Guidelines

About IMCAS

IMCAS is one of the most important European Courses dedicated to Aging Skin Treatments. By welcoming 1 500 delegates in each of our annual conferences coming from 40 different countries, it represents a true “medical population sampling”. Its principal objective: the promotion of highest possible standards in clinical practice, education and research in the plastic surgery – dermatology interface discipline or related disciplines (facial plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, aesthetic medicine, research, etc..)

Press Credentials

Only working journalists representing a recognized news organization, whose attendance to the meeting will result in print, broadcast or electronic coverage of IMCAS and its individual participants, will be authorised to register as press.
To obtain a press badge, you will be required to present:

• your personal identification card with a photo, and
•  your professional press pass.

All freelancers must present:

• a letter of assignment

IMCAS Press Office reserves the right to inspect the credentials of any press representative and to refuse to register any individual as press for the meeting. IMCAS Press office reserves the right to limit the number of press badges due to space requirements.

Registration restrictions

IMCAS will not deliver press badges to the following:

• Publishers or a publication’s advertiser
• Marketing, public relations or sales representatives
• Industry/exhibitor press officers and their public relations consultants – they will have to register as a member part of exhibitor’s team
• Financial or business analysts
• Educational institution representatives
• Writers creating analyses or reports sold as a commodity to customers
• Media that is sponsored by a single organization or whose revenue for the publication or issue of a publication depends solely on coverage of IMCAS meeting
• Media who produce a communication which uses IMCAS name or logo to imply endorsement from IMCAS
• Once registered as press you may not register as exhibitor, and once registered as exhibitor you may not register as press
• Any other individuals who are not actually reporting on the meeting.

Press Office

The Press Office is available to registered press, members of press briefing board, and certain participants invited for an interview.

Exhibitors may leave press materials in the Press Office, IMCAS will not bare any responsibility for these materials. No materials other than those approved by IMCAS may be distributed or circulated in the Press Office.
 
There is a special Press Area located at the Welcome desk, where you can find a Press Agent. You may turn to our Press Agent for any information you may need throughout the meeting. The media has to check in immediately upon arrival at the Press Area at the Welcome Desk, where a press badge will be delivered.
 
A media briefing schedule and updated program will be posted at the Press Area at the Welcome desk. At the end of media briefing, time will be available for questions and answers.

Press Participation

A press badge is required for admittance to the meeting area, it must be visible at any time, and presented to the security agents on their request.

It is strictly forbidden for registered press to take pictures or to film during the meeting. This prohibition applies to all areas of the conference.
 
IMCAS reserves the right to accompany the registered press during the meetings.
 
It is allowed for the media to attend:

1. Symposia sessions, only with the prior permissions of:
   • Symposia presenters,
   • sponsoring company,
   • and IMCAS.
2. Selected scientific, free communication and poster sessions.
• The list of these selected sessions will be made up by IMCAS Scientific Committee, and it will be available for consultation on our web site.
3. The IMCAS INDUSTRY INNOVATION TRIBUNE

• Each year, the first day of IMCAS annual congress in January

 
IMCAS may restrict the attendance of any session for patient confidentiality or any other reason. In such cases, registered media will be notified in advance.
 
Any violation of above-mentioned rules will result in removal from the sessions.  The following press activities will be also considered as violating the rules and will lead to the withdrawal of the press badge:

• Selling, marketing, or representing any company for advertising or subscription purposes
• Selling or marketing of any product offered during IMCAS meeting
• Developing any educational materials on the basis of scientific information provided during IMCAS meetings
• Giving misleading information about their professional activities or about the media organization they represent.

Disclosure of Interests and Responsibility

IMCAS does not necessarily share or endorse the views and the techniques presented during its meetings.

IMCAS participants (lecturers) are requested to sign a disclosure statement at the moment of their registration. Handout materials are prepared and submitted for distribution by the presenters who are solely responsible for their content.

MANDATORY:
If you are medical journalist (working for specialized revues such as Quotidien du Médecin, New England Journal of Medicine, etc), please note that:

• IMCAS does not necessarily share the information given by the press in its covering. The media must use its independent judgement for their releases.

If you are not medical journalist (working for Economy/Finance revues such as The International Herald Tribune, Readers Digest, L’express etc.), or for general public revues such as Elle, Vogue, Vanity Fair, A woman’s Day etc, we suggest you:

• Submit your press release before publishing to our Scientific Committee, in order to make sure that the information you are providing is not wrongly interpreted or inaccurate due to misunderstanding. This submission should be made through our website only. A written approval will be returned back to you in the following 7 days.

IMCAS holds the copyright to all educational materials presented during its meetings, such as recordings, handouts, posters, abstracts and presentation synopsis.
 
The information presented during the IMCAS meetings may not be published in, broadcast or electronic media in its original format (except for the news releases).
 
It is forbidden to develop a Continuing Medical Education programs on the grounds of scientific information provided during the meetings.

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