow  and  Metabolism,  Inc (hereafter:  the  SOCIETY),  as  represented  by  its  Board  of  Directors,  shall organize biennially a scientific meeting entitled the "International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism" and BrainPET or "Brain" (hereafter: BRAIN). 

      In case the BrainPET meeting is held together with the BRAIN meeting, the conference chairman is also responsible for the integration of the BrainPET meeting (hereafter BrainPET) into the Brain meeting.

      Time of Year May, June or July; uneven years
      Length Usually 4 days long*
      Expected number of participants 1000-1200
      Exhibition (inc. catering) 2500 - 3000 sqm
      Posters 300-350 posters per shift

       

    2. Professional Conference Organization (PCO) 
      A Professional Conference Organizer will be appointed by the SOCIETY, in collaboration with the local organizers. Final PCO will be determined from plural PCO candidates proposed by the local organizers through the selection between the SOCIETY and local organizers. The PCO will be responsible for the organization, administration and all financial aspects of BRAIN and BrainPET.

    3. Meeting Chair

      The Board of Directors shall appoint a Brain conference Chair, or Co-Chair, and a BrainPET conference chair or Co-Chair in case the BrainPET meeting is held together, normally four years in advance of a BRAIN meeting. The candidate for BrainPET conference Chair or Co-Chair will be nominated by the senior PET scientists.

      The appointment is based on a submission by a member (or members) of the SOCIETY who, of his/her or their own free will, has proposed to organize a BRAIN symposium and has submitted a bid to the Board of Directors containing: 

      • the names and professional affiliation(s) of the organizer(s);
      • the place and date of the symposium;
      • the suggested scientific content of the meeting;
      • all other facts thought pertinent.

    4. Program Committee

      The Chairperson will be aided by a Program Committee, the chairperson and members of which will be appointed by the SOCIETY. The role of the Program Committee is to liaise with the Chairman on all matters that concern the content and scientific quality of BRAIN. The Chairperson must have served on a previous Program Committee for BRAIN.

      The chairperson of the Program Committee shall periodically convoke meetings; the chairperson of BRAIN shall make the necessary travel and accommodation arrangements for the members of the Program Committee. All costs so incurred will be clearly stated in the meeting budget.

    5. Scientific Advisory Board

      In addition, the Program Committee will be assisted by a Scientific Advisory Board which shall consist of scientists deemed essential by the Chairman and the Program Committee. The Scientific Advisory Board will be responsible for the grading of abstracts.

    6. Local Advisory Board

      Furthermore, the Chairperson may, at his/her discretion, be assisted in any or all of his tasks by a Local Advisory Board.



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