MIAMI, Aug. 19 The XIX International Congress of The Transplantation Society will be held Aug. 25-30 at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa in Hollywood, Fla., located on the coast between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. Held every two years, the congress is recognized as the fields most important international scientific meeting.

To accommodate news media, daily press briefings and media availabilities have been scheduled that will cover the most important and interesting abstracts chosen from among more than 1,600 that will be presented at the meeting. Following is useful information for reporters covering the congress:

• Reporters may participate in select press briefings by conference call. (Those briefings that are available are noted in the schedule below.) Within the United States, call (800) 860-2442; international callers should dial (412) 858-4600. Please indicate to the operator that you are participating in the Transplant Society call.
• News media planning to attend briefings must register on site at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa, 3555 S. Ocean Dr., Hollywood, Fla., before coming to the press room. The press room will be located in Room 201 (North Tower) and will be open beginning at 8 a.m. on Sunday and at 7:30 a.m. through Friday, Aug. 30. The phone number for the press room is (954) 602-6170.
• Embargoed news releases will be posted this week on EurekAlert! (www.eurekalert.org) and AlphaGalileo (www.alphagalileo.org) and may also be requested by calling Lisa Rossi at (412) 916-3315 or sending an e-mail to press@txmiami2002.com.
• Additional information on each briefing (an overview of the topic, a list of participants and their titles and lay summaries of the abstracts to be discussed) is available by calling Lisa Rossi at (412) 916-3315 or sending an e-mail to

Contact: Lisa Rossi
press@txmiami2002.com
412-916-3315
Transplantation Society
19-Aug-2002


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