World Medical 2009 - the 2009 World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress

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CALL FOR PAPERS
You are invited to participate in the 2009 World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress. The
Conference will be held from October 26th-28th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles,
California.
Theoretical and empirical papers in all areas of Medical Tourism, Medical Travel, Health Tourism,
Health Travel, and related fields are welcome. Papers must be submitted in English.
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We kindly request that you share this call with your colleagues. To subscriber to our mailing list please
send an email to info-AT-MedicalTourismCongress.com
There are three ways in which to submit your paper or presentation ideas:
1) Submit your paper for a chance to present at the Conference, either in single or panel session
2) Submit you paper for a chance that it will be provided to all conference attendees
3) Recommend A Panel Session
Submission Guidelines
Submit your paper to: info-AT-MedicalTourismCongress.com. All submissions must be in Microsoft Word
format. Include the contact information for all authors on the first page of the document. You will
receive an email containing an acceptance or rejection letter within 30 business days. The letter will
contain a submission number that you should include in all further correspondences. Your acceptance
letter will provide detailed information about publishing in the Medical Tourism Magazine. The
deadline to submit your paper is February 15, 2009.
Magazine Publication Opportunities
The Conference is affiliated with The Medical Tourism Magazine. The Medical Tourism Magazine is a Bimonthly
Medical Tourism industry magazine in both print and electronic versions. The Magazine
addresses important issues affecting the Medical Tourism industry and has a primary focus on the
quality of healthcare available at leading international hospitals.
Papers submitted will also be considered for publication in the Medical Tourism Magazine. The latest
issue of the magazine is available to read online at www.medicaltourismmag.com.
Conference Fees and Hotel Accommodation:
We encourage you to stay at the Conference hotel, the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. Please call the
hotel directly at 310-228-1234 and ask for the World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress rate
of $279 per night. You can register online at www.MedicalTourismCongress.com
Recommend a Panel Session
The panel sessions should consist of 3 or 4 presenters and a moderator and are 45 minutes in length. In
an effort to ensure diverse participation on the panels, the presenters should represent different
organizations. We recommend that the moderator be a representative from the organization that is
taking the lead in forming the panel.
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SUBMISSION COMPONENTS
A complete preformed panel submission will consist of 4 components:
1. A cover sheet for the proposed panel
You will be asked to provide the following information on the cover sheet: panel title, key
health issue(s), panel description, the presenter name, organization, and abstract title for each
of the 3 or 4 proposed presentations, and the contact person¡¯s name, organization, email
address, and telephone number.
In addition, you must answer the below 2 questions relating to processing the preformed panel:
Question #1: Can changes be made to the preformed panel presentations?
____ YES, you may make changes to the panel.
____ NO, DO NOT make changes to the panel.
You choose not to present the panel if all if any changes are to be made.
Question #2: Who will notify a presenter whose presentation was not accepted?
The World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress will first communicate the status of the
panel and the individual speakers to the designated contact person.
___ The World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress will communicate
directly with speakers.
___ The contact person will be responsible for communicating with the
speakers in their panel submission who were not accepted.
2. The contact information for each of the 3 or 4 presenters and the moderator
3. An individual abstract for each of the 3 or 4 presentations
4. A brief biography for each of the 3 or 4 presenters
ONLINE SUBMISSION
The preformed panel cover sheet with the above information and individual abstracts must be
submitted via email. The links to those processes will be available on the conference website at
www.MedicalTourismCongress.com by February 15th. If you are unable to complete the online process,
please send an e-mail request to info-AT-MedicalTourismCongress.com
REVIEW PROCESS
The preformed panel will be submitted to the Review Committee. The panel topic (and description)
will be evaluated by the Review Committee. A panel proposal will be accepted or not accepted for
presentation based on the individual reviews and the panel topic reviews.
Based on the decisions of this committee, the contact person will first be informed of the status of
each submission and the panel itself. The presenters will be notified after, either by the Review
Committee or the designated contact person as per the above selection.
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POSSIBLE OUTCOMES
Please be aware that the Review Committee will make the final decision on the status of the individual
abstracts and of the whole panel.
If the contact person indicates on the cover sheet that the panel may be considered with modifications
(i.e., YES, you may make changes to the panel), then the possible outcomes are:
1. The panel is accepted as proposed (i.e., the panel topic and all 3 or 4 abstracts were accepted
for presentation).
2. The panel is accepted with changes. The panel topic was accepted for presentation, but one or
more of the abstracts were not accepted for presentation and were therefore replaced with
other accepted abstracts.
3. The panel is not accepted, but one or more of the speakers were accepted for presentation. A
speaker may be accepted for presentation on a different panel, or as a roundtable.
4. The panel is not accepted and none of the speakers are accepted for presentation.
If the contact person indicates on the cover sheet that the panel should be considered ONLY as
proposed (i.e., DO NOT make changes to the panel), then the possible outcomes are:
1. The panel is accepted as proposed.
2. The panel is not accepted as proposed.
NOTIFICATION, CONFIRMATION & REGISTRATION
The contact person will be advised if the panel and its speakers have been accepted via an email
notification letter sent out by June 15, 2009.
The speakers with accepted presentations will also be notified by June 15, 2009.
If the Review Council will be notifying those whose presentations or papers were not accepted, then
they will also be notified by June 15, 2009.
If the contact person will be notifying those whose speakers were not accepted, we ask that the
contact person do so in a timely manner.